Anyone Out There Over 30 on This Board- Page 2

[show lover]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:48am

Why do you think I am a idiot for not wanting to pay the high price.
Do you not say enough is enough on items that get to high priced and stop buying.
Lets get together and tell the producers that
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[shpants]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:49am

I was just merely stating that I understood what the poster was saying (in a roundabout sort of way.)

But if you read on, you will see that I completely disagree with the logic and the whining (and therefore agree with you, millie.)

That's it!

[Amalia Balash]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:52am

I'm over 30.

I don't live in New York.

I pay full price for tickets both for Broadway and for shows in my area.

I've seen some shows more than once.

I've seen some shows that weren't worth the price of a ticket and some that were worth much more.

If I lived closer to NYC, I'd definitely see more shows, even at full price, because I think Broadway and Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway in general are worth supporting, whether or not an individual show turns out to be. I'm glad there's student rush and other discounts available to encourage more people to fill the seats and take a chance on shows.

[show lover]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:54am

We got our blood going this morning didn't I guys....
One last thing. I hope that is ten years or less this is still on line. because you are going to see a change in Theater.
They will not have as many shows prices will be cheaper Theaters will be closing. Discounts will be dropped.
Mark my words I will be on here to say I told you so. Because as you say what does age have to do with it.
Who buys the 200.00 seats who pays 400.00 to see Bette Midler 19 year olds or baby boomers 50 and up..

Bye guys talk to you in ten years and we will see who is right if I am you owe me a show ......if there are any
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[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 10:58am

I am over 60, live 50 miles from NYC and still manage to hot foot it up to NYC to see whatever show I want. My strategy is, if I'm really hell-bent on seeing something, I just bite the bullet and pay full price up front. Otherwise, I avail myself of the many discounted tickets available through BroadwayBox.com, Broadway Offers, the TKS board (which, by the way, does NOT take up too much of my time) and other means. Granted, I'm in the city enough that I can take advantage of going straight to the theatre and getting my ticket, discounted or not, in advance and thus avoid the shipping/mailing/service costs. I am by no means a wealthy person, but I managed to do it.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:01am

What are tcks???

[CarolynW]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:01am

To the original poster:

I am over 60 and when I do go to NYC, which has been a while...I pay full price for tickets and I live on a pension. So I save up for my trip there. I live in Las Vegas and prices for tickets are high here. People complain all the time about that, but we have discounts too and people do not seem to want to look for them. Most of the time they can ask the hotel about discount tickets or the box office.

FYI - Las Vegas does not have student rush, senior citizen prices for shows here, what few Broadway type shows we have. They do offer locals discounts once in a while. But most of the time locals pay the same price as everyone else...unless we can get a discount. There are many things that Broadway has for ticket buyers that Las Vegas does not, wish I had known about them all when I had gone there in the past.

If you want to see a show bad enough and can afford a trip to NYC...then why can't you afford the price of a ticket. Are you too lazy to stand in line at TKTS? I used a cane the last time I was in NYC and stood in line. Now I use a walker and I stand in lines all the time. Most of the time at the doctors office; not a theatre for pleasure.

Sorry but you just seem bitter and want things given to you. Well, I live on a pension and would like to live period. Now due to recent illenesses I am lucky that I can go anywhere. I have to worry about having food and medicine; not the price of a theatre ticket.

No one owes you anything. Yes, ticket prices are high. Everything is high now the cost of living period. So deal with it. If you want to see a certain show then save all you can. I make far less than you do and will never be able to go to NYC again sadly. But I am not sitting here complaning to people about it. I just deal with it.

Every year I watch the Macy's parade just to see samples of shows I will never see. But then I had to do that as a teenager in Los Angeles. So be happy with what you can do, and not with what you can't do.

Yours,

Carolyn

P.S. As Pollyana said, "Think glad things!"
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[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:08am

I am 61 years old and damned proud of it.

I strongly recommend GYPSY--and discount codes are available.

I do urge show lover to work on expressing himself more clearly.

[Usnavi]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:08am

whoa! did the original poster run out of his meds?

[shpants]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:13am

Thank you, CarolynW!


(PS- not to beat a dead horse, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the reason that gas prices have fallen is because "not using a lot made them fall." I think the gas prices change for reasons that we cannot even begin to understand!)

:)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:18am

I'm having a hard time following your post as well. I think you were asking who's over thirty and do we, who are over 30, pay full price or use discounts.

For my own part I do both. If there's a discount available on the dates I'll be in NYC (I live out in the provinces.) through playbill.com or Roundabout I'll use it otherwise I'll just pay full price. I'm not in the habit of seeing the same show over and over but it has happened. Chicago, Wicked, Into the Woods, August: Osage County are the only shows I have seen twice. (There have been a few I wish I hadn't seen at all.)

