Be careful. Some on here will accuse you of being a corporation who is bringing a client and has no interest in hockey. I mean, if you can afford to pay that kind of money, you must not be a REAL fan
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Be careful. Some on here will accuse you of being a corporation who is bringing a client and has no interest in hockey. I mean, if you can afford to pay that kind of money, you must not be a REAL fan
.I can't believe how high the prices shot up.. I was holding out for something in the $250 range but obviously that isn't happening. I think most of us not buying at the current market value can't justify spending this much on a non-clinching conference finals game when we would rather spend that money on the next round.
Ha. A total real fan with season tix back when they were $8 up top. Life has gone on and can only afford a partial plan. I have tickets to Sundays game and been trying to flip them for Thursdays game so I can bring my pops. His only day in town. My plan is to buy tonight for up to a $1000 and then hopefully sell Sundays tickets for about the same price. But yeah, I hear ya. The thought of paying a $1000 for a hockey game is insane.
$8? I am in the process of trying to get ticket stubs for some games I attended as a kid. When I look on EBay and see the prices for games in the 70s and early 80s, I want to puke. Hell, when I look at my stubs from 94, I want to puke.
Be careful. Some on here will accuse you of being a corporation who is bringing a client and has no interest in hockey. I mean, if you can afford to pay that kind of money, you must not be a REAL fan
where does anyone say making money means you are not a fan and have no interest in hockey?
I think you are referring to this post I made in which no where did I say anything along that nature yet you continue to try and spin something else out of it
"Well another problem is the suits/corporate people are buying all the seats from the resale sites. Id love to take advantage of some of the deals you guys are providing but prices are just insanely high. Tough to justify paying $720 for a pair of tickets despite it being a phenomenal deal."
The fact remains paying $700 plus for a pair and now upwards of $1,000 for a pair is going to be mainly corporate people, not families or huge die hards. I have gone to game 5 and 7 first round and game 6 for 2nd round mainly paying ticketmaster facevalue or a little over face. I have disposable income but I am entirely priced out when tickets are being sold for 3x or 4x times over face value.
Not looking for face, but people routinely looking for someone to sell them tickets far below going market rate.
It is unfortunate because most posters here offer deals far better than someone could get on the secondary market. Buyers seem to take issue with STH making some money when opportunity arises.
trueblue9441
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most times it appears that sellers here are looking to sell for the price that they would get after stubhub or ticketsnow takes their fees out. that is very, very fair.
GordonGecko
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Yeah but from my experience people on message boards don't pay big money for tickets. For my regular season tickets, I get plenty of buyers below face, at face, or slightly above for the marquee matchups, but when the market goes crazy there is zero interest. I also have Knicks tickets, and I have never ever been able to sell a single ticket to someone on a message board because of the higher market prices. It sucks because we can both avoid the stubhub fees, but that's just the way that goes.
Well this forum was not designed for the STH to use it as a tool to make money and I think people are forgetting that. There is a rule to not charge over face.
I have no problem with them asking over face and think it is very fair for both parties how they generally just subtract stubhub fees off market price, but when a seller complains about people looking for face value (which no one was or expected) on a forum designed for face value buying it seems very strange.
HatTrick Swayze
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I think that's just a result of the demographic. Would imagine the majority of boardies are in the 16-27 range, who don't have a grand to drop on one game. Obviously there are exceptions.
Who ever said I was accusing white collar people of not being real fans? All I was stating is that the garden isn't the old blue seat crowd it was before. It's mostly corporate with a lot of entertaining of clients. You know it, I know it, we all know it. I'm not questioning your fan hood. Don't get your panties in a bunch guy.
jratelle19
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I am not of the 16-27 crowd, I am much older than that. That doesn't mean I have a grand to drop on a game, either. With a mortgage to pay and children to raise, my priority list of where to spend that money is quite long and many priorities are above spending a grand on a couple of tickets to go to a hockey game, as important of a game as it is to me. I have no opinion of anyone on this board looking for more than face value for a ticket. I just don't see where anyone has a gripe that a lot of people on this board are not looking to pay much higher than face, considering the rules of the board regarding resale of tickets. In other words, don't gripe about it here, find another place like StubHub to get the price you want, that's all.
