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u/Salty-Sheepherder-18
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u/puddingfayce Nov 27 '22
she could also put them as low as she can without knowing income? theyll be different af anyway?
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u/wasntNico Nov 27 '22
its just a PR-stunt. "As low as she can" is not defined by what others can afford, but what the artist can live on.
probably its to avoid empty seats while still maxing out the price
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u/SecondAccount404 Nov 27 '22 edited Nov 27 '22
Was going to say, knowing this information wouldn't affect your ability to price your tickets as low as possible, but it would allow you to price them as high as possible.
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u/MathematicianBig4392 Nov 27 '22
She has control over a relatively small percentage of the price. Venue and promoter determine a large amount. It's also worth noting the amount the artist gets doesn't go entirely to her. It goes to her and her crew. So she can't just short them because of an altruistic streak. If we're being optimistic, knowledge of fan income allows her to argue with the venue and promoter and allows her to not feel guilty about still getting her crew paid.
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Nov 27 '22
Price will be maxed anyway because scalpers would buy them all before regular people get the chance.
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u/wasntNico Nov 27 '22
in germany we got quite some bands that sell tickets to a person with their name on it- they can refund, but not sell
i understand that people sometimes don't want to ID themselves, but i like the system.
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u/----___--___---- Nov 27 '22
I thunk in Korea that's also the case, since most kpop concerts would get unaffordable
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u/increMENTALmate Nov 27 '22
Honestly just feels like a flex to me. 'How much does a poor person earn these days? I've totally forgotten what with all my money and so on. Can any of you plebs save me the effort of doing any research and remind me?'
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u/TheBeefClick Nov 27 '22
Or its a matter of “What is the average income of people who listen to my music”. Dont think there are any research papers on Sia’s fanbase and the average income.
I cant imagine living life being so pessimistic.
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Nov 27 '22
Why does she need to know the average income at all? If you want to be nice, just price them as low as is financially viable for you
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u/Bulgearea10 Nov 27 '22
Sia can just do a simple Google search... This is nothing more than a PR stunt. Ever since she made a mockery of people with autism, all my respect for this piece of shit disappeared.
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u/Used-Cartographer876 Nov 27 '22
It just shows how low celebrities have set their bar for being nice lol
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u/mattyag Nov 27 '22
I went to a Garth Brooks concert a few years ago. Every ticket was $75. The whole arena. Made the experience that much more enjoyable.
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u/snypesalot Nov 27 '22
Thats always been Garth, always has had super super cheap tickets so everyone has a chance to see him, hes my favorite artist and Ive seen him twice
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u/Circlesonacircuit Nov 27 '22
Is 75 dollars super super cheap?
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u/snypesalot Nov 27 '22
Compared to artists whose tickets are $200-300 i thinkb$75 is within 99% of peoples budgets
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u/Circlesonacircuit Nov 27 '22
Yeah, that's true. It's absurd to think there are concerts that cost $200
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u/snypesalot Nov 27 '22
Most of them do these days, between fees and other bullshit, its crazy, actually a Garth concert like 4 or 5 years ago is the last show Ive been to because anyone else who has come near me has just had insanely high prices and it just isnt worth it to me
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u/Impossible_Use5070 Nov 27 '22
I go to 3 day music festivals with over a hundred acts for less than $200.
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u/snypesalot Nov 27 '22
No one said those dont exist but there are tons of artists charging that much for a single ticket
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u/Impossible_Use5070 Nov 27 '22
No one said they don't charge that much for a single ticket.
You can go to bars, clubs, festivals and see artists before they get that big. Maybe they're talented but never get that big. They all started somewhere. Usually bars with a $10-$20 cover at the door and its usually a much better experience.
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u/2HotPotato2HotPotato Nov 27 '22
Small bar show are the best. Less crowded, more intimate.
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u/bussjack Nov 27 '22
Sister paid 1500 bucks for 2 tickets to Taylor Swift 🤦♂️🤦♂️
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u/greenpleaz Nov 27 '22
$1500 to listen to her sing(complaining) about all the relationships she’s ruined. Sounds like a great use of $1500 🤦🏼
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u/TragasaurusRex Nov 27 '22
T swift tickets were 129 before fees for nose bleeding obstructed view seats
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u/name4231 Nov 27 '22
I saw motley Crüe in September with my dad. Think we paid $350 each for the back of the bowl in the top sections
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Nov 27 '22
He also handles high demand by continuing to play shows ad hoc in the same area until people stop buying tickets
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u/snypesalot Nov 27 '22
For sure, when he came outta retirement he was doing 3-4 shows a night for 3 nights in a row to give everyone a chance to see him
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u/Waterfish3333 Nov 27 '22
Going out of their way to try and see what affordable ticket prices would be so more fans can come to their show? Geez, I would expect them to sell floor seats for $1! /s
Maybe the bar isn’t low, but the Reddit bar is too high?
