AFL Grand Final Ticket thread

[JustinWCEMelbourneFan]

Can up my offer to $2000 for 2 seated tickets and not eat for a few weeks ‍hahaha

 

[flylikeaneagle]

No... those seats are worth no more than $400 face value.

They are in the AFL member reserve. Anyone selling them should have is their AFL subscriptions taken off them and given to people who actually love the game and want to attend, not just squeeze genuine supporters for 400% mark up on the price.


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face value does not equal market value. should you be restricted to selling your house at the same price you paid for it as well?

you don't think that the people paying marked up prices love the game? do you really have an issue with consenting adults transacting tickets to sporting events?

 

[InTheWings]

face value does not equal market value. should you be restricted to selling your house at the same price you paid for it as well?

you don't think that the people paying marked up prices love the game? do you really have an issue with consenting adults transacting tickets to sporting events?

What I have an issue with, as clearly stated in my previous post, is people deliberately buying tickets, with no thought of attending the game, and prying in real supporters by selling them at a 400% mark up to make a profit.

Enough said.


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[flylikeaneagle]

What I have an issue with, as clearly stated in my previous post, is people deliberately buying tickets, with no thought of attending the game, and prying in real supporters by selling them at a 400% mark up to make a profit.

Enough said.


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nobody is being pried in, people are choosing to pay market price with their own free will

how else should scarce goods be allocated?

 

[sedders]

nobody is being pried in, people are choosing to pay market price with their own free will

how else should scarce goods be allocated?

There are anti scalping laws for a reason and everyone agrees with them, except for those scalpers who are directly profiting or those that agree in principal with greedy profiteering. Which are you?

 

[flylikeaneagle]

There are anti scalping laws for a reason and everyone agrees with them, except for those scalpers who are directly profiting or those that agree in principal with greedy profiteering. Which are you?

the laws are pointless and nobody cares about them. how many prosecutions do you hear of?

if a person owns a legal good/service and wishes to sell it to another, why shouldn't they be allowed to?

i paid for marked up tickets and i'm stoked to have them, i had no other way of getting to the game

 

[Freight Train]

the laws are pointless and nobody cares about them. how many prosecutions do you hear of?

if a person owns a legal good/service and wishes to sell it to another, why shouldn't they be allowed to?

i paid for marked up tickets and i'm stoked to have them, i had no other way of getting to the game

Scalping is absolute filth, no matter how you spin it. Instead of just allowing people who want to go to an event to go, you’re dipping your own grubby hands in, cutting them out of getting tickets at the official value and from an official vendor and forcing them into either not going, or paying a ridiculous mark up from an unofficial vendor which could see them lose out on the tickets themselves if caught - all so you can make a free profit.

If you’re a scalper, you’re an absolute campaigner.

 

[JinmboJones]

Scalping is absolute filth, no matter how you spin it. Instead of just allowing people who want to go to an event to go, you’re dipping your own grubby hands in, cutting them out of getting tickets at the official value and from an official vendor and forcing them into either not going, or paying a ridiculous mark up from an unofficial vendor which could see them lose out on the tickets themselves if caught - all so you can make a free profit.

If you’re a scalper, you’re an absolute campaigner.

I tend to agree, but what's the solution? How does someone prove they aren't going to re-sell the tickets when they buy them from an authorised seller in the first place?

Also if your grandmother has just become really sick and you can no longer go but are happy to sell your tickets at a massive markup you also fall into the "tool of the week" bucket.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

the laws are pointless and nobody cares about them. how many prosecutions do you hear of?

if a person owns a legal good/service and wishes to sell it to another, why shouldn't they be allowed to?

i paid for marked up tickets and i'm stoked to have them, i had no other way of getting to the game

Mate if I bought all the insulin in the world, even though I had no need for it, then tried to charge diabetics 40x the price, I’d be a piece of shit. Whether they ultimately pay it or not is irrelevant.

I bet they’d be stoked to be getting their insulin. I’d still be a piece of shit.

 

[InTheWings]

I tend to agree, but what's the solution? How does someone prove they aren't going to re-sell the tickets when they buy them from an authorised seller in the first place?

Also if your grandmother has just become really sick and you can no longer go but are happy to sell your tickets at a massive markup you also fall into the "tool of the week" bucket.

