I understand what you are saying but then turning it around, why not sell it for $1000, there will always be a group of persons willing to pay any price. And in that case wouldn't someone who did buy it for $1000, go on Ebay and sell it for $1500 or more? You are still squeezing the consumer and someone will always have an angle to make more , so you as an artist do you make it affordable enough for your core fans or do you squeeze them out and go for the most bang for your buck like the sports leagues?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:53 PM To: npny@lists.panix.com Subject: Re: NPNY: $312.01... Just to play devil's advocate: If you had a product for sale and you sold it for $100 and then went onto a website like Ebay (or Stubhub) and you saw that same exact product being sold by the person who bought it from you for $300-$500 (and the product sold) wouldn't you say to yourself, well that's what the product is worth then. If the market will pay that much, then why aren't I charging that much? I think these artists get sick and tired of seeing the scalpers make more money per ticket then they do. And I don't blame them. If he sold these tickets for $100, don't you think some fool would buy them off Ebay for 3 times that? Or maybe 5 times that? So why shouldn't that money go to the artist? Just a different angle on it, that's all Mike PS - When I say "Some Fool" include me in that category... cause I've been there and I've done that. <Moderator: If that was 90% tickets sold I would totally agree with this line of thinking, but this is more like 10-20% of the ticket sales. Not everyone is willing to pay these prices. -Derek> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
