At what income does one pay thousands of dollars for concert tickets?

[Anonymous]

and my girls had a ticket go to waste because one girl broker her leg the day of the concert.

[Anonymous]

The people I know who are paying that for TS are all in finance or biglaw making millions a year.

[Anonymous]

I paid this for World Series tickets, but it was with my aging father who had never seen his team (the Nats) play in the World Series and based on his age, would likely never see it again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Well, that's not true, they were lower when they first went on sale. People bought them all up at the list price.

[Anonymous]

You have to know how to play the game to get tickets when they first went onsale via Ticketmaster.

Buy the max number of seats they allow, then sell the ones you don't want to use. Not only did you just get your own tickets paid for, you even made money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to know how to play the game to get tickets when they first went onsale via Ticketmaster.

Buy the max number of seats they allow, then sell the ones you don't want to use. Not only did you just get your own tickets paid for, you even made money.

[Anonymous]

My elementary girl asked for that too, because her friends are trying to go. I blankly told her this is toxic request. Befriend with people who are down to earth.

Our HHI is very low (400k) though. We have to protect our kids by limiting her exposure to rich kids.

[Anonymous]

My brother got 3 tickets for $5000. His HHI is $800k. He’s trying to convince his wife to seek them now for the $12k they’re going for but she’s not biting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My elementary girl asked for that too, because her friends are trying to go. I blankly told her this is toxic request. Befriend with people who are down to earth.

Our HHI is very low (400k) though. We have to protect our kids by limiting her exposure to rich kids.

Maybe at Sidwell.

[Anonymous]

My friend took her tween daughter, it was a Christmas gift

[Anonymous]

There is no amount of HHI that would make me want to teach my children that paying that much to see that woman is a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to take my elementary daughter to the Taylor swift concert. The absolute cheapest tickets are $1500-1800. These would be around $2k each after fees. These are for very bad tickets. Better tickets are more like $3-5000 PER ticket.

I’m just wondering who pays this much for these tickets. I’m guessing a lot of moms are taking their children? We can afford it but it seems excessive.

Well those are last minute tickets, they’re $$$$$

They were posted at these prices 24 hours after ticket sales. They were never lower.

Well, that's not true, they were lower when they first went on sale. People bought them all up at the list price.

"People" are usually Ticketmaster buying the tickets from themselves and then reselling higher. Performer gets a cut too, while pretending to be a victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:and my girls had a ticket go to waste because one girl broker her leg the day of the concert.

That's the only way to afford a ticket nowadays! Sometimes you have to broker an arm too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no amount of HHI that would make me want to teach my children that paying that much to see that woman is a good idea.

No difference between that & buying expensive tickets to sporting events.

[Anonymous]

I think you’re ignoring the fact that the stadiums sold out for Taylor at face value which was $99-$499 depending on seat location. The crazy prices you reference are the stubhub/aftermarket prices that reflect supply/demand. The only people paying those prices are the ones who are paying aftermarket