Sunday, April 23, 2006
Crazy? or Devoted?
Well, you'll have to decide if I'm crazy or just a devoted Tool fan (I know, another Tool post, but that's all I can think about lately).
Here's the situation:
I luckily have purchased 2 pairs of tickets for the upcoming Tool tour. One pair is for the 5/2 show at the Paramount Theater in Seattle (Floor, middle, row K, which is the 11th row). The other pair is for the 5/16 show in Toronto, ON at the Hummingbird Theater.
OK, here's the part you can decide on my sanity or devotion:
I can sell all 4 tickets for about a 800 - 900% profit (I paid $66 a piece for them, plus service charges). After looking at several websites that have these hard to find tickets (their shows are selling out in less than 30 seconds), people are getting outrageous amounts of money for tickets.
Example: I have section MF3, Row K for the Seattle show. Check out what people are asking for a pair of tickets (Click on name to view the listings):
Stubhub: $1,001 for my section, row G (4 rows ahead of me)
Ticket Retriever: $980 for my section, row G
Ebay: At time of this writing, bids are $300 - $500 for similar to my seats & highest bid is $610 for row N & I'm closer than that.
Now, for the Toronto show, it's similar craziness. But, not as bad. Maybe it's because Seattle is the first stop of the mini-tour (although they are playing the Cochachella (sp.?) music festival)
Check this out:
Ticket Retriever: Same row as me (ZZ in balcony): $290 for one ticket
Stubhub: Balcony, row XX (2 rows ahead of me): $236 per ticket
Ebay: Balcony, row XX: highest bid right now is at $255 for a pair
So, now let's go back to my original question. Am I crazy or a devoted fan that needs Tool like a drug? I won't sell my tickets and I'm going to both shows. Call me what you will :)
Here's the situation:
I luckily have purchased 2 pairs of tickets for the upcoming Tool tour. One pair is for the 5/2 show at the Paramount Theater in Seattle (Floor, middle, row K, which is the 11th row). The other pair is for the 5/16 show in Toronto, ON at the Hummingbird Theater.
OK, here's the part you can decide on my sanity or devotion:
I can sell all 4 tickets for about a 800 - 900% profit (I paid $66 a piece for them, plus service charges). After looking at several websites that have these hard to find tickets (their shows are selling out in less than 30 seconds), people are getting outrageous amounts of money for tickets.
Example: I have section MF3, Row K for the Seattle show. Check out what people are asking for a pair of tickets (Click on name to view the listings):
Stubhub: $1,001 for my section, row G (4 rows ahead of me)
Ticket Retriever: $980 for my section, row G
Ebay: At time of this writing, bids are $300 - $500 for similar to my seats & highest bid is $610 for row N & I'm closer than that.
Now, for the Toronto show, it's similar craziness. But, not as bad. Maybe it's because Seattle is the first stop of the mini-tour (although they are playing the Cochachella (sp.?) music festival)
Check this out:
Ticket Retriever: Same row as me (ZZ in balcony): $290 for one ticket
Stubhub: Balcony, row XX (2 rows ahead of me): $236 per ticket
Ebay: Balcony, row XX: highest bid right now is at $255 for a pair
So, now let's go back to my original question. Am I crazy or a devoted fan that needs Tool like a drug? I won't sell my tickets and I'm going to both shows. Call me what you will :)
