Originally Posted by
TimothyBFan
CL--I believe you are spot on!!! I'd wager a half a dozen front row tickets that the reason for the high cost is GREED!!!
Unfortunately people will continue to pay those extremely unreasonable prices and they will continue to charge them because they do. I will admit, I felt a bit of "ha, I knew it" when they had to cancel a few shows recently due to low ticket sales. And as I've said about a gazillion times already, I vow NOT to spend that kind of money (unless a front row ticket falls in my lap like it almost did last Friday). I was pretty devastated when that ticket didn't materialize but later, after the initial shock of having it then not having it wore off, I was glad, for lack of a better word, that I was able to keep to my convictions and not put out the money.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who loves the Eagles as much as us on this board but I don't feel I have to prove my love for them by spending over a $1500 for 4 concert tickets ever again. I envy those of you that can do that several times over and travel great distances to do so but unfortunately I'm not one who can. (I know where you are coming from Evelyn!) I told hubby last Friday that if I had the money to do so, I would travel all over the world to see this band but I have not won that lottery yet so therefore that money is better spent paying the mortgage payment and car payment and medical bills and children's educations....Real life just sucks some times but in the greater scheme of things, I have it pretty darn good so I don't really regret the fact that I don't get to see them a half dozen times a year and am thankful that I have had the chance to see them even once or twice.
CL--I agree that for the money, Timothy's show was an awesome deal and truly another dream come true for me!! I never imagined he'd ever do solo show's and then for one to land 1 & 1/2 hours away for $22 a ticket and to find myself within feet of him performing..... **SIGH**
Bottom line is, as long as people pay those prices, they will continue to charge those prices. The only way to get them lowered is for people to just stop doing it and hurt them where it counts. Unfortunately, I doubt that would even work at this point and that is when, instead of lowering prices, they would simply just say "it was a good ride but we're done".
Climbing down off my soap box now and stopping before this post turns into an essay on greed!!