VISA buys 85% of Rolling Stones

[dawnrazor]

So the corporate whores that are VISA NZ have bought up an estimated 85% of the rolling stones tickets before they went officially on sale. Effectively turning it into a HUGE corporate event.

The sad part of this is the 15% of tickets that went on sale yesterday took their own sweet time to sell, interesting.

[Sniper]

Thats ridiculous. There should be laws against shit like that.

[Skyryder]

So the corporate whores that are VISA NZ have bought up an estimated 85% of the rolling stones tickets before they went officially on sale. Effectively turning it into a HUGE corporate event.

The sad part of this is the 15% of tickets that went on sale yesterday took their own sweet time to sell, interesting.

Stopped buying Stone's albums years ago. The last 'raw' album they made was Goat's Head Soup.' Mind you they have stayed the distance so creds for that.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Thats ridiculous. There should be laws against shit like that.

From the promoters view it's the way to go. Now VISA has to sell the tickets and it's their loss if they can't. I'll be watcing with interest to see how they go.

Skyryder

[dawnrazor]

I get the impression they may well be gifting them to people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skyryder]

I get the impression they may well be gifting them to people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They'd need 'pay' me to go.


Skyryder

[WRT]

My understanding is that last friday tickets went on presale through the visa network only, everyone who doesnt have a visa card had to wait and hope that they didnt sell out. It may be that the sales for visa customers were capped at the 85% mark? Not sure, but I would imagine that you will find that those "85%" will now be in the hands of visa customers, not visa employees.

[Badcat]

So the corporate whores that are VISA NZ have bought up an estimated 85% of the rolling stones tickets before they went officially on sale. Effectively turning it into a HUGE corporate event.

The sad part of this is the 15% of tickets that went on sale yesterday took their own sweet time to sell, interesting.

so why are you complaining - if the remainder took a while to sell?
do you think that possibly the fact that VISA got involved and pre-bought a lot of the tickets meant the tour could actually play in NZ, and have a $55 base ticket price?
are you actually going?
"corporate whores" run business. you probably live, work and eat in the free market.
if you don't like it, complain from your self-sufficient commune.

hippy.

[Finn]

At least it'll keep the riff raff out. I've got my 2 tickets for Wellington.

[Karma]

Yeh, I got three tickets for the wellington gig...

I'll be down there on holiday in april anyhow, so figured might as well get a gig in at the same time...

[deathstar]

you stupid fool you didn't get the tickets at all you just paid and the tickets are mine and you shall be left at home

[Paul in NZ]

I tried to buy 4 tickets but the system got all messed up and would not let me purchase any.. (and then when I complained they told me it didn't happen only for me to find I was one of many that had problems)

I took it as a warning from Johnny Cash not to turn to the darkside....

So we are not going... We are going to protest instead and am currently negotiating the marketting and Tee shirt rights to the protest with Bishop Tamaki

[Lias]

I have no idea why people would want to pay good money to see the rolling stones :-)

It's like buying food 30 years past its use by date :-)

[sAsLEX]

I have no idea why people would want to pay good money to see the rolling stones :-)

It's like buying food 30 years past its use by date :-)

especially after there Superbowl preformance, thought it was rather sad seeing the old skinny guy prancing about

[Flatcap]

I have no idea why people would want to pay good money to see the rolling stones :-)

It's like buying food 30 years past its use by date :-)


I agree - like watching your Grandad dance. They should have chucked it in years ago.

[Beemer]

We missed out on getting tickets either through the Visa sales or the general ones a few days later, but yesterday I got emailed an offer through Fly Buys (nope, unfortunately you didn't get to use your points, but you do pick up bonus points!) to buy tickets to the shows. You had to pay by Visa or Mastercard, so I got two tickets to the Wellington show. The husband is pretty rapt, he'd been keen to go but wasn't interested in paying huge dollars for Trade Me ones. It can be a combined anniversary and birthday present for him!

[GIXser]

Rolling Who?????????

[hunt]

I agree - like watching your Grandad dance. They should have chucked it in years ago.

be pretty hard i would imagine to chuck anything in that makes you millions of dollars a year, in 2005 they made the most money out of any touring band,

[DirtMad]

Personally, I wouldve wacked it on my visa anyway, so its all good for me. Sucks to be you if you dont have access to a visa though - but Im sure most people can beg or borrow.
I wouldve loved to go (cant be touring for much longer, surely?) , but unfortunately will be overseas. Even though I think Mick Jagger is a little lack-lustre live, theyll still be rockin` :headbang:
Although, maybe in electric wheelchairs next tour... :msn-wink:

[hunt]

Personally, I wouldve wacked it on my visa anyway, so its all good for me. Sucks to be you if you dont have access to a visa though - but Im sure most people can beg or borrow.
I wouldve loved to go (cant be touring for much longer, surely?) , but unfortunately will be overseas. Even though I think Mick Jagger is a little lack-lustre live, theyll still be rockin` :headbang:
Although, maybe in electric wheelchairs next tour... :msn-wink:

yea the original line up tour with bill on bass, the rolling (wheelchair) stones

[SPman]

I have no idea why people would want to pay good money to see the rolling stones :-)
It's like buying food 30 years past its use by date :-)

Saw them in '66 and '70
Think I'll stay with the memories.........

[Nicksta]

Reason why they went on presale to visa customers is it is being promoted by Visa Promotions.... a perk of being one of their customers... they do it for a lot of things... you can check it out on their website.... I get told of all this stuff thru work... and spent hours telling my customers what to do... fun times for me