For those confused by who Bruce is - Springsteen on Broadway.
I gree with a lot of your post @wis75 probably because it sounds we have similar spending and saving habits.
“Being too frugal, ie giving up experiences because of the cost, means not enjoying the here and now for the future. But, at our ages the future has arrived. Will using the thousands of dollars for household expenses trump the enjoyment of the event? I doubt it.”
However, one could chose to sell the tickets, make a few $K, and use it for another experience instead, like others have said a week vacation instead of a few hours of a concert. That’s because the vacation would maximize their enjoyment more, maximize their opportunity cost.
I’m continuing to enjoy this discussion! The ticketholder has noted that the opportunity to do other things, make more experiences, etc., is enticing, but he was brought up well in that he is a huge fan of Bruce, he values the principle of not encouraging scalping, he is extremely excited to be seeing B in such a small venue, and–last but not least–he has the innate good sense to bring his mom to the show with him!
We’re a family whose income falls pretty close to the national median. We haven’t been able to take our kids to many shows. The popular acts usually sell out of the affordable tickets before we get a chance to order any – even though we log on as soon as they go on sale – then they start popping up at those online sites for several times the original cost. It’s a stretch to pay the venue’s asking price. We can’t afford the higher rates charged by resellers. I hope he goes and takes his mom.
^^ If the purchaser is your adult son, who scored the tickets and wants to take you, his mom, to the show, I say accept with great appreciation! Do you not deserve it? How many young adults ever actually have the opportunity to do something so wonderful for a parent?
And what a nice story!! Lifetime memory, story to share with grandchildren …
IMO, PRICELESS, assuming he is doing this totally of his own free will, which seems to be the case.
^We’ve been Springsteen buddies for many years. Saw last year’s show together too. My H and D are fans, but not as big as we are. I’d be fine if he wanted to go with anyone else. His other alternative is out of the country, so I win!
This thread made me think “wow, I bet I could sell my Paul McCartney tickets for a ton of money” but apparently there’s a ton of options for way less than I paid at the AmEx presale! Whaaatever. :-L
Recently won 4 pairs of tickets with a good view(not the nosebleed level seats) to a Mets game. One cousin is a huge Mets fan so I tried giving a pair of tickets away to him and anyone else he chose to bring along.
Unfortunately, despite his strong interest and appreciation for thinking of him, he had to work late that night so I ended up giving those tickets away to a parent with a small child.
Used the remaining pair of tickets to take mom out to her first MLB game and we both had a great time despite the fact the Mets lost.
This is going to depend upon how much a person likes live performances, and how much money a person has, and what you want to do with your money, and what you need to do with your money. I wouldn’t take money out of a retirement fund or a daughter’s college fund to see a great performance of any kind. I would keep driving old cars and wearing old winter coats until they both look rather “worn” and spend the money on retirement funds and live performances instead.
I did fork out about $1000 total for two tickets (a present for my wife) to see Bruce Springsteen a few years back, and I am very glad that I did it. It was a great performance and for us was well worth it.
I saw Bruce Springteen in college back in the Dark Ages. 25th row center, for $20 (a princely sum for a poor college student).
One of the best experiences of my life - during that tour (Born in the USA) the concert was nearly four hours long with two encores. My husband saw him during his Darkness on the Edge of Town tour in a small club in Cincinnati for $10.
That being said, at this stage of my life, I would sell. With a tear rolling down my cheek, lol.
First time I saw him was at the Carleton Theater (now the Count Basie), in Red Bank NJ. I think 12 dollars maybe? Maybe less, can’t recall for sure. 10th row–Born to Run tour, 1976. That was pretty great. Won’t be that close this time (“worst” seats in the house, lol), but in a 900 seat theater, can’t be too far away!
I mentioned upthread that I have seen Bruce twice. The first was when i was in college, during the Darkness tour. I paid $25 for a pair of scalped tickets to Nassau Coliseum. I smuggled in a tape recorder and played that bootleg tape till it fell apart. Unfortunately, I never realized that you could transfer a tape to another form of media before it was too late. The last time was a year ago at MetLife. I went with S17, a friend of his and his friend’s mom. Another friend’s D who has a knack for getting tickets online at listed prices got them for me. One of the best parts for me was hearing my son singing along and knowing that he knows the words. The absolute best part was that a 17 year old boy was willing to go to a concert with his mommy! Here’s what idiot me did, though. I didn’t check the date on the tickets, so we get to the venue and our tickets were for the following Tuesday! We wound up buying essentially the same seats at the venue without paying the TIcket Master charge and I sold the other tickets to a friend’s friend for exactly what I paid for them, which meant that I wound up seeing Bruce for less than I had expected to pay.
That said, I looked into the Broadway tickets and just didn’t feel that I could spend that kind of money. If H was as big a fan as me, I might have because it’s our 25th anniversary year but he likes Bruce, just not enough to go to a concert.
So, again, I would sell but you should go with your son.
I think the ticket prices were not communicated well. Ours are 75 dollar tickets, I think less than when we went to Metlife last year. Granted, most were more than that.
Haven’t read the whole thread, but the sale was for “verified fan” tickets, a maximum of two per customer, to confound the bots and scalpers. I think it borders upon unethical to profiteer on them, unless there is alegitimate reason not being to make the show. I was lucky to get primo tickets and will also have to splurge on airfare and hotel. But, as my kids say: YOLO.
I would sell them in a heartbeat. Never been a concert fan. And there are a lot of ways I can (and do) spend time with my kids. Selling those tickets would make even more of them possible.
And its a good thing that there are people willing to pay top dollar for these types of things because it makes selling them for big $$ possible.
I got a code this morning for the extended run. I got tickets that cost a lot more than I should have spent, but my daughter and I are going to have the best weekend in NYC because we are seeing Bruce, going to Hamilton, shopping for her wedding dress and spending time together. What’s the credit card commercial? Priceless? You bet!
