#13 EEGator still wears Don Johnson line of clothes : )
Posted on 11/19/2022 6:56:40 AM PST by Drew68
“A world of f’d up priorities.”
Expensive bread and circuses.
Are you able to view the Miami Vice episodes commercial free? If so can I ask where you see them?
Thank you!
Ending scalping? No. Raping the fans? Yes.
This is what a celebrity culture gets you.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There’s a sucker born every minute.
Think about the average IQ. And that 50% of people are dumber than that.
Etc.
Disintermediation is almost always the goal of any producer looking to sell something.
Swift gets a kickback (rebate) from Ticketmaster from the service fees. Crocodile tears. All the big selling acts get the Ticketmaster fee kickbacks. Hush money for years.
For this tour Swift is probably receiving 50-60% of the Ticketmaster fees as a “rebate”.
Yep.
Waited outside at the mall for the sporting goods store to open up. Often, these waits were as much fun as the concerts themselves.
Lots of fans, partying, camaraderie. A $20 bill got me a concert ticket, breakfast at McDonalds, and I'd have a little change left over.
Good times.
Elvis tour of 1976, not ‘77! My error.
Pure capitalism….. supply and demand
Do you not realize that you just admitted that they would have needed to pay the $800 in the breach? The $200 upfront was a $600 saving, mathematically. You should be thankful.
1981 - Atlanta paid $40 each for Willie Nelson tickets, face value was $20 each, good value IMO. This was Willie’s ‘big band’ era when he had about 10 people on stage, including two drummers. He opened and closed with ‘Whiskey River’ and at the end a huge Confederate flag dropped down behind the stage. Jimmy and Rosalyn were on the side stage and came out and sang on the encore of ‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken’, in front of the Stars and Bars. Different times
The most I ever paid for concert tickets was $25 for Michael Jackson's "Thriller" tour (AKA The Jackson Victory Tour). He was touring football stadiums.
In 1984, that was about twice what a typical concert ticket cost by a leading band and it seemed crazy expensive.
IT’s unfortunately not free. It’s on “Universal” via cable.
I’ll see if there’s another method of viewing...
I am grateful that I never felt the need to be a fan of a actor/actress, musician, or athlete. My money and time went to things powered by (gasp!!)... an internal combustion engine. I went to one rock concert, and was not impressed enough to go to any more.
My youngest son became a Bulls/Jordan fan. From age 7 to 13 nearly every cent he got went for that stuff, including price inflated shoes. Then his brother and high school teammates won a state football championship. Suddenly the Bulls/Jordan stuff was mostly shoved into the closet. He would focus on football and with his teammates win two hs football state titles.
When he got his first car, I told him he could have had twice as nice a car if he had saved the money he spent on sports fan stuff (most of it made in chyna).
Thanks for the economics lesson. I do realize that current cost exceeds the early bird cost. At $800 a ticket she would not have gone at all, so she should be the one thankful for the “cheap” seat. I, for my part, think that for a $600 profit each she should take the money. But she is pleased that it’s so pricey that nobody else in her school can go so she wouldn’t sell that feeling of being elite for any price.
The good news is they will not have to hear her “sing” using autotune or lip syncing at a concert.
I totally want to bring that back.
Crockett’s back story is that he was on the UF football team as a WR.
He got Elvis(his gator) from UF because it bit a Georgia FS...
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