With only seconds to decide whether to buy £361 standing tickets after hours of queueing, fans may feel exploited rather than exhilarated
For people who have queued online for hours to buy tickets, the impulse to buy whatever the cost becomes overpowering.For people who have queued online for hours to buy tickets, the impulse to buy whatever the cost becomes overpowering.
Ten seconds. Nine seconds. Eight. There was no time to deliberate or ask friends whether they could afford such a hefty outlay. Did I opt for principle or pleasure?The overdraft alert from my bank this morning reminded me that I had chosen the latter: £1,423.55 for four “in-demand standing” tickets – of which £73.55 is service charges and processing fees.
Any elation was quickly subdued by the enormous financial cost. We had spoken beforehand about how much we could stomach paying to see the band we grew up adoring . Ticketmaster rely on this emotional response to get people to pay such extortionate sums. And after you’ve queued for six hours – and beenAbout 10,000 people an hour were dropping out of my queue by about midday on Saturday after either purchasing, being priced out, or giving up. At 1.12pm, 34,000 were ahead of me. Just over an hour later, it was my turn to buy.
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