Oasis reunion

thismeansfour said:
On what planet do you think it is normal to queue for hours, seeing the advertised prices days before and then they can more than double towards the end and still be "face value" Had they advertised this nonsense from the start they might have saved themselves the embarrassment of how they handled the ticket sales, as not as many would have queued for £355 tickets to stand in a field. They need an internal investigation as to why in this day and age platforms cannot handle mass volume. They then need to be looked at for the price surges. You can't call them in demand tickets to justify the price, every single ticket was in demand. Another set of wankers capitalising when nobody has a pot to piss in. Sound
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you are correct of course but my point is their argument will be this is entertainment not a necessity like food and shelter so they will charge what they want and only when people dont pay it will it ever change.
 
Also what is bloody cheeky of both ticketmaster and to an extent oasis is saying that anyone trying to resell tickets would have their tickets cancelled, now i wholly agree with that statement if it stops people trying to rip others off but its a bit rich of a statement to make when you do the bloody same thing.
 
Dubai Blue said:
Your analogy doesn't work. In football, the players are employees of the club/CEO; they have no say in the matter. Oasis aren't employed by their management company; the management work for them. Noel is effectively the CEO. He could and should have put a stop to this, and just saying he wasn't aware of it isn't good enough. He should have been.

I read somewhere that Simple Minds (I think) got caught up in all this dynamic pricing bollocks with Ticketmaster. They held their hands up and said they weren't aware of it in advance, but should have been. They also insisted that all the additional "in-demand" charges were refunded. That wouldn't help people like me who got through on Saturday and opted not to pay £355, but it would be a start.
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They can have a say.

Aston Villa for example are charging scandalous prices for their champions league matches, West Ham fans are protesting about the lack of concession prices nowadays, over in Spain some games are also doing the dynamic pricing similar to Ticketmaster.

Why aren't the players taking any action for the club and fans they care about so much? why can't the club captain speak to owners and demand action? they're all millionaires earning 60-100k a week, they are fully aware of the fans who can not afford or are being priced out the game, why can't players step up to help the fans that worship them and contribute to their wages?
 
BlueHammer85 said:
They can have a say.

Aston Villa for example are charging scandalous prices for their champions league matches, West Ham fans are protesting about the lack of concession prices nowadays, over in Spain some games are also doing the dynamic pricing similar to Ticketmaster.

Why aren't the players taking any action for the club and fans they care about so much? why can't the club captain speak to owners and demand action? they're all millionaires earning 60-100k a week, they are fully aware of the fans who can not afford or are being priced out the game, why can't players step up to help the fans that worship them and contribute to their wages?
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But that's a completely different argument. Of course players could speak up. They'd likely be ignored by the people that actually make the decisions though.
 
Dubai Blue said:
But that's a completely different argument. Of course players could speak up. They'd likely be ignored by the people that actually make the decisions though.
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and the likelihood they wouldnt speak up just like oasis havent in any real fashion because this systems gets them paid and they dont have to look like the bad guys
 
In 1995, Pearl Jam canceled their tour due to a dispute with Ticketmaster, which began in 1992 with two free concerts in Seattle. Ticketmaster charged a fee of one dollar per ticket, which Pearl Jam found unacceptable. The band decided to distribute the tickets themselves.
In 1993, they set a maximum price of $18 for their concerts, despite promoters suggesting triple the price. They also reduced the price of their T-shirts, giving up $2 million in revenue.
In 1994, Pearl Jam declared that they would only play at venues that respected the maximum price of $18 and fees of less than $1.80. This led to a conflict with Ticketmaster, whose "service charge" ranged from $4 to $8. The band refused to give in, and because Ticketmaster controlled most of the concert venues, the 1994 summer tour was canceled, resulting in a loss of $3 million.
After the release of Vitalogy in 1994, Pearl Jam announced a summer tour only at venues not affiliated with Ticketmaster, organizing everything themselves
 
mancboy said:
you are correct of course but my point is their argument will be this is entertainment not a necessity like food and shelter so they will charge what they want and only when people dont pay it will it ever change.
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The original price of £148 to stand in Heaton Park was expensive enough and as you say it is then a choice. To queue for a £148 ticket for hours, finally get to the front of the queue and that £148 ticket is now £355, it is still then a choice but you are then hours committed into the ordeal, if you then have the cash you may be more swayed to paying that eye watering amount. If you knew at the start it was £355 I guarantee that same person probably would not have queued from the get go. They have taken advantage and that side of things was a shambles.
 
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