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You're correct about that - it is strange the way that auction happened. However, the tickets have been relisted - who knows, maybe this guy was kicking off bidders for some bizarre reason. It's hard for me to see this as evidence of a Dixie Chicks backlash though - check out the recently completed auctions of Dixie Chicks auctions on eBay:

http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&SortProperty=MetaNewSort&query=dixie+chicks+ticket%2A&from=R8&ht=1&combine=y&st=2

Now if you could show a drop-off in prices since the time Natalie made her comments, you might have something!

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Now if you could show a drop-off in prices since the time Natalie made her comments, you might have something!

We have, in a number of Dixie Chicks threads since Natalie opened her big fat mouth. The day this all started, we went and looked at just-closing auctions, and the majority of the really good tickets were going for anywhere between $700-$1200 or more, with most auctions having had a dozen or more bids, and there were almost zero auctions without any bids at all. I'm looking at the just-ending auctions now, and the majority are in the $100-$225 range, with only a few bids, and maybe 1/4 to 1/3 having no bids at all after ten days.

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Amusingly, the original set of tickets with which I started this thread have indeed been relisted, where they're currently going for a whopping $22.16.

Not bad, considering their face value is $130.