| 4th September 2007 06:02 PM |
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| Riffhard |
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Saint Sway wrote:
thats insane. The ticket FEES were only 25 cents
the fees now add up to half the final cost
The real insanity is what they call the charges. They are called "convenience" fees! What the fuck is so gawtdamned convenient about paying an extra 20 bucks per ticket?
Riffy |
| 4th September 2007 06:09 PM |
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| monkey_man |
I remember buying this ticket from a scalper for $35. . .
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| 4th September 2007 06:24 PM |
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| fireontheplatter |
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Riffhard wrote:
The real insanity is what they call the charges. They are called "convenience" fees! What the fuck is so gawtdamned convenient about paying an extra 20 bucks per ticket?
Riffy
i'm pretty sure the person who answered the phone has a mouth to feed. |
| 4th September 2007 06:26 PM |
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| Gazza |
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fireontheplatter wrote:
i'm pretty sure the person who answered the phone has a mouth to feed.
Was food free until about ten years ago?
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| 4th September 2007 06:35 PM |
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| Gazza |
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Riffhard wrote:
No kidding! I wonder if Cohl was just following Babs Streisand's lead. That was roughly the same time period that she was getting heat for charging such insanely high prices. Of course a Streisand audience is far different than a Stones' audience, but it would not surprise me in the least to hear that her ticket pricing policy prompted Cohl's push for such outrageous pricing that we have had since 1998.
Streisand wasnt touring at that time. It was around 1993 when she toured for the first time in over 25 years, with prices from $50 to (in some cases) $1,500. Apart from a few shows here and there, I dont think she toured again until 2006. The Eagles were the first band to charge $100 a ticket (in the late 90s I believe) which probably prompted Jagger & Cohl to 'restructure' the ticket pricing system to the one we all know and 'love' now...
"Of course a Streisand audience is far different than a Stones' audience"
These days I'm honestly not so sure that it is, at times. A Stones audience demographic is definitely NOT what it used to be. Probably mostly for the reasons stated above.
A certain percentage of Streisand tickets are reserved/siphoned off for people willing to pay four and five figure sums. As are Stones tickets. No difference from what I can see.
[Edited by Gazza] |
| 4th September 2007 07:35 PM |
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| Riffhard |
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Gazza wrote:
Streisand wasnt touring at that time. It was around 1993 when she toured for the first time in over 25 years, with prices from $50 to (in some cases) $1,500. Apart from a few shows here and there, I dont think she toured again until 2006. The Eagles were the first band to charge $100 a ticket (in the late 90s I believe) which probably prompted Jagger & Cohl to 'restructure' the ticket pricing system to the one we all know and 'love' now...
"Of course a Streisand audience is far different than a Stones' audience"
These days I'm honestly not so sure that it is, at times. A Stones audience demographic is definitely NOT what it used to be. Probably mostly for the reasons stated above.
A certain percentage of Streisand tickets are reserved/siphoned off for people willing to pay four and five figure sums. As are Stones tickets. No difference from what I can see.
[Edited by Gazza]
Yes right you are Gazza. It was 1993. I remember it well. I was living in Josh's town of Boca Raton, Fla. at the time. So, once again, it comes down to being the Eagles fault!
True also that now that the Stones are charging such insanely high prices the demographics of the audience has changed accordingly. Sad, sad, sad.
Riffy |
| 4th September 2007 08:09 PM |
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| glencar |
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Riffhard wrote:
The real insanity is what they call the charges. They are called "convenience" fees! What the fuck is so gawtdamned convenient about paying an extra 20 bucks per ticket?
Riffy
Please recall when they basically gave away tix at Gillette Stadium last year. I believe the tix were $22 each & if you bought 4 you got a T shirt & a Toyota Echo. Ironically, the parking fees at that place were $35-$40! |
| 4th September 2007 08:11 PM |
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| glencar |
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Gazza wrote:
I think that "1998 - $65" to "1999 - $300" kinda beats the bejesus out of it!
