I see Bubba is soaking us again on ticket prices.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 1, 2007 4:08 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:I think those who are unhappy or unwilling to pay these reasonable ticket prices to see our hero ....are not TRUE Parrot Heads, anyway...

I like my popcorn soaked in real butter and lots of salt, please.....

fruitcake (aka drunkgirl) · March 1, 2007 4:10 pm

i'm po' folk and i still see him every year!
he's pretty high up on my priorities list.

i mean, do we really need to eat?

actually, i'm not upset with ticket prices at all. i think they're reasonable.
ticketmaster charges on the other hand......

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » March 1, 2007 4:12 pm

Speaking of charges, I just bought 12 tickets for the Braves/Tigers game in June.

TicketB@$tard charged $56 just for convenience charges

NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE

danielmorgan03 · Post by **danielmorgan03** » March 1, 2007 4:27 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:Lands End, realize this subject has been beaten to death...usually several times each season.

To me the best example that JB's tickets are not overpriced is the two Gillette stadium shows officially sold out in one hour. That's 120,000+ tickets. Cheaper JB tickets just won't happen unless he starts playing significantly more shows again.

Well said. I happen to teach economics for a living.

ColdWaterConch · Post by **ColdWaterConch** » March 1, 2007 4:35 pm

danielmorgan03 wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:Lands End, realize this subject has been beaten to death...usually several times each season.

To me the best example that JB's tickets are not overpriced is the two Gillette stadium shows officially sold out in one hour. That's 120,000+ tickets. Cheaper JB tickets just won't happen unless he starts playing significantly more shows again.

Well said. I happen to teach economics for a living.

I think that the "demand" for these concerts is somewhat manufactured. Last year there were ton of tickets available on ebay/stubhub/BN for or below cost, and people were dumping them days before the concerts.

Caribbean Soul Man · Post by **Caribbean Soul Man** » March 1, 2007 4:38 pm

Sidew13 wrote:Speaking of charges, I just bought 12 tickets for the Braves/Tigers game in June.

TicketB@$tard charged $56 just for convenience charges

NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE

Can someone please explain what that @#$%&* "convenience" charge is for?

It's definitely not for the customer's convenience! If you inconveniently haul your butt down to an actual inconvenient ticket window at an inconvenient TicketBastard outlet and inconveniently wait in line until it's your turn to buy your tickets, you still get sacked with this @#$%!&* "convenience" charge.

If there is no way to buy without the "convenience" charge, then why call it something that implies there's another less convenient way to buy without the additional fee

ok I feel better now

cocotel · Post by **cocotel** » March 1, 2007 4:40 pm

"Stood up and tryed to focus, I hoped I wouldn't have to move far.......knew I could use a bloody Mary, so I paid $126 and sang LA, LA, LA!!!!"

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » March 1, 2007 4:42 pm

Gang-
Like everyone else, I'd LOVE for ticket prices to be $15.00 again.
But guess what?
Jimmy Buffett will get what Jimmy Buffett CAN get. Plain and simple.

I have a sneaky feeling if we could all have 15,000-20,000 people give US $126.00 to showcase our talents, we'd do it in a minute.
I don't begrudge Jimmy one bit for getting what he can out of us, my only gripe is the WAY we have to go about getting tickets.
But I think there's a seperate thread for that.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » March 1, 2007 4:46 pm

Caribbean Soul Man wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:Speaking of charges, I just bought 12 tickets for the Braves/Tigers game in June.

TicketB@$tard charged $56 just for convenience charges

NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE
Can someone please explain what that @#$%&* "convenience" charge is for?

It's definitely not for the customer's convenience! If you inconveniently haul your butt down to an actual inconvenient ticket window at an inconvenient TicketBastard outlet and inconveniently wait in line until it's your turn to buy your tickets, you still get sacked with this @#$%!&* "convenience" charge.

If there is no way to buy without the "convenience" charge, then why call it something that implies there's another less convenient way to buy without the additional fee

ok I feel better now

You didn't have to go to the venue box office to buy the tix. The tix came to you at the TM outlet (or online).

That's the only thing I can figure....

cocotel · Post by **cocotel** » March 1, 2007 4:46 pm

Although my response was full of sarcasm....Wino you Know could not have put it better.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 1, 2007 4:47 pm

Why does TM charge a fee for the print your own tickets?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » March 1, 2007 4:54 pm

LIPH wrote:Why does TM charge a fee for the print your own tickets?

Convenience. You get your tickets right away, and they don't actually have to print them. So you pay for their convenience.

FunkHouse9 · Post by **FunkHouse9** » March 1, 2007 4:55 pm

LIPH wrote:Why does TM charge a fee for the print your own tickets?

Because they can.

