$200 for a pair of tickets??

Jeanwah
Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
edited December 2009 in The Porch
OUCH!!
That is ridiculous.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    When you consider the exchange rate it works at about £100 which is about right after fees ect...
  • vedderman
    vedderman Posts: 801
    edited December 2009
    dollar is getting weaker and weaker, compared to Berlin in august it's like $7 more expensive for a pair of tickets
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,118
    $200 to see the best live band on the planet......

    Is still a fucking bargain...........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Yep THAT'S about RIGHT!!! :)
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    $200 to see the best live band on the planet......

    Is still a fucking bargain...........
    It's not a bargain. Not during a RECESSION!!
  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    200$ That is mother fucken bullshit!
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  • nutmeg81
    nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    $200 is equal to E136.10 for 2 tix.

    which is E68.05 each which is about right as dublin advertised on posters as E60 plus charges.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    When you consider the exchange rate it works at about £100 which is about right after fees ect...




    exactly.
    the dollar is WEAK.


    Jeanwah wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    $200 to see the best live band on the planet......

    Is still a fucking bargain...........
    It's not a bargain. Not during a RECESSION!!




    are you for real?
    these are for EUROPEAN shows. thus, the exchange rate factor.
    if an american is spending the $$$ to fly over, stay over and see some shows...i don't think the price of the tickets is an issue. seems like europeans agree these prices are spot on.
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    decides2dream wrote:

    are you for real?


    There's no need to be rude here, D2D. :roll:
    You can have your opinion, and the rest of us can have ours. :D
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    at the basic exchange rate (and most banks charge more), the pair for London is £117.2
    I can get them on ticketmaster right now for £111.75, delivered and able to resell them if I can't make it.
    so 10c is more expensive than ticketbastards!

    in Europe, 10c is ALWAYS more expensive than buying them direct.. in some places (southern europe) it's been as much as 30% :shock: (Barcelona in 06).
  • shawndyer
    shawndyer Posts: 271
    So don't go.
  • lehtinel
    lehtinel Posts: 9
    Well, as the band obiviously ISN'T coming to Finland on THIS TOUR either. My personal choice is then up to buying tickets for a mainland Euorpean show (thats about 130e) and then buy plane tickets for some 70e extra.

    WTF? We need the band to come over here, where it's cold, and dark, and mellow. Come on! :mrgreen:
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    Well, as the band obiviously ISN'T coming to Finland on THIS TOUR either

    Or Sweden :/
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  • Jaymac
    Jaymac Posts: 513
    The dollar is stronger than it was in 2006, yet the price of the Dublin tickets is $50 more... It's a LOT of money, especially in the middle of a recession.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Jeanwah wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:

    are you for real?


    There's no need to be rude here, D2D. :roll:
    You can have your opinion, and the rest of us can have ours. :D


    that was rude?
    obviously, you don't read much here. ;)
    seriously...i was being genuine, in that it's about exchange rates and thus not 'crazy'...tho as pegasus has pointed out, 10c tix are more $$$ in general, and that i don't really understand.

    and certainly, we are all entitled to our opinions....never stated otherwise, tho you seem to suggest your opinion is 'more right'.... :D
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  • PillowPants
    PillowPants Posts: 4,877
    no one is forcing you to buy them

    the bitching in this place is comical

    if they don't tour people bitch

    if they tour people bitch

    good times!
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Lambchops wrote:
    no one is forcing you to buy them

    the bitching in this place is comical

    if they don't tour people bitch

    if they tour people bitch

    good times!

    i'm all for expressing opinions and airing beefs, etc.
    however, what i find 'comical' is that of the 2 threads about euro shows i've seen, either commenting about prices or how/when shows were announced and then put on sale...both started by americans, one of whom i am certain has no intetion of going, dunno about the other. and hey, i do get it....but i just find it funny that at the very least it's not europeans starting the threads on these topics. no idea wtf it may mean... :lol:
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    decides2dream wrote:
    Lambchops wrote:
    no one is forcing you to buy them

    the bitching in this place is comical

    if they don't tour people bitch

    if they tour people bitch

    good times!

    i'm all for expressing opinions and airing beefs, etc.
    however, what i find 'comical' is that of the 2 threads about euro shows i've seen, either commenting about prices or how/when shows were announced and then put on sale...both started by americans, one of whom i am certain has no intetion of going, dunno about the other. and hey, i do get it....but i just find it funny that at the very least it's not europeans starting the threads on these topics. no idea wtf it may mean... :lol:

    Some people just don't understand economics dream - wouldn't worry about it :D
  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    $200 to see the best live band on the planet......

    Is still a fucking bargain...........

    I spent a lot more than that. My Australian tour cost me around 3 grand, best money I ever spent. I do not regret a cent of it! :):):)
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    decides2dream wrote:
    i'm all for expressing opinions and airing beefs, etc.
    however, what i find 'comical' is that of the 2 threads about euro shows i've seen, either commenting about prices or how/when shows were announced and then put on sale...both started by americans, one of whom i am certain has no intetion of going, dunno about the other. and hey, i do get it....but i just find it funny that at the very least it's not europeans starting the threads on these topics. no idea wtf it may mean... :lol:

    Ahem, bringing up an issue that effects all shows lately (not just the European Tour) in that ticket pricing is quite high, and only getting higher every time there's another leg of the tour, is relevant.

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