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Originally posted by wondergirl9847
Okay, who was smokin' crack at the merchandising meeting THAT day?  That's outrageous!!
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Here's what I think happens: You've got a band that are multi-millionaires. Their agents/managers are multi-millionaires. The merchandising folks are loaded too. And of course, all the assorted hanger-ons, family members, entourage, etc., are not exactly minimum wage folks either. So to them, $200 for a ticket seems reasonable. So does $30 for a t-shirt and $20-40 for a tour book. They just don't understand that to the average person out there, this is a LOT of money.
I'll give you a little illustration. I was in NYC recently on a business trip. My co-workers and I were looking for somewhere to grab a quick bite for lunch. One of my co-workers and I are both in our late thirties, the other two in their early twenties. We older folks found a place we thought would be great. The going rate for lunch was about $15 each, which for me, in NYC, was a pretty darn good deal. The younger girls freaked. They thought that the hot dogs the sidewalk vendors were selling for a couple of bucks was the way to go. The difference here between us? The 30-somethings make about twice as much as the 20-somethings; what was reasonable to us was expensive to the them. It gave me a good lesson in economic perspective.