Price of concert tickets and length of time prior to event we have to pay.

Posted by: Tricia

13th Oct 2012 09:07pm

Does anyone else find like I do it is to long in advance to purchase most concert tickets often more than 12 months. You don't know what will happen in 12 months the promoter has the money all the time earning interest on it also most have a no refund policy so often if something goes wrong you are hundreds of dollars out of pocket. Then you have the cost itself they are incrediblely expensive and in todays economic cliamate you have to think twice much and all as you would love to go. Am I being cynical or do other think as I do greed has a large influence shorely given they sell them so much in advance and earn the interest in that time the cost could come down a bit.

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Comments 5

PGS

15th Mar 2013 11:37am

We rarely go to concerts. I look at the listing & think - that would be good - then see the prices. Way better just to get a DVD of it.

I had free tickets to see Barry Gibb in Sydney last month - it was great, but if I had to pay there was no way I could justify the prices.

Tricia

13th Apr 2013 09:22pm

We rarely go to concerts. I look at the listing & think - that would be good - then see the prices. Way better just to get a DVD of it.

I had free tickets to see Barry Gibb in Sydney last...
Posted by PGS

I would have loved to see that concert but lucky didn"t have tickets as ended up in hospital. I hope they put out a DVD for those who missed it

Tricia

13th Apr 2013 09:22pm

We rarely go to concerts. I look at the listing & think - that would be good - then see the prices. Way better just to get a DVD of it.

I had free tickets to see Barry Gibb in Sydney last...
Posted by PGS

I would have loved to see that concert but lucky didn"t have tickets as ended up in hospital. I hope they put out a DVD for those who missed it

Anonymous

15th Mar 2013 07:16am

Nowadays concerts aren't affordable...the thing that ticks me off is that you gotta pay a fortune to watch these bands, and they turn up and do a 30min show and you wonder why people ripp there music rather then buying it

Bec77

27th Jan 2013 11:12pm

l am extremely annoyed at this too, good on you for posting this! I cannot purchase tickets that far in advance as i work on call and cannot submit leave until 4 weeks before an event as the company needs to see what full time employees want time off. So i always end up buying the tickets and then having to sell them at a cheaper price than what i brought them for as i do not know until the actual day of the concert as to whether i can attend. I never even thought about the promotors earning interest...........damn

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