[kj] Auckland gig ticket price:

[bq@soundgardener.co.nz]

Yes, welcome to our world - distance adds to the cost, but a lot of it is just a plain rort, small market, less competition, somewhat parochial consumer base. Easier to price fix, price gouge, set up cartels etc. And often the consumer has no alternative. Like having to pay for bottled water on a flight. 

Deep purple played last week, tix were $138. Gets a bit nuts. A lot of ppl come to nz and say as much, cost of living is very high. It's basically similar to UK and Europe in some respects, but for some reason that's not what ppl expect abroad in a place like nz. $9 beer in the cbd etc...

Avoid tourist traps, airport and hotel prices, that's a good start, again, same as anywhere...

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From: "Rheinhold Squeegee" <kjlist at live.com>
To: "Gathering Gathering" <gathering at misera.net>
Subject: [kj] Auckland gig ticket price:
Date: Sat, Mar 9, 2013 09:16
I happened to notice that tickets for the KJ Auckland, NZ show at the Studio were $65NZ, which comes out to $55US or 36GBP.

I get that things in Australia and NZ are generally more expensive but that seemed excessive, even for Killing Joke.

Until...

I saw that general admission tix at the same venue for one-original-member 90's sad sacks The Presidents of the United States of America were $80NZ.

I'm told NZ is a gorgeous country but tour costs to the bottom of the planet appear to be somewhat onerous.

I'll stick with seeing KJ in Chicago twice for $20 a pop. ;)
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