So you expect people to not go and see something they really really want to see?
It's not a case of them being "willing" to pay 6 times the face value, it's a case of that's the only way to get the tickets that can often be to a once in a lifetime experience.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 17 May 2009, 14:38, archived)

Well they obviously are willing,
they have obviously made the value judgment that seeing the show is actually worth more than 6 times the face value. Nobody forces them to go. This is the only sensible definition of market value, unfortunate though it may be.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:40, archived)

It may be a true definition of market value
but most people would consider it "unfair", as arbitrary a definition as that is, and some regulation would make lots of people happier.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:42, archived)

Right you are, I'm not justifying it.
Although fairness is a pretty messy concept, all things considered.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:43, archived)

The good thing, though,
is that it keeps our concerts free of poor people and their poverty stench.
(MooCow_Byter, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:47, archived)

This is true
I particularly enjoy walking over the proles clamouring outside the venues whenever I go to a concert. I frequently leave part way through or sometimes even before the main act just to see their desolate faces.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:49, archived)

Exactly.
When you go to see a group of extremely wealthy men and women perform on stage using fantastically expensive equipment, you want to surround yourself with other, similarly rich people. Knowing that the masses outside can't afford such extravagances is half the joy of it.
(MooCow_Byter, Sun 17 May 2009, 14:54, archived)