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Help! I've been trying to get tickets on the Bonnaroo site since 10:30 and it keeps coming back not enough tickets for your request (2) then it says try less (1). Even then it says no. Are they sold out?
Yea! Makes a great gift they say. After telling my nieces and nephew I was getting them tickets for Christmas. Now squat! and its going to cost me most likely another 250 300 dollars more. Nice start for vthe Bonnaroo experience.
well once again superfly dosent do much for its loyal supporters. they just want to ceate a buzz around the same time that other fests are announcing dates and lineups. kind of like releasing teh play station 3 but only a couple hundered people can find them to buy. big companies suck. but oh well life wouldnt be as enjoyable without them.
id be worried about how quickly they sold. superfly will probably take it as a signal that they should charge more then regular price for early bird tickets instead of less because they know they will sell so quickly and they dont overcharge us for enough already.
id be worried about how quickly they sold. superfly will probably take it as a signal that they should charge more then regular price for early bird tickets instead of less because they know they will sell so quickly and they dont overcharge us for enough already.
2007 and here we go again...
Anyway, this presale is just to build excitement -- nothing more.
no matter how many there were offered, they could sell out quickly. they said it was an "extremely limited" amount, so if it was that important to you, you have to be ready at the time they start selling. and even if you do get right online, other huge venues have sold out in much less time then these few did, so it's no guarantee.
Are you people serious? You miss out on the Pre-Sale and it's Superfly's fault? You think this is going to make them jack up the regular ticket prices? Whatever you're smoking, keep it away from me. Festivals have done this kind of thing for YEARS. It's nothing new. Yes, the amount of tickets was probably pretty low. Yes, this is a marketing
Post by melikecheese on Dec 14, 2006 8:49:58 GMT -5
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
well once again superfly dosent do much for its loyal supporters. they just want to ceate a buzz around the same time that other fests are announcing dates and lineups. kind of like releasing teh play station 3 but only a couple hundered people can find them to buy. big companies suck. but oh well life wouldnt be as enjoyable without them.
Thats not real fair. Superfly deserves some props for releasing some tickets for cheap to loyal followers who will go without seeing a lineup. A big company tries to do something nice and all you do is crap on them cause it wasnt enough for you. Thank you Superfly!
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thats another ything that sucks. it should be illegal to advertise 125 dollar tix and charge 145 for them. its wrong when ticketmaster does it but it is inexcusable for superfly to be doing it. when i buy a 99 cent double cheese burger i dont have to pay an extra 50 cents for them to cook it and another 20 cents for ketchup.
They have done it the past five years. There is always a service charge, and usually anything you buy offline you have to pay shipping. But all I know is I paid 205 total for one ticket last year, and I paid $290 for two tickets yesterday, Im not complainin.
thats another ything that sucks. it should be illegal to advertise 125 dollar tix and charge 145 for them. its wrong when ticketmaster does it but it is inexcusable for superfly to be doing it. when i buy a 99 cent double cheese burger i dont have to pay an extra 50 cents for them to cook it and another 20 cents for ketchup.
I think thats still a good point - why does the 'service charge' not get included in the ticket fee? Could they start doing $90 tickets and then throw on a $25 'camping fee' and a $10 'gate fee' along with a $15 'service charge'? Maybe I don't get the ticketing industry, but I don't understand what makes 'service charges' so special that we should see it separate from the ticket prices.
As far as I'm concerned, I got a pair of tickets for $145 each.
I suggest you do an investigation!!! Call the "seven on your side" guy (or whatever its called on your local news - "shame on you," etc.) and have them find out what the service charge really means in the ticketing industry. Those bastards should be ashamed of themselves!!!
I never really understood the outrage against Super Fly I saw in the Krewe of Roo. Their success has come from their knowing how to throw a party, basically. They had success promoting shows at Jazz Fest because they were able to find artists that could bring bodies in the door, sometimes by avoiding the traditional route. They had success on a grand scale with Bonnaroo, again by going outside of the traditional mold and getting affordable bands that they could package together. They don't have to pay an arm and a leg to the bands and still get a great crowd because the bands do most of their promotion. (Just check out the website of any artist playing the festival and you'll probably see an ad with a link to Roo's site.)
They're business people out to make money, not a bunch of hippies out to spread peace, love and music. They don't have to nurture a fanbase or your goodwill like the bands that play at Roo. Unfortunately for some folks, our fortunes are a bit married together because they control one of your favorite vacation destinations.
As far as the discount tickets go I guess maybe it's a reflection of your outlook on life: are you a glass is half-full person ("Hey, they are giving me a chance to get discounted tickets early! Cool!") or a glass is half-empty person ("Those bastards announced that they were going to sell discounted tickets and they were all sold out before I bought them. They probably only sold a couple hundred tickets!").
As far as service charges, I'm thinking that it might be a legal thing. They may need to differentiate how revenues are allocated publicly as part of their insurance or operating permit agreements or something. I don't really know. What I do know is that I have no control over them, I know that they are there and I just look at the bottom line before finalizing my purchase. I've got enough to worry about without figuring out the revenue streams of somebody else's company.
I think that we all agree that they could treat attendees better, they could make the festival a little easier on all of our wallets and they are doing something on a phenomenal scale that none of us can do. The choices they make reflect a cost-benefit analysis that goes on in meetings. They may step on some toes along the way; some of us may fall by the wayside. The choices that they make reflect what they see as the best way to sell their product with the healthiest bottom line. Right now their model still works for me but it may not always be so. Until that time, though, to Roo I go!!!
