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Originally Posted by Livia
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I know I'm going to get slapped about this, and for sure I'm oversimplifying
this issue. But this doesn't upset me as much as it does most people. Someone
else in another thread wrote something like "too bad it's not first come first
served like it used to be". It's really never been that way. Maybe it's never been
as corporate as it is now with TM, Azoff and etc..etc. Some of my first concert
tickets were scalped........ELVIS no less (I was a child). That was back in '75, and
some of the front row tickets were going for one thousand $ a ticket! Imagine what
that would be with adjusted inflation.
Management knows these tickets are going to be scalped by someone, so why
not them? Does it sound cheesy......yes. Illegal......could be. Just pretend you
knew a scalper and he was going to sell you a front row seat to see the Mac and
all it cost you was $25.00 over the face price (I know that's really pretending $).
Would you take it? Would you walk right past those other old school Mac fans
that are waiting in line, and maybe say something like "out of the way grey hair",
and then walk up to your ticket buddy (scalper, pal) and get your front row seat?
I believe most would take the ticket.
BTW, the dude that got us the ELVIS tickets was sent to jail........WHO KNEW???