If I had a product for sale and sold it for $100, the transaction
would be complete. It's up to me to make sure all my costs and
markup are covered when I sell my product. If I failed to price
my item at a higher price, and the person who bought my product saw
a way to do that, that's called retail. The issue then becomes is
the seller licensed to sell.
A CD costs a dollar. if you buy i bulk or manufacture the things, it
can cost as little as $.06. So, if I put my band's music on it,
that I've already paid for the recording of, and resell it for
$9.99, I'm doing the same thing. Profit is not a crime. Illegal
reselling of something you don't OWN is.
On May 8, 2006, at 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>
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