I don't get why it's a big deal where the tickets are listed. Whether they're on here or on StubHub, whether it's above face value or below face value, it's representative of a market and there will always be some people willing to pay and others who aren't. I'm very appreciative of having multiple choices in the market place, including this board where I don't have to pay fees, regardless of whether the tickets are above face value or not.
The only thing that bothers me is people complaining about being "priced out". It's a marketplace, of course your mileage will vary. The Rangers are a good team, you pay for quality. I don't walk up to the nicest restaurant in NYC and complain about being "priced out", I save up my money and enjoy the experience when I go, or I don't go at all. It's not the 80s or 90s anymore, oh well. The Devils and Islanders are still selling tickets at 90s prices, they could probably use a few more fans.
mti79
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I understand your point, but it's not the face value of the tickets that prices out people, it's the resale value. If you want to go to the nicest restaurant in NY and are prepared to spend $200 for the meal you can save up and do it. But what happens if you show up at the restaurant and they say they don't have any of that steak tonight but then the guy next to you says he'll sell you his steak for $400. Suddenly the money you saved up isn't enough.
broadwayblue
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If you want to go the best restaurant on New Year's Eve or similar you shouldn't be surprised that they have a special ($$$$) menu in place. Like everything in life it's all about supply and demand.
trueblue9441
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if the resale value is like this, then the face value of the product is way undervalued.
mti79
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And I wouldn't be surprised. Just saying if when you got there and they didn't have the special but another guy will sell you his for a big markup.
I understand why the prices are where they are and I don't blame anyone for doing what they want to do with their tickets. Just saying that people can complain about being "priced out" when it's not the venue doing it, it's the resale market. Supply and demand.
The restaurant doesn't complain about people not being able to grab their deals.....
broadwayblue, what I do not understand is you are the one who posts the rule to not sell over face every year
mti79
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Per post #509, the cheapest seat in the building for the 3rd round is $83 for the 400's, and $133-186 for the upper bowl. So the most expensive ticket is $186 for 1 or $372 for the pair. Right now, you can't find a pair that would be $372 per seat so should the Rangers raise their prices even more?
Again, I'm not complaining about people who are asking whatever they want to for their tickets. Just pointing out that yeah, the resale market is pricing people out.
GordonGecko
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Not so, you can't look at one game/series in isolation and you can't compare a supply constrained market. If face values were much higher more people would have to sell and that would decrease the market value. Teams have to strike a balance between long term steady clients and individual sales. There is actually no "face" any more for individual tickets, the Rangers have some dynamic formula to adjust prices to match the market. They hurt that market every time they raise STH face
Here's my thinking:
Keep the prices at no higher than face and no one will list their tickets here.
Let sellers list their tix at whatever price they feel they're worth and buyers might save fees versus exchanges (buyer accepts lower price since he/she has no fees).
If sellers list their tix too high they will never sell on this site.
If the price is above my means to pay I'll watch the game in a bar.
I'm confused... what's the issue?
Keep the prices at no higher than face and no one will list their tickets here.
Let sellers list their tix at whatever price they feel they're worth and buyers might save fees versus exchanges (buyer accepts lower price since he/she has no fees).
If sellers list their tix too high they will never sell on this site.
If the price is above my means to pay I'll watch the game in a bar.
I'm confused... what's the issue?
Yes, the Tix are currently undervalued.
MSG set the price months ago when the market was not as "hot". Demand now is vastly exceeding supply so like any other market the price is moving sharply upward.
GordonGecko
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The issue is lots of Ranger fans can't afford the prices and that definitely sucks for hardcore fans, so it's to be expected for people to complain about it. There should be *some* opportunities on ticketmaster if we make the finals, but like any rare playoff run for a team, especially a NYC team, in general you'd be pretty to get to any game for an affordable price. Just take advantage in the regular season - I can't tell you how many games I saw available in the Delta Club or a few rows from the ice for a fraction of the face value this season
BleedinBLUEsince92
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Hoping that any of you season ticket guys will be genuine enough to sell ticks for the cup round (if we make it) for a slightly better deal than on stub 
. Not expecting it though haha
. Not expecting it though haha
BleedinBLUEsince92
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I wouldn't really say they're undervalued just high in demand. But does anybody have an idea of what would be considered a good deal for tickets in the cup round. I'm a 22 year old college student, 1000+ per ticket isn't really possible for me without wiping my bank account haha
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