Ticket Prices - STOP COMPLAINING!

[rednekkPH]

Not to sound like a pr*ck, but the truth of the matter is that these shows are entertainment, and therefore are a luxury item. Not everyone can afford every luxury item they would like. Others choose not to spend the money on a particular luxury item even if they can afford it, as it falls lower on their scale of priorities.

I'd love to have a 2005 Road King in my garage. But right now I can't afford to spend the $20,000 on that particular luxury item. You know what I do? I s*ck it up and deal with it - I don't go to Harley discussion boards and b*tch that HD is greedy and pricing me out what I truly deserve as a long time customer.

but.......but........Frank, you are a pr*ck

Shhh...nobody else around here has caught on to that yet, darlin'.

[skiboutins]

I guess I don't consider spending one night out with a bunch of friends at a concert a 'luxury' item.....a motorcycle maybe....but a concert????.....get real.

I would be spending my 'entertainment' dollars....but 'entertainment' is just becoming pricey.....thats all......and at a quick pace.....much faster than most of us can earn it.....much faster.

More and more of us are going to have to draw that line in the beach sand real soon.....

$200+ face to see Buffett......just think about it.....doesn't this pricing really bunk against what we are trying to escape for a few hours????

Where do you draw the line in the sand????

$200 a ducket?

How about $500???

$1000????

or more????

At what point do you sacrifice necessities for a concert?

Kind of reminds me of those who live in rented trailers and ride new Harleys....

[Craiger]

Here I go throwing gas on the fire...

For me, the issue revolves around value. Everyone is certainly welcome to spend their money on whatever they like, and presumably the person spending the money feels that they are getting a certain amount of value for the money they spend.

That value will differ widely from person to person. I feel that a ticket to a Buffett concert is worth no more than about 50 bucks tops, regardless of where the seats are. Obviously, there are a ton of people who think otherwise. I see them in line every year throwing hissyfits because they can't get seats in the first three rows.

If you think paying 80 bucks, 100 bucks, or whatever is a good value for a concert experience, I'm glad you're fortunate enough to have the "money is no object" approach. Personally, I think anyone who spends more than 50 bucks for ANY concert ticket is getting ripped off. I just don't see the value for the money.

[rednekkPH]

I guess I don't consider spending one night out with a bunch of friends at a concert a 'luxury' item.....a motorcycle maybe....but a concert????.....get real.

Do you need to go to a concert to survive? No? Then it's a luxury.

More and more of us are going to have to draw that line in the beach sand real soon.....

That's exactly what I was saying. It's all about balancing your priorities. You play until you can't afford to, or dont' want to anymore.

At what point do you sacrifice necessities for a concert?

At exactly the point at which you become a complete idiot. Anyone who'd give up food or shelter just to go listen to a singer deserves to starve...natural selection in action.

[Finsupinfla]

Last October I went to Vegas to see Buffett. The floor and lower level tix were $200. I chose to sit in the upper level for $68. I was not upset or bitter about the $200 tix. This past Feb in Fort Lauderdale my lower level ticket was $69. Monday I got my feild seat for Wrigley. I am not a rich man, but I had no problem paing $130. I wanted to be on the field and I am. If the field seats were $200, I still would have gotten it!!!

[Mr Play]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

[F1NZZZ]

that comment from F1zzzz is the dumbest thing I have ever heard, of course its about money now, thats why he had all his friends from country music come in and make a CD that was designed to go #1. it was about music for 35+ years, isnt that enough? honestly he has some great music and now that hes towards the end of the career do you blame him for putting some money together so he can live in the style in which hes been accustomed to for the next 30-40 years?

So are you telling me that for the last 35years he has not made any $?? Now that is dumb. He's made more than enough 10 times over. You act like if he did not charge $130 a ticket he'll not be able to "live the life he's accustomed to for the next 30-40 year." This man owns planes, boats, resturants, and multiple houses. He is not hurting for money today or 50 years from now. That is just ignorant to say he needs more money for the future. It should be about the music. There are plenty of artists that could charge huge ticket prices but don't. We are the same phans that made Jimmy what he is today. Why must he rape us of our hard earned dollars? We grew up with his music, it's an art form that has become part of our lives. I'm sorry but there is not 1 reason he needs to charge that much for a concert ticket. If he really wanted to control it he could. Bottom Line.

[F1NZZZ]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

[buffettbride]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't get to go.

It sukks...but just because you are a huge PH, doesn't make you "entitled" to see Jimmy. What entitles you to see Jimmy is paying for a ticket.

[Mr Play]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Either save up for it or don't go. I've been a Buffett fan all my life, but there were lots of years I didn't go to a concert.

[buffettbride]

Not to sound like a pr*ck, but the truth of the matter is that these shows are entertainment, and therefore are a luxury item. Not everyone can afford every luxury item they would like. Others choose not to spend the money on a particular luxury item even if they can afford it, as it falls lower on their scale of priorities.

I'd love to have a 2005 Road King in my garage. But right now I can't afford to spend the $20,000 on that particular luxury item. You know what I do? I s*ck it up and deal with it - I don't go to Harley discussion boards and b*tch that HD is greedy and pricing me out what I truly deserve as a long time customer.

but.......but........Frank, you are a pr*ck

Shhh...nobody else around here has caught on to that yet, darlin'.

I think some of us may be on to ya.