I paid $300 in 1997 for a show at the Vegas MGM Grand. |
| 4th September 2007 08:12 PM |
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| glencar |
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Riffhard wrote:
The Iraq situation is making massive improvements. Not that anyone would know about that considering the media is jerking themselves dry over Hillary all the while completely ignoring yet another Chinese fundraising scandal! Gee, the more things change the more they stay the same for the Clinton Corp.!!
Let's just ignore that shit and concentrate on an outed gay Republican! The Republicans immediately kicked the hypocritical fuckhead out of office though! Something that Dem's never do!! They circle the wagons and blame it all on talk radio and "vast right wing conspiracies".
Anbar province is safer today than downtown New Orleans or Detroit yet the media still says all is lost in Iraq!! Just three short months ago Harry Reid stated the war lost and pointed to al Anbar as a perfect example of why. Today Anbar is one of the safest cities in Iraq!! We ARE winning in Iraq!!
Fuckhead Boss (aka-some pussy hiding behind an alias) started this political shit! I'm just not one to back down from a fight.
I actually was just commenting on a ticket stub that I had not seen in some time, and lo and befuckinghold, Boss/Fuckstick decides to turn the topic into a political mudslinging contest. Fuck that. I'll address those challenges with substantiated facts and let idiots like Boss/Fuckstick argue with nothing but their brand of "hate Bush" emotional diarrhea.
Riffy
I was being facetious. And The Boss is one of our Couchie pals! |
| 4th September 2007 08:33 PM |
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| mojoman |
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monkey_man wrote:
I remember buying this ticket from a scalper for $35. . .
i got one of those.........somewhere |
| 4th September 2007 08:36 PM |
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| Riffhard |
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glencar wrote:
I was being facetious. And The Boss is one of our Couchie pals!
Are you telling me that Boss is the same guy that plays in a Beatles band? C'mon! Say it ain't true Blue?!
Why would Bucky try and get a rise outta me? I thought we were beyond that shit?!
Bucky let's not retread that fucking road my friend. You know that I am a nice likeable kinda guy, that would never let my politics get in the way of a friendship.
I suppose that I should have put two and two together and seen that there was a good chance that it was, in fact, Bucky. I still did not want to think that Buckster would slam me in not one, but two seperate threads.
I retract my various slams against The Boss if he is indeed Bucky. I am, however, a little disappointed if that is the case.
Riffy |
| 4th September 2007 09:01 PM |
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| open-g |
...and don't tell me I'm off topic^^ |
| 4th September 2007 09:12 PM |
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| mojoman |
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open-g wrote:
...and don't tell me I'm off topic^^
9/30 on a sunday this year also!!! |
| 4th September 2007 09:24 PM |
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| open-g |
>>9/30 on a sunday this year also!!!<<
Did I type something - stupid?
gimme me a hint. |
| 4th September 2007 09:39 PM |
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| SweetVirginia |
This was my first RS ticket:
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| 4th September 2007 10:08 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
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SweetVirginia wrote:
This was my first RS ticket:
Thanks for sharing, it's a real surprise on the ticket sales back then, we all thought $10 was outragious! talk about today! |
| 4th September 2007 10:14 PM |
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| mojoman |
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open-g wrote:
>>9/30 on a sunday this year also!!!<<
Did I type something - stupid?
gimme me a hint.
the show date!!! |
| 4th September 2007 10:27 PM |
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| open-g |
Oh yeah, lookin' at the calendar - we are indeed getting a Sunday, 30th of September soon.
...the only thing missing is a Stones show on that day. |
| 4th September 2007 10:44 PM |
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| monkey_man |
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open-g wrote:
...the only thing missing is a Stones show on that day.
There was a great Stones show on the date in 2002! |
| 4th September 2007 11:05 PM |
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| open-g |
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monkey_man wrote:
There was a great Stones show on the date in 2002!
Dang!
The Roseland Ballroom - and what a fine setlist - wow.
http://rocksoff.org/2002-1.htm |
| 5th September 2007 12:01 AM |
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| mojoman |
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open-g wrote:
Dang!
The Roseland Ballroom - and what a fine setlist - wow.
http://rocksoff.org/2002-1.htm
the setlists were "tops" in 02 |
