Monday, August 16, 2010

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away!


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Hello everyone,

I am wondering why Ringling is charging 140 dollars and in it's engagements in other cities in New England this coming Autumn are 90 and 95 dollars??

Fr. Frank Dolphin
Cochabamba, Bolivia

Posted by Buckles at 8/16/2010 06:46:00 AM

6 comments:

Jimmy Cole said...

There is an old saying in big buisness..."Charge what the market will bear".

Why is a donut and a coffee $8.29 in a Wall Street(NYC) restaurant and $1.74 at the local Dunkin Donuts here in St. Cloud, FL?

16 August, 2010 07:18
Anonymous said...

BECAUSE THEY CAN NO MORE TO IT THEN THAT===RAY-M

16 August, 2010 21:37
Frank Ferrante said...

I agree with Jimmy, it's definitely whatever the market will bear. But, it's not just Ringling, it's concerts, plays, baseball tickets. It used to make we wonder how Ringling could charge three levels of pricing in Southern California, with different prices in Long Beach, Anaheim and Inglewood - cities that were only a few miles away from each other. ~frank

16 August, 2010 22:20
Chic Silber said...

I believe it was Garth Drabinsky

(who is a fugitive from the US

waarant for his arrest but got

back to his homeland of Canada

where his case of fraud has been

wandering through the courts for

many years) was the 1st to come

up with "premium VIP" tickets for

his production of "Ragtime" on

Broadway in late 97 at the mind

boggleing price of $350 or so

Nowadays many of the Broadway

blockbusters follow his pattern

& offer these premium tix for

those who want immediate access

to the best seats in the house

Non premium for the top shows

are in the range of $80 to $130

When I 1st started you could see

a Broadway show for $3.50 to $8

During this tough economic time

Broadway has continued to break

records in attendance $ grosses

(for which I remain grateful)

16 August, 2010 23:31
Buckles said...

I used to candy butcher with a guy named Jimmy Keenan who had been an usher with RBBB long before the days of seat wagons.
The experienced usher always kept a few extra chairs stashed away in case of an overflow crowd.
On one such occasion a gentleman approached saying, "My little girl has never sen a circus before, are any seats available?
The standard reply was "I'm afraid not but I always keep a few on hand in case Mrs. Edith Ringling or her guests should arrive."
"Is Mrs. Ringling here today? I would gladly pay $20 each for two seats."
"I'll be right back!" and two seats would magically appear.
Jimmy was such a compassionate man, didn't want the little girl to miss the circus.

17 August, 2010 05:53
Frank Ferrante said...

There were so many ways to make an extra buck back in the day. I once found a box of paper bags that someone had left at the Forum in Inglewood. I sold those bags for 25 cents each with every cone of floss, 'to keep the arena clean.' (An enviromentalist way ahead of my time!) ~frank

17 August, 2010 09:14

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