[rednekkPH]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

[F1NZZZ]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

I understand what you're saying.....but your missing the point.....there is no reason to charge $90+ for a concert ticket.....NONE!

[nomad]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

I understand what you're saying.....but your missing the point.....there is no reason to charge $90+ for a concert ticket.....NONE!

Sure there is. Suppy and demand. He charges, we pay. Its our own damn fault.

[buffettbride]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

I understand what you're saying.....but your missing the point.....there is no reason to charge $90+ for a concert ticket.....NONE!

Sure there is. It's called profit. Charging more for a ticket (that will sell at that price) means the powers that be will make more money.

Let me add my own perspective as well (I swiped this from what I posted in the poll about getting one's monies worth)

I highly associate the $$ I've spent on Jimmy on the experience overall.

$$ for my "virgin" concert (plus t-shirt) = priceless experience

$$$ for the concert where Matt proposed (plus 3 t-shirts) = priceless experience

$$$$$ for the concert where Matt and I were married (plus a buttload of Jimmy stuff) = priceless experience

$$$$ for our trip to vegas last year = priceless experience

$$$$for our honeymoon and Nissan this year = from what I've heard about Nissan and my BNrs and BWrs I'll meet there, priceless experience

Sure...I could have those experiences with friends and family without saying Jimmy, but I'd venture to say I'd spend just as much having a party at my home to hang with those folks. And I'd spend WELL over $200 throwing a decent party. I know for a FACT I would have spent more for a more traditional wedding than getting married at Jimmy's show.

[rednekkPH]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

I understand what you're saying.....but your missing the point.....there is no reason to charge $90+ for a concert ticket.....NONE!

Sure there is - and that reason is that lots of folks will pay it. There's nothing about a Mercedes that makes it worth over $100,000...but people who like those particular models are willing to pay that much, so why should MB sell the car for $30,000?

No basketball shoe is worth $125 either. Does that mean Nike should sell them for $30, even though people will line up to buy them for $125?

[skiboutins]

Red and Bride,

I want you to both think up a price threshhold that you would pay for a Buffett ticket.....you don't need to list a price....just picture it...

Then imagine that face value of ticket prices just cleared that amount...
so now you decline to purchase tickets based on price...

You draw that line in the sand.

What do you do?

YOU COMPLAIN!!!!! Just like the rest of us!!!

Admit it....you would be p*** off.

Then imagine other BNers telling you
JUST DON'T GO

Sucks, don't it.

So maybe, just maybe....you would agree that the price is just too high...
for no reason except to pad fat pockets...

Or not.

[buffettbride]

Red and Bride,

I want you to both think up a price threshhold that you would pay for a Buffett ticket.....you don't need to list a price....just picture it...

Then imagine that face value of ticket prices just cleared that amount...
so now you decline to purchase tickets based on price...

You draw that line in the sand.

What do you do?

YOU COMPLAIN!!!!! Just like the rest of us!!!

Admit it....you would be p*** off.

Then imagine other BNers telling you
JUST DON'T GO

Sucks, don't it.

So maybe, just maybe....you would agree that the price is just too high...
for no reason except to pad fat pockets...

Or not.

There are a lot of things in life that I enjoy that are beyond the threshold that you speak of. So far, seeing Jimmy has not been among them. I DO make decisions to not do things based on what they cost. But ya know...life goes on. It's just not worth it to complain about it.

I don't disagree....it would totally sukk if I couldn't afford to see Jimmy. But I'm simply not much of the complaining type and would find a way to make things sunny-side up. I'm just a walking freakin' ray of sunshine I tell ya.

[rednekkPH]

Red and Bride,

I want you to both think up a price threshhold that you would pay for a Buffett ticket.....you don't need to list a price....just picture it...

Then imagine that face value of ticket prices just cleared that amount...
so now you decline to purchase tickets based on price...

You draw that line in the sand.

What do you do?

YOU COMPLAIN!!!!! Just like the rest of us!!!

Admit it....you would be p*** off.

Then imagine other BNers telling you
JUST DON'T GO

Sucks, don't it.

So maybe, just maybe....you would agree that the price is just too high...
for no reason except to pad fat pockets...

Or not.

Thank you for thinking you know me. I can tell you one thing, I wouldn't be on a message board crying like a kindergartener because I couldn't afford a ticket. I'd s*ck it up and deal with it, just like I do for all the other things I'd like but cannot afford. That's what grown-ups do.

Another thing - if the whiners among us would put the effort that they spend complaining into a side job or something like that, maybe they could earn the extra cash they need to attend a show.

[F1NZZZ]

If you don't like the ticket prices, don't buy a ticket. I've paid anywhere from $20 to $175 apiece for Buffett tickets, and I've gotten my money's worth every time.

What if you can't afford a $90 or $130 ticket?

Then you don't go. Stay home and listen to the show on RM - or is high speed internet access too expensive?

I understand what you're saying.....but your missing the point.....there is no reason to charge $90+ for a concert ticket.....NONE!

Sure there is - and that reason is that lots of folks will pay it. There's nothing about a Mercedes that makes it worth over $100,000...but people who like those particular models are willing to pay that much, so why should MB sell the car for $30,000?

No basketball shoe is worth $125 either. Does that mean Nike should sell them for $30, even though people will line up to buy them for $125?

I'll agree we disagree... Those items you mentioned are possesions, items you keep for an extended period of time. Not just for 2hrs. I just thought it would be nice to put the phans #1 on the priority list, not some fat cat promoter exec.