The Big Topic About Ticket and Merchandise Prices

[Driew_La_27]

So I paid $30 for a ticket at the Chehalis concert. That's about the max I'll pay though.

[Well, Well, Well]

thanks driew for acually creating the topic. ironic the one time i might want scottidog to use her mod powers she does nothing. lol. but calling it the "big topic" just saddens me because my guess is it will never become as big as it should be. (maybe that's because i failed to address the discussion of stoners, drunks and journey herein this thread. )

[Well, Well, Well]

but driew, what about 35 dollars????

[scottidog]

thanks driew for acually creating the topic. ironic the one time i might want scottidog to use her mod powers she does nothing. lol.

But it would have meant culling out all the merch price posts. That's what we keep Driew around for, the scut work important mod tasks...

Seriously, all you needed to do was ask.

[Driew_La_27]

thanks driew for acually creating the topic. ironic the one time i might want scottidog to use her mod powers she does nothing. lol. but calling it the "big topic" just saddens me because my guess is it will never become as big as it should be. (maybe that's because i failed to address the discussion of stoners, drunks and journey herein this thread. )

To be fair I was helping the off topicness of that topic so it was probably my duty to straighten it out since it was partly my fault.

I'm also horrible with naming topics. So I apologize for the overused "The Big Topic" slogan.

but driew, what about 35 dollars????

I would pay 35 Okay, my limit for an Al ticket is probably $45.

[scottidog]

Is that with or without tax, handling fees, etc?

[Driew_La_27]

That's what we keep Driew around for, the scut work important mod tasks...

*Googles "scut"*

Hey...

[Driew_La_27]

Is that with or without tax, handling fees, etc?

I don't know...okay fine. $50 is the max I'd pay for an Al ticket including all the fees.

[scottidog]

I think I paid $45, with fees it was $52. Which I think is comparable to the amount I spent in 2004. In 2004 I had killer seats. The last concert? Balcony. The worst seats I've had yet.

But in fairness, I don't think Al sets the concert ticket price. I think that's done by the promoters. Al probably does have a say in the merch prices though.

[Driew_La_27]

But in fairness, I don't think Al sets the concert ticket price. I think that's done by the promoters.

Yeah that makes sense. Al has a fee to appear at their venue. And then the venue would figure out how much to sell each ticket to make a profit. So say Al's fee was $10,000 (I have no clue what he charges, I've always been curious though). And the venue has say 2000 seats. To break even they would sell each ticket at $5. But of course they don't want to just break even. So they'd charge $10 per ticket.