Ticket sales if I were a high-in-demand musician.
15%: Blind auction with no price cap
25%: First come, first served for in-person purchase at a local venue
60%: Random lottery
Seat quality spread across above categories. Tickets are non-transferable and limited to 2 pp.
While the absolute level of this "psychic energy" requirement is higher in many other countries, the rate of change vs 5-10 years ago has been dramatic.
In the USA, the level of vigilance the average person has to maintain to avoid getting ripped off extracts its own kind of price -- one most analysis of dynamic pricing doesn't pay any attention to.
America's postal system is a sort of negative lootbox where 99.9% of items are trash but the other 0.1% are special quest items that if not promptly handled result in crippling debts or your arrest.
Right on cue, AIPAC is complaining that it is antisemitic to want to know if AIPAC money is secretly backing a candidate.
This is after spending $5M+ through a fake super PAC to prop up Stevens without their finger prints.
Nobody is saying you can’t donate to candidates. Just do it openly and honestly so voters can make informed decisions on who to vote for.
@nickwakenc I agree with you in spirit but if this were actually the case many more companies would do it. The (large) companies that do are typically ones whose merch no one wants. Eg, a Verizon ball cap.
@earlboykins Most would consider upper Manhattan to be in said outer edge. Inwood and upper East Harlem are cheaper or on par than many areas of Brooklyn and some in Queens.
Hearing people opine on what differentiates Manhattan vs Brooklyn (vs Queens) I'm commonly frustrated when the emphasis begins and ends at the borough rather than neighborhood level.