Coldplay Presale Purchase Question

[ggw]

Originally posted by Bags:
  If they lose your business, but they can still sell out the venue, then your loss is of no concern, business-wise.

Exactly.
 
 We can all now agree that Coldplayâ?¢ is a business enterprise that endeavors to maximize and monopolize profits, not an artistic one that seeks to reach kids that may be moved by their music.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by GabrielG54:
  and to think, all i wanted was to know if my seats were any good.

Not as "good" as orginially thought    
 
 LenardYorkton
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  While I bought GA Pit ticks for Coldplay, what wasn't available in the presale was several reserved rows at the front. Why? Because Coldplay is doing a VIP deal where if you pay $175 for a tick, you're guaranteed a seat within the first 20 rows, private entrance, premium parking, limited edition merch and some other sh*t. These tickets are on sale for all of their shows on this tour right now. Coldplay's management is scalping their own tickets essentially.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Holy shit, you're serious!!  OK, there are 5 guys in the band, one of which is rather outspoken the other 4 I can't even name, they likely split profits so they doubled the tickets prices so that one of them can share his wealth with third world nations!?!?!?!?!  That's more assinine than arguing that they raised prices to curb scalping!

You're misquoting me and badly.
 
 I'm not saying 3rd world nations are helped by raising ticket prices, I just don't see how they're hurt by it. In fact, my point is, I don't see what they have to do with this debate at all, and I was questioning why they got brought up by Distance.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  If they lose your business, but they can still sell out the venue, then your loss is of no concern, business-wise.

Exactly.
 
 We can all now agree that Coldplayâ?¢ is a business enterprise that endeavors to maximize and monopolize profits, not an artistic one that seeks to reach kids that may be moved by their music. [/b]

the elistist prick from greenbelt concurs.  can i get a second to close the debate?

[Bags]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  if a band wants to set their ticket prices at $70 a pop thats fine with me.  but to justify that price because of what brokers might charge is flawed logic. charging fans more money because some might be lost to ticket brokers is silly, that not market driven it's greedy.

But it was someone here who said that the broker prices were setting the Coldplay price...the band or its management didn't say that, did they?
 
 And I posit that the scalped price for these $70 is way over $70.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  If they lose your business, but they can still sell out the venue, then your loss is of no concern, business-wise.

Exactly.
 
 We can all now agree that Coldplayâ?¢ is a business enterprise that endeavors to maximize and monopolize profits, not an artistic one that seeks to reach kids that may be moved by their music. [/b]

the elistist prick from greenbelt concurs.  can i get a second to close the debate? [/b]

i defintely agree with said prick.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  the elistist prick from greenbelt concurs.  can i get a second to close the debate?

Here here, I'll make this a bi-partisan concurrence.

[distance]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  If they were serious about helping third world nations by raising ticket prices, why not announce that $35 from every ticket goes to Make Trade Fair?  Because that's not the case now is it?

if this were the stated case, then i might just consider $70 to see coldplay as it would be $35 (which i think is reasonable -- i was actually up for spending up to $50ish for this tour) for the band and $35 going to charity.

[kosmo vinyl]

dicussion closed... kindly go on any "news" cable channel for further debate

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  If they lose your business, but they can still sell out the venue, then your loss is of no concern, business-wise.

Exactly.
 
 We can all now agree that Coldplayâ?¢ is a business enterprise that endeavors to maximize and monopolize profits, not an artistic one that seeks to reach kids that may be moved by their music. [/b]

despite the hilariously ironic article i posted earlier, when was this ever in question?
 
 this isn't the same band that came over here a few years ago and wowed rock nerds and anglophiles ... these guys are corporate and are acting just like every other corporate group does ... and it's not like they're being outrageous or anything, their prices are well in-line with other corporate bands

[Bags]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
  (that and i just bought a house, HOYA!)

great to hear! congratulations are in order!!
 
     [/b]

Have you closed?  I've got a contract on a place and go to settlement June 17, but am nervous to believe I have it as I've been burned once before by a seller...
 
 CONGRATULATIONS.  I should have done it at your age; I'm an idiot (though job changes had much to do with it).

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
  You're misquoting me and badly.
 
 I'm not saying 3rd world nations are helped by raising ticket prices, I just don't see how they're hurt by it.

Because I give a lot of money to charity and now I won't have an extra $70 to give away because my Mrs. wanted to see Coldplay despite the fact that they've doubled their ticket prices, so there's one way raising ticket prices have hurt the third world.

[Bags]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  And to Hoya -- this "category of fans" thing makes no sense.  Point is, they have a LOT of fans.  Doesn't matter a toss if they're cool indie hipsters or Hootie-loving soccer moms.  Both groups are willing to pay to see this show.

no, it DOES make sense ... it explains why they can charge $60+ per ticket and it really isn't a huge logical leap
 
 as one of the biggest rock bands in the US, they have a lot of casual fans who don't often go to concerts and have no qualms spending $60+ when they go to their one concert of the season or even of the year
 
 of course their fan demographics don't really matter, but they easily explain the ticket prices. [/b]

Aha, that makes sense.  Now I get what you were getting at.  It's the Simon & Garfunkle phenomenon as well.  I'd bet that 50% of the folks in MCI Center go to one or two concerts a year, so were willing to shell out $200.

[Bags]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 If they were serious about helping third world nations by raising ticket prices, why not announce that $35 from every ticket goes to Make Trade Fair?  Because that's not the case now is it?

Okay, Esquire -- you just flipped the logic from "how does lowering ticket prices help third world countries" to "they raised ticket prices to help thirs world countries."  Can't do that!

[kosmo vinyl]

what does this look like the kosmo & ggw hour on 9:30 cable news network?