I haven't done the TKTS booth in years because my time in NYC is valuable and I don't want to risk not being able to get tickets to my show of choice. Also, you run the risk of getting bad seats at the TKTS booth. If this hasn't been the experience of others, please don't reply with a nasty post saying I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm only speaking from my own experience.

More often than not I just buy my tickets ahead of time so I can get good seats and KNOW I have tickets to all the shows I want to see when I arrive in NYC. I think student rush, TKTS and all the other discounts are GREAT for young folks. If you are a student and want to be an actor or actress you MUST see EVERYTHING in order to develop a sense of what makes a good performance or a bad performance or a good show or a bad show. I know a 12 year old who wants to be an actress so I took her to NYC and we saw a week of shows. I hope it has instilled in her a sense of what is good and bad she will work harder in her acting.

Anway, back to the subject. I am 38, I pay full and discount depending. Just depeneds.

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:20am

i just read this whole thread. and i am even more confuzed now than i was when i read the OP's first post. at first i thought he was saying that we should pay full price, and then it was that tickets are too expensive.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:21am

Fully agree about the gas prices shpants. Because I really didn't see a huge drop in people driving around.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:21am

I'm over 30 and do not live in New York.

My only question for you, show lover: Is English your first language?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:29am

No, none of us are over 30. This is "Logan's Run."

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:30am

I'm 48, live out of town and can count the number of times I've paid full price for a ticket on my fingers. I subscribe to a ton of different sources for emailed discount codes, use TKTS when necessary and most importantly, plan ahead and if what I've planned doesn't work out for whatever reason, have a backup.

My next trip, in early January, is the first in years where I don't have a set list of shows I'd like to see. The closings have a lot to do with it, since I've already seen a lot of what's left.

So I'll wing it, carry my codes, have a blast and maybe check out some of my favorites a second time...and hope that Liza extends another two weeks.

[show lover]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:30am

WHY do people on this board always comment about the way people talk. You know very well what is being said. Everybody is going round and round.
To reply listen to the news stations people drove billions of miles less and used less gas that is why gas fell.............
Yes I pay full price because I want to see the show but why can't we protest and say we ant lower prices.
Yes everything is higher but that is the problem with people nowadays. They just don't do anything about it.
Stand up and say NO don't be such a whimp

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:33am

Is this thread some sort of virtual performance art?

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:34am

Poor little Mao-Sin Li in her straw hut typing on the missionary's laptop and getting made fun of because her English is not up to par.
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[Calvin]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:35am

Speaking strictly in whole numbers, I'm not over 30, but I'm not under 30, either.

[matty159]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:36am

Am totally confused by the OP and his/her grasp of the English language and general logic, but anyhow...

I am over 30, do not live in NY, and am a state government employee (hence, an average joe salary). While I do pay full-price for some things I see (I just paid full price for tickets to WSS in DC this morning), I definitely take advantage of general rush, HipTix, TDF, TKTS, and the vast amount of discount codes out there. I am sure others have done it too, but I saw 9 shows for about $250 on one of my most recent trips. If you know how to maneuver things, you can definitely make things work on the cheap. I've had to somewhat get over being a seat snob, but I can't complain because I am still getting to see what I want to see!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:40am

Look, people don't pay the same price for hotels or airline tickets either.

Yes, the large majority of show tickets are purchased at regular prices or "minor" discounts like group rates. If they weren't, the shows would close. But part of the reason the tickets are "overpriced" is to compensate for the "underpriced" tickets that are sold along the way (mostly at the last minute). The theory works. I wouldn't feel too sorry for any of them. Paying full price has its privileges. You get the best seats in the house. You can buy tickets well in advance and actually make plans. Rush tickets and last minute discounts are a crapshoot. Sometimes you get good seats, and sometimes you're stuck way back in the men's room with a speaker. And sometimes you don't even get in.

Hotels, airlines and theatres learned long ago, it's better to have people paying discount prices than having empty rooms or seats earning nothing each night.

[justafan2]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:44am

I am over 30 (over 50, actually) and having been paying both full price and discount prices for many years. I LOVE Broadway and I usually want to see a show with the best seats I can, and so, I'll pay full price. If there are discount codes available, I'll use them. I've only paid premium once and probably won't do that again---I think it encourages the producers to keep raising those prices. (and besides, it gets way too expensive for me)
But---my point is----my choice of ticket price really has little to do with my age, since I've been buying tickets this way for MANY years! It's simply a priority for me.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:46am

I'm WAY over 30, which probably explains why I didn't understand anything the OP was saying.

[barcelona20]

Posted: 12/8/08 at 11:46am

I find it hard to believe the original poster is actually over 30 because this poster obviously doesn't understand basic economics. Bway like everything, bases its ticket prices on supply and demand. If people were to stop paying $100 a ticket, then prices would decline. It's pretty simple.