boygenius - The Record (March 31, 2023) • Page 19

All GA Tiers have the same access, they just gradually increase the price

 

honestly fuck your free market bullshit

let people complain that everything sucks and is unaffordable

 

Am I alone in finding the various ticket types super confusing when needing to make a split second decision. I believe I overpaid in order to have guaranteed GA?

And somehow I ended up with 4 GA for Forrest Hills when I only selected 3. Or maybe I just goofed. Anyway, now I have to figure out what to do about this extra ticket.

 

This. Demand is one thing, fees adding nearly a third ticket to your oder? That's obscene and the free market can eat a dick.

 

I'm with you on the fees, but as has been uncovered many times, part of the fees go to act/promoter and not just the ticketing platform.

 

It says that GA floor is first come first serve unless you get a guaranteed floor ticket. The whole venue is GA for this. (I’m referring to Forest Hills only, idk about the rest of the shows)

 

Which still doesn't make it right.

 

Can't speak to every venue but the one you want for Forest Hills is "Guaranteed GA Floor"

 

this is probably my only concert this year so i did it

 

Wait shit, was it texted or emailed? I still haven't gotten anything

 

Neither yet. Logged into the site.

 

How do you apply morality to the cost of, essentially, a luxury item? Live events by definition have limited availability so prices reflect that. Similar to every other good in our economy, whoever is selling is trying to get the most they can for it while the customer is trying to pay the least possible.

 

Ok cool. Thanks for clarifying. So I paid a premium but got what I ultimately wanted.

 

Not here for your late stage capitalism bootlicking.

 

Just got mine in email, too.

 

Does anyone want my Chicago code? I straight up forgot that I'm going to see Wednesday in Grand Rapids the day of that show, lmao

 

I don't see how it's bootlicking to point out the realities of supply/demand. I'm a big supporter of social nets, universal healthcare, public housing, etc. Tickets to Boygenius, on the other hand, is not a universal need.

 

father son and holy ghost

 

The people generating the “demand” are not benefitting from the increase in prices

 

I hear you. If I was running for office, I'd definitely be hitting on the "I guarantee $20 GA Pit ticket" platform.

 

Alright, I'll bite. What price do YOU feel these tickets should be?

 

But things like platinum tickets, scalpers, etc. are making shows appear more sold out than they actually are, which causes people to panic and spend more than they would. I'm no economist but I'm pretty sure that is what we call artificial demand. If tickets were truly being priced based on supply and demand, rather than price gouging, then you wouldn't always be able to find tickets for big shows up to minutes before the show. Sometimes those are cheaper, sometimes they're still crazy expensive, but there's almost always still seats available.

When ticketmaster (or whoever else) gets serious about fighting scalpers, true transparency on pricing (before the on sale time), and stop playing games in general, then we can talk about what a fair price is, but it's not just the $ amount printed on the ticket that is the issue here.

 

Nothing says late stage capitalism like a virtual waiting room.

 

Minimum wage workers can only eat gruel and see tribute bands in bars