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Burning Man tickets sold at losses by desperate Burners

8 points by ohjeez 2y ago

mbrumlow 2y ago
> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” Then you probably should not have been going to burning man anyway? And now you are upset that other, who also probably don’t have disposable income, are choosing not to buy tickets, and thus driving the price down. Welcome to the world.
patrick451 2y ago
The entitlement to sell your ticket for a certain price, and being offended if you can't, is pretty bizarre.
- kazinator 2y ago
  Right? Just be glad these tickets are transferable, and that there is an organic resale market for them in which, in a bum year when the market is poor, you can still get back over half for an unneeded ticket!
kazinator 2y ago
> It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare. Yes you do: proof, you go do fun stuff like Burning Man. This is not a life necessity, so it must be out of disposable income. > “It’s literally ticket gouging, just from the buyer’s end,” he said. “I just got the offer and I was like, ‘Eww, this is gross and skeezy and opportunistic. That's how a market works. If the buyer rationally believes that he can get a ticket for $300, which is likely true, he has no reason to give you 350, let alone 500 or 600. Yes, it is opportunistic. Someone with perhaps a smaller disposable income is looking for an opportunity to experience or rexpereince Burning Man for less. Just take the $300 and run! Before throwing around words like "gouge", think about this: if Burning Man was operated by an airline, then tickets would be non-transferable. You could "cancel", for which you would get back something like $12 on your credit card.
musicale 2y ago
If only tickets were sold through a wonderful (and popular) company like Ticketmaster or Stubhub that conveniently offers an add-on of affordable ticket insurance with every order... More seriously, I think it may be possible to purchase ticket insurance through a travel insurance company. Travel insurance is probably a good idea anyway given the possibility of covid etc.

8 points by ohjeez 2y ago

> “It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare,” Then you probably should not have been going to burning man anyway? And now you are upset that other, who also probably don’t have disposable income, are choosing not to buy tickets, and thus driving the price down. Welcome to the world.

patrick451 2y ago

The entitlement to sell your ticket for a certain price, and being offended if you can't, is pretty bizarre.

kazinator 2y ago
Right? Just be glad these tickets are transferable, and that there is an organic resale market for them in which, in a bum year when the market is poor, you can still get back over half for an unneeded ticket!

kazinator 2y ago

> It sucks, because I don’t have that disposable income to spare. Yes you do: proof, you go do fun stuff like Burning Man. This is not a life necessity, so it must be out of disposable income. > “It’s literally ticket gouging, just from the buyer’s end,” he said. “I just got the offer and I was like, ‘Eww, this is gross and skeezy and opportunistic. That's how a market works. If the buyer rationally believes that he can get a ticket for $300, which is likely true, he has no reason to give you 350, let alone 500 or 600. Yes, it is opportunistic. Someone with perhaps a smaller disposable income is looking for an opportunity to experience or rexpereince Burning Man for less. Just take the $300 and run! Before throwing around words like "gouge", think about this: if Burning Man was operated by an airline, then tickets would be non-transferable. You could "cancel", for which you would get back something like $12 on your credit card.

musicale 2y ago

If only tickets were sold through a wonderful (and popular) company like Ticketmaster or Stubhub that conveniently offers an add-on of affordable ticket insurance with every order... More seriously, I think it may be possible to purchase ticket insurance through a travel insurance company. Travel insurance is probably a good idea anyway given the possibility of covid etc.