(ANA) $250 for a free ticket?
Category: People
I bet u must have watched the Singapore Idol finals. Well, this article is not about the finals but, about how people have gone to the extent of buying a ticket for $250! Yes, that's right. I am not joking. People auction tickets for as much as $250. The tickets to the seated event became available on eBay and Yahoo last week. A seller sold a pair of tickets for $200. Not only that, some people even wanted to "sell" votes. Javier, 23 said on a website that he intends to spend $100 sending 200 votes for Taufik Batisah. But if Sylvester Sim fans pay him $150, he will ring up votes for Sly instead. He went as far as to ask for $600, in which case he would send 800 votes for Sly.
I think that those people are really very eager to earn money. But why did they ask for such high prices? Perhaps they could have lowered the prices. Only people who really, really want to go to the finals would spend $200 for two tickets. And people who believed Javier really should reconsider. Why don't you use $150 to ring up 300 votes yourself instead? Or maybe $100 to ring up 200 votes? If you pay Javier, you are giving him $50. Who knows, after taking the money, he might not ring up a single vote. Anyway, people have really gone too far...Who did you vote for? Sylvester of Taufik?
If I could control the situation, I would ban selling of tickets online. So that less people would get "cheated".
Meaning of word(s):
covet: yearn to possess something belonging to someone else
black market: an illegal trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities
I bet u must have watched the Singapore Idol finals. Well, this article is not about the finals but, about how people have gone to the extent of buying a ticket for $250! Yes, that's right. I am not joking. People auction tickets for as much as $250. The tickets to the seated event became available on eBay and Yahoo last week. A seller sold a pair of tickets for $200. Not only that, some people even wanted to "sell" votes. Javier, 23 said on a website that he intends to spend $100 sending 200 votes for Taufik Batisah. But if Sylvester Sim fans pay him $150, he will ring up votes for Sly instead. He went as far as to ask for $600, in which case he would send 800 votes for Sly.
I think that those people are really very eager to earn money. But why did they ask for such high prices? Perhaps they could have lowered the prices. Only people who really, really want to go to the finals would spend $200 for two tickets. And people who believed Javier really should reconsider. Why don't you use $150 to ring up 300 votes yourself instead? Or maybe $100 to ring up 200 votes? If you pay Javier, you are giving him $50. Who knows, after taking the money, he might not ring up a single vote. Anyway, people have really gone too far...Who did you vote for? Sylvester of Taufik?
If I could control the situation, I would ban selling of tickets online. So that less people would get "cheated".
Meaning of word(s):
covet: yearn to possess something belonging to someone else
black market: an illegal trade in officially controlled or scarce commodities
posted by Emerz at 1:03 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, Uncle Kenneth, I also cannot analyse it so well as you. It didn't occur to me that the parents are the "victims". Now you mentioned, I completely agree with you. Thank God I don't have teenage children...Can't stand TV shows nowadays. Look at the variety shows, nearly all of them get people to vote i.e dump money to the telecoms and media companies. Smart biz technique but wonder how long can it last or these profit generating plots will always appeal to the human psyche. Whatever it is, I think consumers must learn to be smarter and not fall prey to these opportunists.
Well ,got money, who don't want to make?Ya, the one selling all those tickets can sell, but he should not cross the line. there is a limit. Its not the seller is clever, its the people is stupid!Ya! Ya! support for their idols . What if the idol is not an idol but hit back to a commoner,not popular,the valuable cash will go to waste.By the way. can you all come and visit my blog. Very lonely out there boggiedy007.blogspot pleeease!
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