take that tour tickets

[murphytherot]

Does anyone else think t is ridiculous that the tickets for Take That's tour in Nov/Dec 2007 have all sold out after going on sale fri 2nd march and are now being sold on ebay for �200+ despite a face value price of only �45 each! A set of 4 tickets went on sale on ebay on saturday and reached �99,999!!!!!

This isn't fair to the people who cant afford �200 for a ticket and i think tickets shouldn't be allowed to be re-sold.

What does anyone think??

[teash]

Yep I defo think its scandalous, I mean �45 is way to much to watch that shower `o numpties :)

[Miss-taken]

Whats not fair about it? No one has to pay �200 a ticket - if people are dopey enough to pay that much its their own stupid fault - no one is making them! A friend of mine managed to get tickets (and is letting me have one) but if she hadn't have got them - there's no way I would pay a ridiculous price for them - despite how much I want to go

[Vanilla Face]

Not being fair to people who can't afford it have nothing to do with it. It's not fair that these ***** are allowed to call up and order multiples at a time when they couldn't give 2 ***** about going. There should be a similar system to Glastonbury put in place so this sort of behaviour doesn't happen over and over again.

[rja211077]

it's bonkers. you'd think the market forces (supply and demand) would dictate that the initlal prices would be raised significantly, yet the Rolling Stones and Madonna both charged about �150 for recent gigs (to much outcry) and STILL people paid this happily and STILL people paid hugely inflated prices on eBay once the official lines had sold out.

it's like going to these gigs has now become a status cachet - a 'been there done that' type thing rather than an actual event for enjoyment for some people.

I agree that they're probably going to have to put some sort of Glasto-type registration system in place to stop this. But then again, if going to a gig is worth �200+ to some people, who are we to stop them paying that? That's a free market for you!

When people buys shares in a company, it's because they think that they will be able to sell them at an increased value...they think they're getting a cheap deal. The eBay sellers who buy gig tickets are no different.

You've got to wonder why the artists, promoters and record companies are undervaluing their tickets so much? It was the most predictable thing in the world that these gigs would sell faster than you can say 'have another espresso Robbie'

[johnny37]

I seem to recall Tthe Stones used to do free gigs sometimes, though attending them was awful, with hippies lying on the gound in sleeping bags. As far as Take That is concerned, its a question of economics. Its a free market. The tickets are only worth what someone will pay for them, It doesnt matter whether its a concert or Wimbledon. I applied for British Gas shares when they were privatised but did not get throught the ballot. Those who did sold them at a vast profit. Whats the difference? Perhaps Take That should only appear free before an invited audience who have to show their passports to get in.

[gavinbecky]

This is what happens when Blair and his croanies take so much in taxes. We have to make money by other means.

I feel sorry for the Take That fans. My girlfirends sister got tickets and we won't sell ours for 10k never mind �200.

The fans usually end up going but at a price. Personally I think you should have to take identification when you go to concerts and match that with your name inscribed onto the ticket itself. Maybe the genuine fans will have a chance and at the standard price. if this were done

[johnny37]

The government has to take taxes where it can, when the likes of people like this can make �165 without paying tax. If certain people paid tax on even half their income (instead of trying to hide it with cash-in-hand) we would be able to afford all the schools, hospitals and healthcare that we need with no problem. (I am not a Labour supporter)