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.