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OMG! Ponies!
05/27/09

In reply to Blockquote: "Suing your customers is a bad idea"
You know what's also a bad idea?

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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Monty
05/27/09

@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.
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frigg
05/27/09

@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.
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frigg
05/27/09

In reply to Blockquote: "Suing your customers is a bad idea"
Wonder what he'd say if it were as easy to pirate a seat as it is to pirate a song.
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Ibelieveinsandwitches
05/27/09

@frigg: well there is scalping, but I suppose that is a little different.
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telepheedian
05/27/09

@Ibelieveinsandwitches: There's evidence that TM scalps their own tickets.
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frigg
05/27/09

@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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