Fans left furious over Beyonce using dynamic pricing for her tour

[StrawberryBlond 14,331]

I'd say it was to make up for the fact that she's doing marginally less dates this time around so costs have to be saved somewhere, but who am I kidding, she'd totally do this even if she were touring the entire world. Her fans have just submitted to every single price raise ever since 2013 even though they're getting the same kinda experience every time, it's not like Beyonce's got any better in all these years to match the increasing prices. In fact, a lot of people were even saying she wasn't giving it her all when dancing with the RWT. People need to just put their foot down and stop buying tickets or nothing will change. Really hoping Gaga won't do this, but the way things are going, I don't know. She doesn't strike me as the type. But even if she does, at least we know this will be her last tour for a while. Because Beyonce's putting out a trilogy of albums every 2 years or so, she's going to do a very high-priced tour every 2 years, so her fans will be out of pocket far more frequently than Gaga's. It's really going to have to be case of choosing who to support this touring season. So many artists are doing stadiums now, which are already high priced enough. When you've got 3 big faves who are all touring stadiums in the same year, it's a case of accepting you can't afford it or eating table scraps for months. 

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,792]

STOP 👏🏻 BUYING 👏🏻 TICKETS 👏🏻 WITH 👏🏻 DYNAMIC 👏🏻 PRICING 👏🏻

It really is that simple. Even if your fave uses it - don't buy em. You'll live without seeing their show, and Ticketmaster will finally get the f*cking message.

[bionic 46,111]

5 hours ago, Sarah H said:

Dynamic pricing shouldn't exist 

its a free market

[PartySick 149,025]

Omg. Two tickets to the CC tour is the same amount it cost me to buy three tickets to TCB and fly to LA and even part of the cost of the stay there  

Maybe I won't be seeing Bey  

[Teletubby 140,116]

2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Maybe I won't be seeing Bey  

but you can still see Katy

[RAMROD 106,137]

I am going to all 3 dates in Atlanta.  

I got lower bowls for all of them with a great price. Only $200 each after tax and fees. 

 

[PartySick 149,025]

3 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

but you can still see Katy

Definitely!

[phantasmas 10,174]

Apparently lots of people are receiving refunds after they complained about how much cheaper the Verizon + Citi bank presale was.

This should free up tickets so hopefully I can snatch one closer to my show date. Or maybe I'll wait for her to announce her Vegas residency. 

[freebit 6,138]

At this point, seeing a big live act is just for the "comfortable."

Just before the Beyonce tickets went on sale, I happened to see the prices for The Weeknd, and those were insane as well. I really hope Gaga does something cool like Robert Smith, and enshews dynamic pricing, but I won't hold my breath. I will say it's refreshing to see that the press isn't pretending dynamic pricing is some great thing, I remember when Taylor Swift's 1989 tour (I think), they were pretending dynamic pricing was doing everyone a favor. 

I think something has finally shifted though because usually for Beyonce, people justify the ticket prices like an insane cult would, but this time around I saw a bunch of viral tweets on my timeline about how they weren't going to bother with it all. 

Edited Thursday at 11:36 PM by freebit

[phantasmas 10,174]

7 hours ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Yeah, dynamic pricing is stupid but... why empty anger? Demand is crazy and the seating is finite. You can listen to the album and watch the concert for free online. Seeing her live isn't mandatory. That's capitalism; if things like dynamic pricing make you mad then fight against it and don't participate in the optional stuff. 

My issue is that you should be asked for the presale code TO join the queue, not asked to enter AFTER

having anyone (and probably bots) join will just make ticketmaster's system believe there is a large demand when that many people probably werent gonna buy any tix anyway 

[Roughhouse Dandy 9,825]

20 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Maybe I won't be seeing Bey  

Have you seen her live before? 

7 minutes ago, phantasmas said:

My issue is that you should be asked for the presale code TO join the queue, not asked to enter AFTER

having anyone (and probably bots) join will just make ticketmaster's system believe there is a large demand when that many people probably werent gonna buy any tix anyway 

Yeah, that's a big pain. I was lowkey pissed at my friend poking around and texting me availability and prices knowing they had no intention of buying any while I still had 10k people ahead of me in line 🙃

[XxBones 991]

I’ve seen Gaga live a few times and I’ve always got floor general admission. The last big tour of hers I went to was Joanne tour. I don’t think dynamic pricing was being used then? I never got to go to the Chromatica ball tour. Can anyone confirm the pricing of her last tour. I honestly got general admission for like 100 for like 3 of her tours. It’s crazy to see these new prices now and I don’t know if Gaga tickets will be priced the same as they used to or if dynamic pricing has made that a thing of the past? 

[PartySick 149,025]

16 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Have you seen her live before? 

No and I'm not a huge fan of most of her stuff but I LOVE Cowboy Carter. I was gonna get some cheap seats but apparently they don't exist at these shows

[Old Gregg 9]

you might find this video interesting

 

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,792]

27 minutes ago, phantasmas said:

My issue is that you should be asked for the presale code TO join the queue, not asked to enter AFTER

having anyone (and probably bots) join will just make ticketmaster's system believe there is a large demand when that many people probably werent gonna buy any tix anyway 

You just answered your own question basically - that's PRECISELY why ticketmaster lets bots join the queue. It artificially inflates demand that ticketmaster isn't directly responsible for so they get away with it price gouging.