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Post by svca on Mar 31, 2023 16:23:51 GMT -5
What's "dynamic pricing"? Hubby and I've only gone to a few concerts, including Adam's first solo tour, and when he first got together with Queen, but all I remember is hubby getting on the computer and 5 minutes later he had tickets. Of course, we don't like sitting in front (too loud) plus I can't stand for an entire concert, so maybe that made getting tickets easier. But I don't remember anything about dynamic pricing...is that something new?
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Post by pi on Mar 31, 2023 16:25:08 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 31, 2023 16:28:59 GMT -5
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Post by pi on Mar 31, 2023 16:36:02 GMT -5
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Post by nightowl on Mar 31, 2023 16:47:03 GMT -5
What's "dynamic pricing"? Hubby and I've only gone to a few concerts, including Adam's first solo tour, and when he first got together with Queen, but all I remember is hubby getting on the computer and 5 minutes later he had tickets. Of course, we don't like sitting in front (too loud) plus I can't stand for an entire concert, so maybe that made getting tickets easier. But I don't remember anything about dynamic pricing...is that something new? The Platinum Tickets. Their price changes according to the demand. If the demand is high, the prices of these tickets are high. If the demand is low, then the price is close to the regular seat or maybe even less. In my opinion these prices are nothing but nuts. About 1600$ (without fees!) for a seat in the front row? 850$ for a seat in the back, first tier? You would get great VIP tickets for that amount of money. Even the Onstage Ticket is cheaper than some of the Platimum Seats that come without any extras. The same happened for Adam’s solo shows in Las Vegas last year, when a front row platinum seat was offered for 950$… That‘s dynamic pricing. Ticketmaster officially invented it, so that the artists will get the money, that fans are willing to pay on second market places. My personal opinion is, that it somehow ridicules Brian’s saying, that they’re a band for the people and that everyone can afford their tickets. Because as far as I found out, the artists can refuse from using the dynamic pricing and not sell platinum tickets. Some artists are doing this. www.thefader.com/2023/03/16/the-cure-robert-smith-ticketmaster |
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Post by sizzling63 on Mar 31, 2023 16:49:28 GMT -5
What's "dynamic pricing"? Hubby and I've only gone to a few concerts, including Adam's first solo tour, and when he first got together with Queen, but all I remember is hubby getting on the computer and 5 minutes later he had tickets. Of course, we don't like sitting in front (too loud) plus I can't stand for an entire concert, so maybe that made getting tickets easier. But I don't remember anything about dynamic pricing...is that something new? To my knowledge, it's "supply and demand". We see it with the housing market for instance, and here in the Bay Area the market is very tight (as you know). If QAL are indeed more sought after than ever and therefore caused the ticket frenzy and high prices, I'm happy for them (as long as I still get to see them haha). Interesting though that I did not see one single ticket available in the upper ranks, which is the less expensive section. Edit: I see that nightowl explained it already. My two cents... typically, good regular seats get bumped up to become more expensive Platinum tickets, if there's a lot of demand. I even saw it for Adam's Vegas shows on the day of ticket sales where out of a sudden aisle seats in row M turned Platinum. Sometimes it just helps to wait a bit for things to cool off, but it's a bit of a poker game, I think. |
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Post by quackn on Mar 31, 2023 16:55:33 GMT -5
What's "dynamic pricing"? Hubby and I've only gone to a few concerts, including Adam's first solo tour, and when he first got together with Queen, but all I remember is hubby getting on the computer and 5 minutes later he had tickets. Of course, we don't like sitting in front (too loud) plus I can't stand for an entire concert, so maybe that made getting tickets easier. But I don't remember anything about dynamic pricing...is that something new? To my knowledge, it's "supply and demand". We see it with the housing market for instance, and here in the Bay Area the market is very tight (as you know). If QAL are indeed more sought after than ever and therefore caused the ticket frenzy and high prices, I'm happy for them (as long as I still get to see them haha). Interesting though that I did not see one single ticket available in the upper ranks, which is the less expensive section. I Agree, I have said it before if Brian thinks Queen tickets are affordable, he lives in a bubble. That being said, I did get tickets I wanted for less than I expected. Didn’t want vip. If there is no photo op, I don’t see the point of it. |
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Post by nightowl on Mar 31, 2023 16:56:39 GMT -5
What's "dynamic pricing"? Hubby and I've only gone to a few concerts, including Adam's first solo tour, and when he first got together with Queen, but all I remember is hubby getting on the computer and 5 minutes later he had tickets. Of course, we don't like sitting in front (too loud) plus I can't stand for an entire concert, so maybe that made getting tickets easier. But I don't remember anything about dynamic pricing...is that something new? To my knowledge, it's "supply and demand". We see it with the housing market for instance, and here in the Bay Area the market is very tight (as you know). If QAL are indeed more sought after than ever and therefore caused the ticket frenzy and high prices, I'm happy for them (as long as I still get to see them haha). Interesting though that I did not see one single ticket available in the upper ranks, which is the less expensive section. I saw some tweets by fans, who got some of these tickets. They were gone first, because the majority of fans can’t afford the very expensive tickets. These cheapest tickets were sold for $59, but the insane Ticketmaster fees add up to about $100. Which in itself isn’t that bad, but how is it legal, that Ticketmaster adds about 40% of fees to a ticket??? |
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Post by svca on Mar 31, 2023 16:58:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation, guys. Good thing I'm not really into live concerts...I don't think I could afford any of those prices these days. They sure weren't that expensive "back in the day" lol. I know for a fact that we didn't pay that much for either Adam's Idol concert or for their first QAL tour.
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Post by nightowl on Mar 31, 2023 17:03:53 GMT -5
To my knowledge, it's "supply and demand". We see it with the housing market for instance, and here in the Bay Area the market is very tight (as you know). If QAL are indeed more sought after than ever and therefore caused the ticket frenzy and high prices, I'm happy for them (as long as I still get to see them haha). Interesting though that I did not see one single ticket available in the upper ranks, which is the less expensive section. I Agree, I have said it before if Brian thinks Queen tickets are affordable, he lives in a bubble. That being said, I did get tickets I wanted for less than I expected. Didn’t want vip. If there is no photo op, I don’t see the point of it. Brian is usually the last of them to live in a bubble. You have to keep in mind, that he’s from the UK, where ticket prices are VERY different from the US and these insane Platinum prices are far from what you see over here. There are only a few of these seats, but it’s nothing like in the US and the prices might get to £300, but that’s it. It hadn’t been like today on their last US tour either. In the UK you can just call the venue to order a regular priced ticket, which had been in a price range between £60 and £150.  |
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