• Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      They don’t work because concert tickets are still under valued. If an artist can sell out a 9,000 person venue at $20 a seat, and then they find out they can still sell out the same venue charging $200 a seat - just to a different crowd, then they are going to go with the $200 option.

      I love going to concerts and now that I’m older I mostly avoid General Admission tickets, so I’m already paying more. This year I’ve gone to 6 concerts and on average I’ve paid around $120 per ticket. While expensive, I’ve never felt like what I paid wasn’t worth it. But, when it comes to beer/water/food I always feel that it’s over priced and not worth the cost. Don’t get me started on the employee asking for a 20% tip on a $20 beer.

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        2 months ago

        Watch the video. Neither the artist nor the venue have any real say on the matter.

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          Artists absolutely do have a say on the matter, they can say no. They can not tour. They can only do small venues that don’t use Live Nation. They can use other ticketing services - although the most expensive concert I went to this year was Rolling Stones and they didn’t use Ticketmaster.

          Artists choose to go with Live Nation because it makes them money, provides a better ticketing experience for their fans, and gives the artist a boogeyman to blame for high ticket costs. Pearl Jam tried to fight this fight in the 90s and realized that there isn’t a better alternative if they wanted to tour and make money. They chose to keep touring and went back to using Ticketmaster.

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      It’s not a boycott. Boycotts don’t work because they appeal to and are based in emotion. I’m appealing to your wallet. If you can’t afford concert tickets, don’t buy them. Don’t go without something you need to make it work, don’t use credit. Just don’t buy, like you don’t buy a new car every few years or how you don’t buy a gold-plated snickerdoodle or whatever.

      Otherwise, the company is right and people will pay a lot more for the product, so they’d think themselves crazy not to raise the price.

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        People who can’t afford it are already not going. That’s why their CEOs are comparing concerts to luxury handbags.

        You’re still appealing to emotion of those who can afford it.

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          Then the company is right and those tickets are worth the extra money they’re charging 🤷‍♀️ What’s your point here?

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            And this is why boycott like his don’t do shit. Capitalist brainworms man, I’ll tell ya…