Things that make you sad, angry, or upset.

[GreatBigAbyss]

Propagandhi is playing at The Burt in September, and tickets went on sale today.  I made plans with some friends to go see them, so I was queued up online at 10AM to buy 4 tickets right as they went on sale.  They sold out within seconds, and I didn't get even a single ticket.

Just for fun, I went and checked StubHub an hour later, and there are a BUNCH of tickets listed - $50 tickets going for $275+ ea.  This practice should be illegal.  This process was intended for legitimate fans who can no longer attend to be able to offload their tickets.  Instead it's been co-opted by scam artists and scalpers looking to make a buck.  Fucking despicable. 

[Tortoise]

Yeah, that's really annoying.

Radiohead didn't allow reselling during their last tour. Tickets that couldn't be used were put back into the pool and resold for the original price. I think they are the only band to successfully so something about it.

[Johnnymac]

Yeah, that's really annoying.

Radiohead didn't allow reselling during their last tour. Tickets that couldn't be used were put back into the pool and resold for the original price. I think they are the only band to successfully so something about it.

Wow, good on Radiohead for having such a setup to help their true fans to attend their shows.

[GreatBigAbyss]

This doesn't really make me angry or upset, but I don't know where else to put it.

I guess gas is going up to 1.88/l, and most stations have already changed.  The Mobil near my house is usually 20c/l cheaper than most other places (yay me).  Anyway, as of an hour ago when I stopped in at SuperStore (same parking lot), that Mobil was still at $1.45/l, so a good 44c cheaper than anywhere else.

Holy Crap, the pandemonium this has caused.  There must be 150 cars lined up in three directions - down my local collector street (which is causing a two block traffic jam on its own), and 2 massive lines through the Superstore parking lot.

Like, I get that if you're filling up an average CUV, you'll save about $17, and a truck probably about double that, but is the hour you're going to wait in line there really worth it?  Most people probably make quite a bit more than $17/hr.

Compound that with the frustration the lineups and congestion and people cutting in line would cause to your mental wellbeing, etc, and it's really not worth it.

[Johnnymac]

That would be really annoying and you are right, it isn't really worth it when you do the cost of your time.  It's a wonder they didn't adjust the price quickly when this started to build up.