>>>Well, since you're so spreading the cheer, how about taking that sword and using it to cut a piece of your coat to clothe a beggar in the street?
You're kidding right? You're going to compare getting tickets to an entertainment venue, a rock band, a luxury item... to an unclothed and starving beggar? Larry's two words must have been .... drama queen.
<<<What do you think happens when a poor beggar sees a man fat on tickets and still asking to utilize help in fulfilling his long wishlist of dates he fancies to see, and to know that probably he gets helped, because he screams the loudest?
Darwinian maybe? Sorry, but good or bad, the market for tickets is exactly that - a moving, breathing, living MARKET. The real way to distribute tickets would be for U2 to hold an open-auction. That would largely eliminate a secondary market (except for maybe a deflated one) and the MARKET would truly decide what it costs to go to their concerts. How would that be for you?
>>>I know you like the competition that is in this game for tickets to these arena-sized shows. It's the American way, literally, because they're playing stadiums in Europe (granted, not enough). Now, if you say you would like to see everybody happy, including yourself, you would have to rally for stadiums, 'cause this tour is way to small for such competition, for - I gotta say it - assholes like that fat guy.
It sounds to me like you feel very entitled to certain things, like many people these days. Why is it that you believe you deserve things more than anybody else out there "spending their hard earned cash" any way they damn well please? They earned it - do they not have the right to spend it any way they want? Or should they somehow be obliged to give it to you?
I have news for you. Some people have money to spend on luxury items - and therefore do so. These same people may be benefactors of large charities, or they may be miserly scrooges. I think we all have to live with ourselves at the end of the day, and while I've spent a lot on tickets - I have no guilty thoughts about it. I tend to be a charitible giver - but a "worthy cause" is NOT some poor soul without a U2 ticket. It's the battered mother of 3 who's facing living in a box and eating cat food or starving.
Mine were actually cheaper than most I've seen on eBay and even cheaper than some being sold on here. Their prices were the exact same as all the other broker places. I thought their service was excellent (for a ticket broker).
