Coldplay Presale Purchase Question

[Bags]

Bearman, what you say is true (or, at least, I agree with it).  On the flip side, I've paid $5 for a show and thought, "holy shit, is there ANY way I can get that 2 hours of my life back?"  And that two hours is worth way more than $5, sometimes even more than $70.      

[beedubyah]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
   

Originally posted by beedubyah:
   

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  Some folk have more money than sense.

Care to clarify? [/b]

My prediction is in 1-2 years nobody will remember their name anyway. [/b]

I will take that bet in a heartbeat.

[sonickteam2]

it was a prediction not a bet.
 
  but if you're betting , I'll put $20 on that they still suck in 2 years.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  Some folk have more money than sense.

Or a Mrs. and it's just not worth putting up a fight if it gets you free passes to spend willy-nilly on whatever you'd like becuase I can always say "Sweetie, remember when I dropped $200 for you to see Coldplay?"
 
 Sorry....nothing to see here, move along....

[kosmo vinyl]

you need a cheaper misses...

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  you need a cheaper misses...

stop hitting on smackie.

[kosmo vinyl]

actually ever since i worn the kilt the hitting upon has been directed at me...

[vansmack]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  you need a cheaper misses...

6 more years until early retirement - I just keep telling myself that.
 
 And yes, you did look mighty fine in that kilt - I nearly forgot you had a beautiful bride standing next to you.

[GabrielG54]

Look, Coldplay are at the apex of their commercial popularity right now.  If they charged the 30-40 bucks a ticket (and I agree with all of you that it should be more in that price range) - pavilion tickets would still be going on ebay for around 100 bucks a pop.
 
 If the market is there, why would any band consciously say - screw it, let the scalpers have the extra money.
 
 These shows will all sell out. Everyone in here seems smart. Its just simple economics.  They might not be worth that much to you, and thats fine.  But they can earn the money for themselves, or they can be "nice", charge less, and send 10-15 million dollars into the pockets of scalpers.

[kosmo vinyl]

uh sorry but thats pretty flawed logic, even flawd would agree.  if tickets getting in the hands of ticket brokers is what drives up the cost of tickets then the band, it's management and  promoters need to figure out methods of preventing that from happening...

[GabrielG54]

gee, huge surprise there. everything about ticketing, and scalping, and wanting to do the right thing is flawed and forever will be. bands have realized that the only way to curb scalping, is to take the money for themselves.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by GabrielG54:
  If the market is there, why would any band consciously say - screw it, let the scalpers have the extra money.
 
 ... But they can earn the money for themselves, or they can be "nice", charge less, and send 10-15 million dollars into the pockets of scalpers.

Seriously, read that back to yourself.
 
 Rather than have some fans pay scalpers high dollars, Coldplay would rather have all fans pay Coldplay?  That's what you just argued.

[ggw]

Originally posted by GabrielG54:
  gee, huge surprise there. everything about ticketing, and scalping, and wanting to do the right thing is flawed and forever will be. bands have realized that the only way to curb scalping, is to take the money for themselves.

That makes no sense.  Increasing the price of tickets does not do much of anything to prevent scalping.  Go to ebay and look up Rolling Stones tickets.  
 
 If the band really wanted to curtail scalping they should increase the supply of available tickets by playing multiple nights or playing at a larger venue.

[sonickteam2]

Chris' little kid needs to go to college, you know.

[distance]

Originally posted by beedubyah:
  I like a lot of bands that I realize may not be other people's cup of tea.  I understand that.
 
 I also understand that this softer, "bed-wetting" music doesnt appeal to everyone.
 
 What I dont understand is how you cannot acknowledge that while Coldplay does not play typical rock music (or whatever genre you are into), they are an extremely talented band and are great at what they do.

i like coldplay.. or at least up til this album (which i haven't been impresed with), however there's no way i could justify spending that amount of money for their tickets... and this coming from someone who went as far as louisville and cleveland to see them on the last tour.