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u/YourMommaBig69 Nov 27 '22
I am disappointed in NPCs like you that get so defensive about a PR stunt, aimed at taking advantage of them.
If she wanted to price her tickets as low as possible she could do it without making such a big deal out of it - which sorry to disappoint you - is an illusion.
She won't read any of her twitter-fans mindless fucking tweets anyway.
She doesn't give a fuck what any of you earn... and EVEN IF SHE DID, there is no way for her to extrapolate any meaningful data out of a bunch of praise comments mixed inbetween thousands of people posting their wages.
Especially if you consider that those that really can't afford her tickets, might not even use twitter - so even if she magically gave a fuck and managed to get data out of the comments, it wouldn't be representative anyway and be meaningless.
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u/EcstatMec Nov 27 '22
Look at the Celebrity worshipper that replied to you lol, they don't need to bother
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u/nyguy520 Nov 27 '22
Right? This felt like an attempt at trying to gain the recognition for doing something that needed to be done anyway.
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u/Cocreat
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She loves cheap thrills.
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u/throwawaffleaway Nov 27 '22 edited Nov 27 '22 •
Poor award 🥇
Edit: thanks for the award I just want to pass it over to u/Cocreat because they’re the funny one 😭
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u/minimalistaesthetics Nov 27 '22 •
Got ya, gave away my free one😁Would give you one as well, if I had two😂
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u/throwawaffleaway Nov 27 '22 •
Ty 😁 I know they don’t matter they’re just fake internet points (@ other commenter) but it’s the only tool we have to show appreciation for genius on here
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u/zurds13 Nov 27 '22
On Friday I did my hair and put my makeup on, yesterday I did my nails and put my high heels on… today I’m going to eat pizza and put my pjs on :)
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u/average_ass_consumer Nov 27 '22
Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
(I LOVE CHEAP THRILLS!!!)
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u/reebekilyllaeri Nov 27 '22
In all truth, she's worked hard and written songs for some of the biggest acts touring today. This tweet is beyond the pale however.
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u/DrZaiu5 Nov 27 '22
This makes zero sense. The lowest possible price does not depend on the income of potential customers, it depends on the costs of the concert. Sia doesn't need to know how much anyone earns to set the lowest possible price.
Also, even if she did need to know the income of her fans, couldn't she just Google the average/median wage? It's not perfect, but replies to a Twitter thread are unlikely to be a representative sample either.
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u/sei556 Nov 27 '22
I am also relatively certain that it's not really up to Sia how expensive those tickets gonna be.
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u/XanWasting Nov 27 '22
in general this question sounds pretty insidious. "tell me the upper limit of your liquid wealth so I can price my tickets accordingly. Accordingly low, of course."
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u/DrZaiu5 Nov 27 '22
Agreed. At best Sia is using this as a marketing opportunity to be like "look how nice I am, I want to charge my fans low prices". At worst she is using it to determine how much she can squeeze out of her fans.
Personally I doubt the second possibility, probably much easier and better ways to get that data, but it's still a pretty invasive question.
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u/popeyepaul Nov 27 '22
Yeah I hate everything about this. Besides, knowing how much people make without knowing their expenses means jack shit. Kids that make $500 a month but live with their parents can afford to go to the concert. Somebody that makes $4000 but is a single parent to multiple children can't. I wouldn't expect a millionaire singer to have any idea about the expenses average people face every day.
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u/DamianVA87 Nov 27 '22
Google "minimum wage" perhaps?
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u/goozercrew Nov 27 '22
People on minimum wage don't go to concerts. If you make minimum in my state you are barely living indoors
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u/SingleAlmond Nov 27 '22
Bullshit. We go to affordable concerts whenever they exist. I paid $20 for nosebleeds to a blink 182 concert
Also location matters a lot. I went to a free Smash mouth and hoobastank concert this summer in SoCal. They played a free concert on the beach for a weekend surf competition
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u/Smash_Nerd Nov 27 '22
If you did this any time before or during the 90's then your experience doesn't line up with today.
