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oldschool
Flex pricing? so that is what they call fire sale these days. pretty good spin I have to say.
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flacnvinyl
There are many reports of $85 tickets ending up in $600 and $450 sections. The guy is all spin.
The solution to the scalper situation is NOT to raise prices... It is to make everything will call. One pair per ID/credit card, done. Scalpers would only be able to sell singles. DONE.
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flacnvinyl
There are many reports of $85 tickets ending up in $600 and $450 sections. The guy is all spin.
The solution to the scalper situation is NOT to raise prices... It is to make everything will call. One pair per ID/credit card, done. Scalpers would only be able to sell singles. DONE.
Not sure will call for 20K people would work as it would take most of the day to process them and get them into the area if you don't want them wandering off trying to resell the tickets. look at how long it took to distribute a few thousand tickets at the L.A. show.
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flacnvinyl
There are many reports of $85 tickets ending up in $600 and $450 sections. The guy is all spin.
The solution to the scalper situation is NOT to raise prices... It is to make everything will call. One pair per ID/credit card, done. Scalpers would only be able to sell singles. DONE.
Not sure will call for 20K people would work as it would take most of the day to process them and get them into the area if you don't want them wandering off trying to resell the tickets. look at how long it took to distribute a few thousand tickets at the L.A. show.
True... but I still say it is the best solution. Make everyone show up a bit early, you get your tickets, which you have already paid for, once you get inside...
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proudmary
John Meglen, co-president of AEG Live subsidiary Concerts West
Thats exactly what he means. I didnt agree with what he says about flex prices. Flex pricing is usually mentioned BEFORE tix go onsale. Many think this tour is a bust, but I dont. These 18 shows will gross close to $100 mil. Thousands of seat sold for $600, many more at $1,500,$1,200, $2,000 etc. In the end EVERBODY will get their fare share of $$$$.Quote
gotdablouse
What he probably means is that you can't specifically buy a former $600 ticket for $85...but you can win one in the lottery...or get one from the Box Office Manager if you're not happy with your lottery win.
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DearDrK
If AEG wants to keep scalpers out of the picture, why did they allot 10% of the tickets for any given show directly to 2ndary resalers in the first place? Some 2ndary resale sites had their tickets (venue, row and seat number) listed BEFORE the event was on pre-sale to the general public. Seems to me AEG is in bed with the resale profiteers and because of the ticket buyer's negative opinion is trying to make their partner the fall guy!
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GravityBoy
They should have sold all the tickets on eBay.