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Piling on hidden costs during a Recession to the point that people en masse write their representatives in Congress demanding anti-trust action.
What thinking went into "Bruce Springsteen is a big name act; let's squeeze every dime out of fans in New Jersey because those people are nothing if not meek and Bruce will certainly play nice with us."
@OMG! Ponies!: No question, but at least most artists make money on selling tickets to their shows, whereas most lose money on selling albums. The major difference is we are willing to spend a hundred bucks plus on a ticket, and consider a buck too expensive for a song.
@Monty: It's also ironic that it used to be the other way around. It used to be that a concert was a way to promote album sales. Now, albums are a way to promote concert sales.
@telepheedian: I remember hearing about that! I think they got in trouble or threatened to get in trouble if they kept doing that. It turned out that a scalping website that charged a premium over normal tickets was also operated by them. Something like that.
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Piling on hidden costs during a Recession to the point that people en masse write their representatives in Congress demanding anti-trust action.
What thinking went into "Bruce Springsteen is a big name act; let's squeeze every dime out of fans in New Jersey because those people are nothing if not meek and Bruce will certainly play nice with us."
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