Re: deals with venues

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Wow.  You are an idealist, Kevin.  ;)


keets


>This is the whole problem with brokering.  What about the average consumer 
>who DOESN"T have a "deal" with the venue?  The "deal" is what makes this so 
>unfair, IMO.  There should be fair competition for available seats between 
>those who want to see the show or are getting tix for friends.  If someone 
>pre-orders tickets from a broker who then has someone to get in line like 
>the rest of us and purchase the tix, then so be it.  But can't you see the 
>inherent lack of fairness when brokers get as many as they can of the prime 
>seats and then openly sell them to the first person willing to pay the 
>mark-up?  Then the playing field ceases to be level.
>
>kevin mc