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So true fans are poor? What does having a fatter wallet have to do with your taste in comedy? Also, fans don't work the way you think they do. If I like Louis

So true fans are poor? What does having a fatter wallet have to do with your taste in comedy? Also, fans don't work the way you think they do. If I like Louis CK, I like Louis CK. If he chooses to charge $500 for a ticket, I will just watch him on TV. It won't cause me to resent him. In a perfect market, if enough people feel the same way, the price will drop down into the range that I am comfortable paying. If, on the other hand, he has so many fans that some are willing to pay exorbitant amounts to see him live, I will be forced to watch him on TV. If he wants to give everyone (rich and poor) the chance to experience his set live, he needs to increase supply by touring more.

masklinn 14y ago
> So true fans are poor? No? True fans are alone, and true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate. If scalpers can grab half the tickets before the show's sold out by buying in bulk, they're going to make a lot of money. Because now they control the product. > he needs to increase supply by touring more. He's booked 67 dates, he's only one guy, touring more? He'll need to put his million of sales in cloning if he wants to do that. But he's at least found a way to keep control on prices and scalping and give everybody equal opportunity.
- adgar 14y ago
  > true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate. If we're going no true scotsman, I'd say the true fans ARE the earliest at the gate. They're the ones who camp out for weeks. So really, you're sticking up for the fair-weather fans who can't be bothered to put in the extra effort to get their tickets at face value.
  - pessimizer 14y ago
    And you're sticking up for the fair-weather fans who aren't willing to take out a second mortgage on their homes. Also, "true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate" is not an example of No True Scotsman, it's an example of Some True Scotsmen, the exact opposite.
- philwelch 14y ago
  > true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate Without scalpers, "first at the gate" is the only way to get tickets.

masklinn 14y ago

> So true fans are poor? No? True fans are alone, and true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate. If scalpers can grab half the tickets before the show's sold out by buying in bulk, they're going to make a lot of money. Because now they control the product. > he needs to increase supply by touring more. He's booked 67 dates, he's only one guy, touring more? He'll need to put his million of sales in cloning if he wants to do that. But he's at least found a way to keep control on prices and scalping and give everybody equal opportunity.

adgar 14y ago
> true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate. If we're going no true scotsman, I'd say the true fans ARE the earliest at the gate. They're the ones who camp out for weeks. So really, you're sticking up for the fair-weather fans who can't be bothered to put in the extra effort to get their tickets at face value.
- pessimizer 14y ago
  And you're sticking up for the fair-weather fans who aren't willing to take out a second mortgage on their homes. Also, "true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate" is not an example of No True Scotsman, it's an example of Some True Scotsmen, the exact opposite.
philwelch 14y ago
> true fans are not necessarily the earliest at the gate Without scalpers, "first at the gate" is the only way to get tickets.