When I was in grad school, I loved Laura Nyro. I happened to have (still do) an original verve label album before I guess she was picked up by another label. Someone offered me $75 for it, which as a starving grad student back in the stone ages was a lot of money, and I had no idea of its value to some collector. But I loved the album, and wasn’t looking to sell it. So I didnt. It’s probably not worth anything now, but I don’t care. My boxes of old albums are very slowly making their way to my DS and his finacee’s place, as they bought a turntable and love music from that era.
I have a pair of tickets that are worth 2500/ticket right now. We were just talking about if I would sell my tickets. I said if I didn’t have the tickets, I wouldn’t pay 2500 to go. But I bought them for a lot less, so I would kick myself if I didn’t go see Bruce at the smallest venue he probably will ever play. I am taking my sister to the concert. At my age, it is an experience (with my sister) I probably won’t have again.
You know, for two tickets at $1500, I could take my entire four member family on a one week cruise! I’m not sure what event would be worth $3000 for a night.
D1 said we should try to get more tickets to fund her wedding. They are all signed up for the next wave of ticket sell.
My friend won tickets to a Superbowl many years ago. She knew NOTHING about football but went to the game and the weekend experience. She remembers it as a really fun time and nothing about the game, not even who played. She did remember that it was in Miami.
I won tickets to a baseball playoff game and while I didn’t have the option of selling them (company tickets), I’m glad I went I’ve been to lots of games but this one was special.
Well, for me winning the Ticketmaster lottery is getting Hamilton tickets, which I recently did for the third time. (H and I agree we can go once a year.) The Hamilton producers are working on programs that will discourage bots and other entities from controlling blocks of tickets – want regular folks (admittedly, primarily those with discretionary funds) to have the best access. Also daily have a lottery for a number of $10 tickets, and also have a program to provide low cost tickets to Title 1 high schools.
Anyhow, I totally support what they are doing, and guess that if I took my Hamilton tickets and resold them for a profit I would be acting against those goals which I respect – would be no better than a scalper myself.
Also, scientific evidence supports that experiences create more happiness than money. So for more than one reason I would advocate for the experience.
Among the decisions I have never regretted are seeing the original cast in Hamilton and a family trip to Italy following our younger child’s graduation from college. Both splurges, both PRICELESS.
If Bruce means so much to you and your ticket purchaser, grab the lifetime memory. The money will likely disappear into one fund or another, and your ticket purchaser would, I assume, not be on Ticketmaster without a level of discretionary spending in the budget.
Grab the experience! Enjoy!
Just one opinion – but I usually err on the side of being highly practical in most areas of my life, and in general live below my means. But some things are beyond money IMO.
My husband is a Red Six season ticket holder. In the 2004 World Series when the Red Six played St Louis, my husband purchased tickets. At one point, we realized that we could watch the series on tv and do well $$$ if we sold the tickets. We went to all the games in Boston and the final game in St Louis. It was a great experience–no regrets. Glad we saw the games.
I’d definitely sell two concert tickets worth $1500 each. I’d rather spend 3k on roundtrip tickets to San Francisco, a couple or three nights in a $500/night hotel near Union Square, a few world class dinners at $100-200 a plate, and a few bucks left over for random discretionary spending during the trip.
Sell.
Thousands of dollars feel like winning a bigger lottery than a couple of tickets to me.
This thread makes me sad. I was one of the folks who got “standby” status - not even the chance to buy. With travel, hotel, etc. I would have needed to score the lowest price point available. No dice. I hope whatever you decide to do it’s worth it to you.
If you feel that this would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, keep the tickets. Otherwise, sell.
I’ve seen Bruce twice and enjoyed both times, but I would sell. I have children in college, after all. However, since it’s Bruce, I’d have a twinge. Anything else, including Hamilton, would be up for sale without a second thought.
The post above referencing that the artists could just price the tickets at 1000s and make the money themselves, if that’ what will happen anyway (all tickets going to people who can afford tickets). Is one reason that I’d pause.
If we’re crazy for not taking the money, then so is everyone else who doesn’t sell. So by that thinking, we should all sell, meaning the whole crowd is only those who can afford to pay 1000s a ticket. So then why wouldn’t the artist just set that price him/herself?
I don’t think that’s a good idea for a community to choose as the default.
@doschicos —your calculations are Capitalism 101. There are other kinds of economic choices.
Well I did climb his fence to his house as a high schooler - I’d be arrested if I did it today, though I couldn’t make it over now. Instead I got a tour of the property by the security guard. I’m not so much into his music anymore, and I certainly couldn’t sit and listen to him lecture me on his opinions of the world anymore. If you are such a fan you were in that lottery, I can’t image selling. There’s more to life than money. If it wasn’t going to save your skin and allow you to pay bills or eat, then I say I’d go for the experience. We all have a price though, and that wouldn’t be mine.
Go.
That’s how I began my most recent sales career. I was buying things for myself and then realized that a lot of these “things” are worth more to other people than they are to me.
?? I don’t get this. You wouldn’t be hurting anyone - in fact, someone would BENEFIT by getting to go to the concert.
I would sell concert tickets for that price, even if it were James Taylor!!
^I mean that the logical consequence is that all tickets would become 1000 or more dollar tickets, meaning only those who can spare that money could go. It would ultimately raise the price above most people’s means.
Presumably the person who “benefitted” wouldn’t want to go any more than I do, just had more money. And no matter what, the seat number available remains the same, so there’s no “net” benefit. Just richer butts in the seats.