There are certainly those cases. A huge difference is when people are genuine, they don’t resell their tickets for a 400% profit (ie: from $400 to $1600 per seat). And they don’t buy up 8 tickets and want to sell them all for that huge profit.

It is pretty easy to see though the facade.


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[Wosh]

Ok my flights and ticket is sold. Got my money back but will never get back the hole this has put in my heart. I'm ******* devastated.

Very bad timing, good luck for a speedy recovery.

 

[W.C. Fry]

a win will cheer you up

Will be so bittersweet. One of those life events you never forget.

 

[flylikeaneagle]

Scalping is absolute filth, no matter how you spin it. Instead of just allowing people who want to go to an event to go, you’re dipping your own grubby hands in, cutting them out of getting tickets at the official value and from an official vendor and forcing them into either not going, or paying a ridiculous mark up from an unofficial vendor which could see them lose out on the tickets themselves if caught - all so you can make a free profit.

If you’re a scalper, you’re an absolute campaigner.

I take it you're a communist?

airlines and hotels have all raised prices too yet nobody cries foul of them, people just accept it. and these are multi-nationals making millions.

 

[Godfather32]

Will be so bittersweet. One of those life events you never forget.

Have you had the op yet?

 

[flylikeaneagle]

Mate if I bought all the insulin in the world, even though I had no need for it, then tried to charge diabetics 40x the price, I’d be a piece of shit. Whether they ultimately pay it or not is irrelevant.

I bet they’d be stoked to be getting their insulin. I’d still be a piece of shit.

do you feel the same way about property investors who buy properties they never intend to live in and place upwards pressure on prices? what about coles and woolies controlling the food supply to keep prices high? banks and fees and interest rates?

 

[Godfather32]

do you feel the same way about property investors who buy properties they never intend to live in and place upwards pressure on prices? what about coles and woolies controlling the food supply to keep prices high? banks and fees and interest rates?

Pretty much....they're all campaigners

 

[Freight Train]

I take it you're a communist?

airlines and hotels have all raised prices too yet nobody cries foul of them, people just accept it. and these are multi-nationals making millions.

No, not a communist, just not a campaigner. Say what you will about inflation of the price of living, which is all driven by surrounding elements - if you’re scalping you’re making the choice to make somebody pay extra on a ticket that has been set at a price, all because they couldn’t get through the ticketing system as fast as someone who has no intent on going.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

do you feel the same way about property investors who buy properties they never intend to live in and place upwards pressure on prices? what about coles and woolies controlling the food supply to keep prices high? banks and fees and interest rates?

Yes. If you buy as many houses as you can manage, purely to extort people who need them, you are an arseh*le. That’s not exactly a scorching hot take.

For the record, everyone complains about hotels and airlines extorting people at this time of year. Weird argument to make when it’s literally been one of the news’ most prevailing talking points of the last two weeks.

 

[W.C. Fry]

Have you had the op yet?

No. Got bumped down with emergency. We tried to go private but ironically all the ****ing surgeons in the state are in Melbourne, or off on school holidays.

I am hoping for this morning. Then I should be discharged by tonight or Saturday morning. If I am still in here come the GF I am going to jump out the window.

 

[Dusky]

For those still without a ticket tomorrow, head over to The Duke of Wellington for the pregame festivities.

It was a west coast catch up point for the '15 granny with plenty of wheeling and dealing ticket exchanging before bounce down.

I sold my spare ticket there to a Hawks supporter who turned out to be a great bloke, few months after the misery of the final siren, he contacted me for my address and posted over half a dozen west coast polos from years gone by which he had received from a good friend of his (ex west coast recruiter).

 

[BCTheHunt]

Hey fellas thought I'd try my luck I have a standing area concession ticket im trying to sell if anyone wants it?

 

[jackandr]

Hey fellas thought I'd try my luck I have a standing area concession ticket im trying to sell if anyone wants it?

Very keen if its still available - have sent you a pm

 

[payno]

Please contact me if anyone else still has ANY ticket? Thank you. I just need one

 

[BCTheHunt]

Hey fellas thought I'd try my luck I have a standing area concession ticket im trying to sell if anyone wants it?

***SOLD***
UP THE BLOODY COASTERS!

 

[hacksawjim]

Through shear luck i have 2 tickets up for grabs ,level 4 great southern stand q15 row aa
Shoot me a message if your interested