What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a concert ticket on the secondary market?

July 4, 2018 Alan Cross 4 Comments

While Ontario’s new laws surrounding the sales of tickets on the secondary market went into effect July 1, the one thing missing was a hard date for enacting the much-maligned (and deservedly so) plan for imposing a 50%-above-face-value price cap on tickets. We’ll see if that part of the law ever goes into effect. (It shouldn’t because it’s bad law for so many reasons.)

But let’s move on slightly. A CBC/Toronto Star story on the subject produced this infographic. Keep in mind that no one is being forced to buy any of these tickets at these prices. This is discretionary spending of disposable income.

Here’s my question: What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a concert ticket on the secondary market?

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4 thoughts on “What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a concert ticket on the secondary market?”

Eric W

July 4, 2018 at 8:51 am
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$0.00
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fred

July 4, 2018 at 10:14 am
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$300 US although I dropped a lot more to see Hamilton in NYC
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Wes Tanney

July 4, 2018 at 11:02 am
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I have never purchased from the secondary market and have no intention of ever doing so. From friends or people I know with and extra ticket yes, but from a for-profit scam, not a chance!
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Michael

July 4, 2018 at 10:42 pm
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When the Smashing Pumpkins originally broke up on Dec 2nd 2000 I was able to get a single ticket for $1,300 Canadian. My ticket was actually the cheapest out of all the people I talked to at the show that night.
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