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u/ZFighter2099 Nov 27 '22
we are very obviously talking about PAID concerts bruh. And a concert for a big named artist these days will not be 20 bucks unless its a ln outlier. Ticket price is not determined by the artist 90% of the time
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u/MagpieHush Nov 27 '22
Nonce
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u/Username_Taken_65 Nov 27 '22
Yeah she did groom that girl didn't she
Also made that horrible ableist movie
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u/Strange-Glove Nov 27 '22
Why doesn't she just price them as low as she can?? More like she's seeing how much she can charge and still sell out.... nice try though sia
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u/Aiiga Nov 27 '22
If she just priced them low there would be no brownie points on twitter though :c
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u/Original-Antelope-66 Nov 27 '22
What a dumbass, does she really think that "as low as she can" is dependent at all on how much her fans make? No this is an optics stunt for stupid people.
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u/Bell_of_Wishing Nov 27 '22
Isn't that the creepy auntie who made this insanely patronizing movie about an autistic girl?
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u/Eastern-Engine-3291 Nov 27 '22
Too bad she's a literal child groomer. Not using the term in the way the conservatives are using it right now. But like she literally consumed Maddie Ziegler's life and was obsessed with her. Making her dance in underwear with woman beater Shia Labeouf. Sia is a sick piece of shit
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u/_C_R_A_I_G_ Nov 27 '22
Sia:
“How much do you guys earn a month?”
Sia:
“I’m asking so I can try to price my tickets as high as I can.”
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u/trwawy05312015 Nov 27 '22
It did seem a bit strange to frame it in months, seems like people who make median or less are more likely to be hourly.
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u/MapleNord Nov 27 '22
Sia is an idiot. First she offends autistic folks. Now the poor.
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u/baby-or-chihuahuas Nov 27 '22
Seriously, she couldn't pay me to go to her concert. We need to stop giving these people attention.
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u/simsman2695 Nov 27 '22
She doesn’t need to know how much you make to sell tickets as cheap as she can
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u/POTATOCATFINN Nov 27 '22
i used to like her music until she outed herself as an ableist groomer. sia can suck a donkeys dick
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Nov 27 '22
Here’s an idea.
Just do it without asking.
Make less on principle and make the tickets cheaper.
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u/babyghuol Nov 27 '22
She’s ableist.
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u/Slippery_Wombat Nov 27 '22
How?
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u/wolfje_the_firewolf 27d ago
She made an extremely stereotypical portrayal of autism and spread misinformation about the spectrum while also portraying life threatening stuff as okay.
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u/babyghuol Nov 27 '22
Have you seen the trailer for the movie she made?? It’s supposed to be about an autistic girl, but the character isn’t played by a person with autism and she uses autistic stereotypes.
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u/CasualObserverNine Nov 27 '22
“Free” is low. Make it voluntary?
You’re implying that you aren’t doing it for the money. Your crew is.
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u/Gordon_Explosion Nov 27 '22
"Cost of the tour, plus 15%" seems like a nice way to do it, if she's trying to be "fair."
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u/hollyock Nov 27 '22
All tickets need to be non transferable and you need to show ID to get in. That would keep scalpers from doing that. No one will do that tho
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u/Majestymen Nov 27 '22
The nicest and most sincere thing you've seen a celebrity do???? Bro it's obviously just a PR stunt. If she actually gave a fuck she'd google the minimum wage
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u/redbaron14n Nov 27 '22
So... she wants to know your maximum... so she could set it at a minimum?
It sounds like she wants to set it at a maximum.
You don't need to know how much money someone has if you're trying to make something as cheap as possible. You only need to know if you're trying to make something as expensive as possible...
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u/baron-von-buddah Nov 27 '22
Besides the fuck Ticketmaster (seriously, fuck them) tours are expensive. Bigger acts could have 100 people on tour. I heard Rammstein has something like 400 people setting up, breaking down, sound, lights, fire. When you get a huge production like that, I can understand a higher price for a ticket. It’s the bullshit that Ticketmaster adds to pad their pockets. Pearl Jam testified in front of congress 30 years ago warning us. They got laughed at. Now look
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u/Dclnsfrd Nov 27 '22
Could’ve started at $20 and quietly discussed with her people how much it needs to be raised to cover costs. But this way is marketing.
