Cheaper Seats Question

Originally Posted by kenobi_on_a_prayer

I agree with you, but regarding your last paragraph, Australia hasn't exactly had a visit every tour and I think the shows actually sold out without cooking numbers last time. This, coupled with the fact that our prices for products in general are higher than equivalents overseas, means the mentality IS different. Tickets at all levels are higher this time around than they were in 2008, with the diamond seating over $100 more, and don't get me started on packages -- and yet there hasn't been a peep locally compared to what we saw for the O2, Prudential, etc.

I know I'm a hypocrite for getting a diamond ticket and I won't fault people who do buy something they can afford. But I, and every other fan, also have every ****ing right to complain, whether it's for me or on behalf of other fans -- Next time it'll probably be $400 for diamond seats. On the These Days tour I think it was a little over AU $100. Supply and demand? Sure, but they're also making a calculated move to take advantage of people (not just in Oz), and it's the very people without whom this band would not exist.

Maybe complaining will make no difference but not complaining will definitely make no difference. I'd have loved Liam Bartlett to ask Jon about ticket prices even though that would've put him in an even fouler mood.

Originally Posted by kenobi_on_a_prayer

Wow guys, I knew the rise was pretty effing steep but I didn't realise it was THAT steep!

Originally Posted by BobbyJovi

Oh so we should save 400 buks to see a concert should we?

Maybe you can pay attention when jon tells you how tough it has been for everybody including"him" during Love's the only rule.The guy is a dead set fake.You have been conned that's all.If you think it's worth saving 400 buks for a show then good on you.But to almost everybody else here it's laughable.

Originally Posted by Makedde

If Jon is a 'dead set fake' then why would you even consider buying a ticket? If you don't think it's worth paying $300 to see them, then don't. But I thought that those prices were actually cheap. I'd expected to pay a lot more.

You can't buy an expensive ticket and complain about it, thats just silly.

Originally Posted by BobbyJovi

I'd buy a ticket because i've been a fan for over 20 years that's why.

This band kicks major ass BUT...Jon getting up and preching about how times have been tough for everybody including"Him" is a fkn joke.Is Jon crying poor is he?

I ain't getting ripped off for 300 buks that's for sure.i'll leave that to people like you that have been "saving" to see them.

I hope you save up for the next time they come here because it'll probably be double.While i save to spend my money in front of a pool in Europe and then probably see them for half the price your paying for.Now that's what i call saving.