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Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’” (au.news.yahoo.com)
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Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’”::A Taylor Swift fan believed her VIP ticket was 'stolen' from her account by Ticketek after an apparent system 'glitch'.

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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

$659? Is it a week long concert with hotel and food included?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You can get a week long hotel stay and food included for $659?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's not so unreasonable. An extended stay hotel near me is $539/week, and that was just the first result. That leaves $120 for food, or $17/day. While it won't be living the high life, it can be done.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    As someone who just tried to get a hotel near a concert, it won't work like that. The hotels know there is a show in town and price accordingly. When I tried, rooms that were typically $75-$150 per night were at $400-$1000 per night. I'm talking Hilton and Marriot all the way to econolodge and motel 6, all raised their prices by 5-10x. Anything I found that was decent was an advertisement for a general price. Then you try to reserve and they say "Oh you wanted it for THOSE nights? The price is $700 a night for those nights." Even though I clicked on $125 a night search results. This was 8 months before my stay, within a week of the concert being announced.

    Ended up renting an RV for 4 days and parking it at a cheap rv place. Still cost over a grand after everything.

    The rates you mention are... ridiculously foreign to me. I cannot even conceive only dropping half a grand and having somewhere to sleep for a whole week. Not saying it doesn't happen, but not near me for damn sure.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Not sure where you live, but any big city is likely to have (as a whole) more than enough hotel capacity that a single big event won't cause that much demand. You just won't be able to find a room nearby. Add a 20 minute (or 60, depending) Lyft to the suburbs and they're barely aware that the event is happening.

    Also, to get that price you need to look at extended stay hotels. These blur the lines between a hotel and a short-term rental apartment. They do not offer a stay for a single night. They are often sold by the week, or at least with a 1-week minimum

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Those are only the "VIP" tickets. One Google search and it turns out that normal tickets range from 49-499 depending on where you're stood/seated. This $659 is meant for the best seats for the richest people.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well, if they paid me this money I'd be willing to tolerate the concert.

    But how could anyone justify spending this amount on one f*king concert (of Taylor Swift on top of it) is beyond me.

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