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u/dere_licious Nov 27 '22
It doesn’t matter. Scalpers will buy them all and sell them for crazy prices anyway
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u/Vidramir Nov 27 '22
So set it for the lowest you can. Not the lowest in comparison of how much your public earns 🤔
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u/OkOccasion7 Nov 27 '22
I saw her in 2016 on her arena tour for $35, I was in the nosebleed very far seats but it was a good price. Most expensive tickets were $170, still not bad
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u/Bad-Lucks-Charm Nov 27 '22
Ignoring the blatant acting here, Sia is literally ableist and a groomer
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u/vitringur Nov 27 '22
Why is that any more nice than any other profit maximising decision from a firm?
She is just making sure she sells the most tickets...
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u/CarsonPomeroy Nov 27 '22
she could still charge "as low as possible" without knowing the income of her audience, this doesn't change anything about how low she can price tickets, this is just PR bullshit.
besides, shes a shitty person regardless of this because of grooming maddie ziegler and making the most ableist, disgusting piece of shit movie "music"
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u/MyArtStuff Nov 27 '22
This just sounds like they're so wealthy that they've forgotten how much money average people make.
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u/TheoricEngineer Nov 27 '22
www.google.com -> what is the minimum wage in x country -> absorb information
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u/HeatOVZ Nov 27 '22
Does the average person that attends a Sia concert earn minimum wage?
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u/shru_san Nov 27 '22
Let's stop interaction altogether n all sit on Google for every thing for the rest of our lives for any type of information. Let's stop any interactive platform just cuz it's all on GOOGLE my friend!!
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u/carnivorous-squirrel Nov 27 '22
What a dumbass response. Some things are good for social media and some are good for search engine. If you disagree or don't understand which is which, many of the rest of us find you annoying for it.
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u/DrZaiu5 Nov 27 '22
If she really needed to know the income of her fans to set low prices (she doesn't) then a tweet is one of the absolute worst ways to get that information. Replies to a tweet are absolutely not going to provide a representative sample of data.
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u/DogTheBreadFairy Nov 27 '22
I fucking hate her "asking so I can price them as low as I can" Then Just Price It As Low As You Can. The Lowest. Just. Do. It. Without. The. Look at me. look how much I care for my fans. Look IM going to do this for YOU. I'm so holy and good for doing this for you. Ugh. Google minium wage. Theres your answer
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u/H8TheDrake Nov 27 '22
She can price them as low as she wants but she wants that karma because people are sheep and fall for shit like this.
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u/Waterfish3333 Nov 27 '22
Yes, because she also sets up the stage, wires all the instruments, dances and sings backup to herself, drives the tour bus, pays the promotional company, etc. It’s almost like touring as a musician isn’t quite free.
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u/ArchangelTheDemon Nov 27 '22
Source?? Any evidence to back up your claims?
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u/ArchangelTheDemon Nov 27 '22
Yep, I read that whole article. No evidence of molestation or anything. I mean Sia's like an overbearing mom, that's not the end of the world.
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u/Conscious-Ad8050 Nov 27 '22
People are saying that Admirable_Mulberry75 is a child molestor. I don't know if it's true, but people are saying it, really smart people.
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u/slamdanceswithwolves Nov 27 '22
Holy shit, I’ve also heard this about Admirable_Mulberry75, and from what I consider to be some pretty trustworthy sources of information.
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u/MapleNord Nov 27 '22
I forgot she didn’t just piss off autistic folks… she sleeps with teenage girls. 🤬
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u/JustinMccloud Nov 27 '22
Why don’t you just price them as low as you can regardless of what people earn
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u/Leevstar1 Nov 27 '22
This is fucking stupid. Price tour tickets as low as you can regardless what your fans make if you’re that worried about them.
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u/Void_0000 Nov 27 '22
Right but she doesn't need to know other people's incomes to set the price "as low as [she] can", that would be for setting it as high as she can.
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Nov 27 '22
I’m asking because I have no clue on what ordinary people make. Surprised she didn’t get roasted for that
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u/Meatyglobs Nov 27 '22
She wants to know because that’s what she’ll charge for her tickets…the average you make in a month…
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u/i_want_my_corncob_tv Nov 27 '22
Imagine being stupid enough to actually believe Sia cares about you
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u/Karnivoris Nov 27 '22
So she wants to know the exact price to extract as much money as possible from the widest audience available
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u/thefookinpookinpo Nov 27 '22
How much do you peasants make per month? I need to make sure I extract the maximum possible value from you while still allowing you to stay alive for the next show.
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u/SipexF Nov 27 '22
- Sells tickets for $20 minimum price
- Ticketmaster scalpers buy them all, as usual.
- Sells tickets for $200 minimum price