Make Peace With Ticket Prices.

P34RL J4MM3R
P34RL J4MM3R Posts: 1,339
edited April 2011 in The Porch
It's time to make peace with the cost of concert tickets. They are not over priced.

So I finally made peace with the cost of concert tickets today. I figure I pay $60/mo on cable and it costs $80 to fill my gas tank. So a concert ticket for $100 is not bad. Sure I wish it was lower, but I wish gas was cheaper too. You can't get a 100 or 200 level Bulls ticket for less than $100 and they do 41 "shows" a year + playoffs. I pay $25 co-pay for 4 mins with the doctor. My buddy pays $300/hr for his divorce lawyer. Can't get a decent hotel room for less than $100/ night. I'm not rich, but I am thrifty.
I'll still bitch about ticket availability and location of shows and getting shut out and my high 10C number, but not ticket prices.
$100 for EV or $70 for A perfect Circle or $45 for a Cubs ticket doesn't seem that high. I guess inflation has really got in my head.
At the show/game when a beer costs $8 and nachos $7 now that is outrageous.
Have a great week.
There's no need to say goodbye
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  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    I got my tix to EV in L.A., but I'm still gonna bitch...

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    ;)
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  • AzWicker
    AzWicker Posts: 1,162
    drummerboy_73 wrote:
    I got my tix to EV in L.A., but I'm still gonna bitch...

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    ;)

    Yeah, but that was basically Baldwin High School's gym...
    Ed: 2011-07-09 2012-11-04
    PJ: 2011-09-03 2011-09-04
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,023
    Your post actually made me feel a lot better about the situation :) .
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  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    isn't inflation just part of the problem? isn't the price of gas and other things that went skyrocketing also to blame so they have to counteract that and junk? just guessing, i know nothing really, it just kinda makes sense in my head, though it's not like i do research on this kinda stuff so maybe i'm just stupid =D
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  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I think part of the problem with this country is the haves can't ever seem to have enough and getting more generally comes at the expense of the have nots. Ed, Pearl Jam, Sunoco, BP, Comcast Cable....all haves who simply increase their prices to adjust for inflation so we the consumer are forced to pay more or we don't drive/get cable/go to concerts.
  • drummerboy_73
    drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    AzWicker wrote:
    drummerboy_73 wrote:
    I got my tix to EV in L.A., but I'm still gonna bitch...

    17457_235616777826_555872826_3703170_320848_n.jpg

    ;)

    Yeah, but that was basically Baldwin High School's gym...

    EVEN BETTER! I'd take a HS gymnasium over the MGM Grand any day!
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  • Mikee J
    Mikee J Posts: 1,323
    P34RL J4MM3R wrote:
    It's time to make peace with the cost of concert tickets. They are not over priced.

    So I finally made peace with the cost of concert tickets today. I figure I pay $60/mo on cable and it costs $80 to fill my gas tank. So a concert ticket for $100 is not bad. Sure I wish it was lower, but I wish gas was cheaper too. You can't get a 100 or 200 level Bulls ticket for less than $100 and they do 41 "shows" a year + playoffs. I pay $25 co-pay for 4 mins with the doctor. My buddy pays $300/hr for his divorce lawyer. Can't get a decent hotel room for less than $100/ night. I'm not rich, but I am thrifty.
    I'll still bitch about ticket availability and location of shows and getting shut out and my high 10C number, but not ticket prices.
    $100 for EV or $70 for A perfect Circle or $45 for a Cubs ticket doesn't seem that high. I guess inflation has really got in my head.
    At the show/game when a beer costs $8 and nachos $7 now that is outrageous.
    Have a great week.


    I agree.. the problem is its getting harder and harder to get tickets which are not on the secondary market....
    "My body's nobody's body but mine"

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