I'm amazed that one would defend...

[Sroundtable@aol.com]

In a message dated 02/25/2002 10:49:22 PM Central Standard Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:


> You should organize a boycott amongst non-assholes.  BTW, I'm interested in 
> this "rich asshole" concept.  Would you care to elaborate?
> 
> 

...people snapping up as many seats as they can in order to re-sell them at 
huge mark-ups to make money by screwing real fans.  The transferability of 
the ticket is irrelevant- the tickets are trademarked and copyrighted and for 
one to re-sell it as their own is wrong- even if it may not technically be 
illegal in all states.  The tickets are a product of the band, promoters, 
arenas, etc... NOT the brokers who serve only to drive up prices for average 
consumers.  The tix are not theirs to sell was my point. Yes, there are many 
brokers and they may compete with one another, but in the end we all must pay 
200%-300% of the actual value of the ticket.  To say I have the choice not to 
go to the concert is ridiculous and certainly irrelevant- of course I don't 
have to go, but my decision certainly shouldn't be determined by tickets 
priced out of my range because brokers get them all first and mark them up.  
I know many of you buy Who tix and re-sell at face to other fans, which is 
awesome and I highly applaud it, but many are not able to benefit from it or 
are not able to take their chances outside the venue because they live so far 
away.  The "rich" and the "assholes" are not mutually exclusive.  I simply 
meant that there are always assholes who are rich and can afford tix at any 
price and think nothing of paying it, thus keeping brokers in business even 
if there was a boycott.  IMHO, ticket brokering may be legal in most places, 
but it should be illegal because it hurts consumers- just like the increase 
in the gasoline tax back in the early 90s which only served to hurt college 
students like I was, and lower-middle income working people who relied on 
their cars for their livelihood.  In short- it's wrong.

kevin mc