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » March 1, 2007 4:57 pm

Oooo I just love when a topic is beaten into the ground.

Too bad I didn't have a dime for every time this same topic has been posted under a different name. That would help go to my Jimmy Buffett ticket fund.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 1, 2007 4:59 pm

I'm waiting for TPFKAJ to show up.

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » March 1, 2007 5:04 pm

ColdWaterConch wrote: I think that the "demand" for these concerts is somewhat manufactured. Last year there were ton of tickets available on ebay/stubhub/BN for or below cost, and people were dumping them days before the concerts.

To some degree you're right. This is a very emotional market...and that's hard to quantify in the context of supply and demand. Things like tickets going on sale several months in advance, the historical frenzy to get tickets when they go on sale, a different value to a front vs. back row ticket even though they may carry the same face value price, historically good ticket scalping profits, the desire to have tickets in-hand before going to the venue, etc. all make this an imperfect market. And, if over time enough people lose or fail to make money on re-selling tickets, the on-sale frenzy should die down.

However, even with stories of people not being able to give away tickets right before the Fenway shows the two Gillette shows for this year sold out in an hour. So emotions and demand are still running high....

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 1, 2007 5:05 pm

SharkOnLand wrote:
LIPH wrote:Why does TM charge a fee for the print your own tickets?
Convenience. You get your tickets right away, and they don't actually have to print them. So you pay for their convenience.

exactamente

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » March 1, 2007 5:08 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote: I think that the "demand" for these concerts is somewhat manufactured. Last year there were ton of tickets available on ebay/stubhub/BN for or below cost, and people were dumping them days before the concerts.
To some degree you're right. This is a very emotional market...and that's hard to quantify in the context of supply and demand. Things like tickets going on sale several months in advance, the historical frenzy to get tickets when they go on sale, a different value to a front vs. back row ticket even though they may carry the same face value price, historically good ticket scalping profits, the desire to have tickets in-hand before going to the venue, etc. all make this an imperfect market. And, if over time enough people lose or fail to make money on re-selling tickets, the on-sale frenzy should die down.

However, even with stories of people not being able to give away tickets right before the Fenway shows the two Gillette shows for this year sold out in an hour. So emotions and demand are still running high....

But what abgout the transmogrification and the hydrostatic equilibrium of the incandescent aura of the flazm?

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » March 1, 2007 5:27 pm

spoonerhizolehound wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote: I think that the "demand" for these concerts is somewhat manufactured. Last year there were ton of tickets available on ebay/stubhub/BN for or below cost, and people were dumping them days before the concerts.
To some degree you're right. This is a very emotional market...and that's hard to quantify in the context of supply and demand. Things like tickets going on sale several months in advance, the historical frenzy to get tickets when they go on sale, a different value to a front vs. back row ticket even though they may carry the same face value price, historically good ticket scalping profits, the desire to have tickets in-hand before going to the venue, etc. all make this an imperfect market. And, if over time enough people lose or fail to make money on re-selling tickets, the on-sale frenzy should die down.

However, even with stories of people not being able to give away tickets right before the Fenway shows the two Gillette shows for this year sold out in an hour. So emotions and demand are still running high....

But what abgout the transmogrification and the hydrostatic equilibrium of the incandescent aura of the flazm?

Virtually cognizant of the microcosm nano molecular vertabrae of threshold between Buffett and the complexity of tangential stereotactic visuals.

There's a reason it's a B.S. in economics....

spoonerhizolehound · Post by **spoonerhizolehound** » March 1, 2007 5:33 pm

Quiet and Shy wrote:
spoonerhizolehound wrote:
Quiet and Shy wrote:
ColdWaterConch wrote: I think that the "demand" for these concerts is somewhat manufactured. Last year there were ton of tickets available on ebay/stubhub/BN for or below cost, and people were dumping them days before the concerts.
To some degree you're right. This is a very emotional market...and that's hard to quantify in the context of supply and demand. Things like tickets going on sale several months in advance, the historical frenzy to get tickets when they go on sale, a different value to a front vs. back row ticket even though they may carry the same face value price, historically good ticket scalping profits, the desire to have tickets in-hand before going to the venue, etc. all make this an imperfect market. And, if over time enough people lose or fail to make money on re-selling tickets, the on-sale frenzy should die down.

However, even with stories of people not being able to give away tickets right before the Fenway shows the two Gillette shows for this year sold out in an hour. So emotions and demand are still running high....

But what abgout the transmogrification and the hydrostatic equilibrium of the incandescent aura of the flazm?
Virtually cognizant of the microcosm nano molecular vertabrae of threshold between Buffett and the complexity of tangential stereotactic visuals.

There's a reason it's a B.S. in economics....

Now that explains it. I can live with that explanation.