kevtic
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Post by kevtic on Mar 21, 2016 9:21:59 GMT
I don't often complain about Quo and their practices but I feel royally ripped off this morning.
Ticket prices. £55 for a front row seat or £48 for a seat elsewhere. not including the £6.50 booking fee and £1.75 postage. Even the postage is a rip off. It costs 63p to send it first class.
I could have said no but I've been going to see the band for over 30 years and I don't want to be stuck miles back in a shitty arena. You don't even have the option of choosing your seat although that's not unique to Quo and the hydro.
The selling of front row seats for extra is a really sharp practice. You're effectively ripping off your most loyal fans as as it is the fan club members who have first shot at these seats. Although I'll admit for public record I'm no longer a fan club member but did mange to get the ticket link. If anything you should offer the front seats at a discount to your most loyal fans seeing as it is the last tour. Have some kind of ballot among fan club members and offer the winners the front row tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 9:28:02 GMT
 Cheers. |
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Post by kevtic on Mar 21, 2016 9:29:54 GMT
They can stick that right up their arse. and i'm only going for the songs before 1982 doh |
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Mar 21, 2016 11:34:48 GMT
[img src="http://www.screendaily.com/pictures/618x394fitpad[0]/9/8/8/1166988_Francis_Rossi_Rick_Parfitt_Max_Vaccro_Simon_Porter.jpg" style="max-width:100%;" alt=""] Cheers. Why are Roberto Di Matteo and Freddie Starr with Francis & Rick? |
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Mar 21, 2016 11:38:28 GMT
Ticket prices. £55 for a front row seat or £48 for a seat elsewhere. not including the £6.50 booking fee and £1.75 postage. Even the postage is a rip off. It costs 63p to send it first class. HOW MUCH? Compared to £38 For the last FF gigs! |
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Post by lozza on Mar 21, 2016 16:52:29 GMT
Cheers. that pic needs a caption bubble....... hi fans, we`re just about to screw you.! |
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Post by Railroad17 on Mar 21, 2016 17:31:24 GMT
"I'd do a thumbs up but I flogged it"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 18:17:33 GMT
Really, how does all this work?
I used to be able to afford to see Quo at Hammy on more than one night a tour back in the 70's to early 80's (when I started full time work). But until then, just a basic regular Saturday job while at college during the week, plus some errand money from my parents sometimes was still enough to save up for tickets in advance. On top of that I could still manage to go to things like college student discos as another part of social life.
So depressing that a rock band that was such a blast for so little money in return in real terms, is now an impressionist one now that greedily claws profits through back hand gimmicks.
There are plenty of long standing fans who for whatever reason are not well off people. Is this the equivalent we see in our political world of pandering to the well off at the expense of those who simply cannot afford the extortion measures?
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Post by Victor on Mar 21, 2016 18:20:14 GMT
Really, how does all this work? I used to be able to afford to see Quo at Hammy on more than one night a tour back in the 70's to early 80's (when I started full time work). But until then, just a basic regular Saturday job while at college during the week, plus some errand money from my parents sometimes was still enough to save up for tickets in advance. On top of that I could still manage to go to things like college student discos as another part of social life. So depressing that a rock band that was such a blast for so little money in return in real terms, is now an impressionist one now that greedily claws profits through back hand gimmicks. There are plenty of long standing fans who for whatever reason are not well off people. Is this the equivalent we see in our political world of pandering to the well off at the expense of those who simply cannot afford the extortion measures? Sure friggin' seems like it, dont it ? BAH ! |
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Post by madtom on Mar 21, 2016 18:54:08 GMT
Excuse my ignorance (I don't go to many gigs these days and the ones I do go to are normally sold-out), but do they flog tickets off cheap as the date nears if large quantities are unsold?
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Post by cactuspete on Mar 21, 2016 19:51:32 GMT
Market forces my dear,
its the way of the world.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2016 20:07:36 GMT
Excuse my ignorance (I don't go to many gigs these days and the ones I do go to are normally sold-out), but do they flog tickets off cheap as the date nears if large quantities are unsold? This tour will be one of them ! |
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Post by kevtic on Mar 21, 2016 21:46:25 GMT
Excuse my ignorance (I don't go to many gigs these days and the ones I do go to are normally sold-out), but do they flog tickets off cheap as the date nears if large quantities are unsold? The promoters generally don't but you might pick one up on the cheap from someday who can't go, has a spare etc. |
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Post by madtom on Mar 21, 2016 21:51:38 GMT
Excuse my ignorance (I don't go to many gigs these days and the ones I do go to are normally sold-out), but do they flog tickets off cheap as the date nears if large quantities are unsold? The promoters generally don't but you might pick one up on the cheap from someday who can't go, has a spare etc. Sounds like there might be even more empty seats than normal then. |
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Post by OzPaul on Mar 21, 2016 22:05:38 GMT
Gee 55 pounds ............. 104 aussie dollars for a ticket ............ lucky you lot don't live in Oz because its been that price here for the past several tours.
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