Ticket prices reduced since purchase

Kite2010

Just think of the poor folks who paid full-price for a show at hyde park this summer, only for the tickets to be heavily reduced (50%+) a few weeks before the show happened just to try and get rid of them.

The local theatre will sometimes do deals for shows which are not selling that well, just to try and boost the audience. Sucks sometimes if you buy early only to find out they reduce the prices.

earthstorm

I see it the other way at trade fairs.
Most trade fairs i attend throughout the year i will get free invites from other contacts or could pre-book online for the trade fairs and the entry is free, but just turn up on the day and you end up having to pay. Cheapest ive seen is £15 and i have seen some at £100 and thats per day with most trade fairs lasting a min. 3 days.

pinkshoes

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Most people don't ask a question then log out. Obviously there is no time limit, but doing as the op did, is sometimes the sign of a troll.

To be fair, most people wouldn't expect to get an instant response if they're not familiar with forums so wouldn't hang around logged in!

JReacher1

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Most people don't ask a question then log out. Obviously there is no time limit, but doing as the op did, is sometimes the sign of a troll.

I'm new to this site but if the OP was a troll she was a very strange troll!

Trolls usually post comments to start arguments. Posting a question in relation to a reduction in prices at a business conference doesn't seem like typical troll behaviour!

Perhaps you just have a better class of troll on this site!

Hintza

This is an interesting thread and initially I wasn't very sympathetic.

But the OP has a point about academic events and such like. If organisers continue to act this way people will hold off from buying tickets just in case they reduce them and that will make planning events much more difficult. I would have thought the way Paully suggests selling tickets is much better and generally the way these are done.

OP should perhaps voice her concerns but I suspect the organisers are at this stage trying to cover costs especially if the event is soon.

angelil

Take the free upgrade and move on with your life.

cookie365

Looks like the conference organiser hasn't been reading the latest news about the economy.

Spending hundreds of pounds to listen to some topic experts (i.e. people who get free plugs for their consultancy services dressed up as editorial in the organiser's trade mag) rehash their blogs (and plug their consultancy services of course) isn't so high on CFOs priorities any more.

They obviously got the initial price wrong and need to slash it to avoid having an empty theatre.