$21,000 for Taylor Swift tickets
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (46177)
Staten Island, New York
May 26, 2023 10:22am CST
I recently read somewhere that a father spent $21,000 for four Taylor Swift tickets for his daughter and her friends. 
I think the ones he originally bought never came in the mail and replacement seats were not available. The original tickets he got cost him $1800.
This is insane. For one, no matter how much money you have it is ridiculous to spend that much money on Taylor Swift tickets, or any other artist for that matter. That money can be put to much better use.
Also, if the original tickets weren’t delivered for whatever reason how come the company (stubhub) didn’t just sent them replacement tickets for the same seats? Can’t they just reprint them?
Now these way overpriced tickets were those resold by someone. Why is that even allowed in the first place? There should be a limit for how much over the original price someone can resell their tickets. Though I am against reselling tickets for more than you bought them for.
I think the ones he originally bought never came in the mail and replacement seats were not available. The original tickets he got cost him $1800.
This is insane. For one, no matter how much money you have it is ridiculous to spend that much money on Taylor Swift tickets, or any other artist for that matter. That money can be put to much better use.
Also, if the original tickets weren’t delivered for whatever reason how come the company (stubhub) didn’t just sent them replacement tickets for the same seats? Can’t they just reprint them?
Now these way overpriced tickets were those resold by someone. Why is that even allowed in the first place? There should be a limit for how much over the original price someone can resell their tickets. Though I am against reselling tickets for more than you bought them for.13 people like this
11 responses
@arunima25 (90120)
• Bangalore, India
26 May 23
Some people are filthy rich. They don't mind throwing away money down the drain. That's exorbitant price and it's a greedy practice to resell tickets at such high prices.
2 people like this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
Even if rich it is a dumb thing to do.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
You can go on a long vacation for that kind of money.
1 person likes this
@arunima25 (90120)
• Bangalore, India
29 May 23
@lovebuglena Yes. And can do so many other important things. But then a filthy rich person would not think that way.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
31 May 23
Smart decision. You can see tons of concerts for that much money. Why spend it just on one?
@RebeccasFarm (94538)
• Arvada, Colorado
28 May 23
There is something really going on with these tickets today..that is crazy.
@RebeccasFarm (94538)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 May 23
@lovebuglena So sad...such a travesty..it is almost impossible to get tickets anymore.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
29 May 23
@RebeccasFarm I may have gotten tickets on stub hub once but I only do Ticketmaster. Tickets there, even if resale, should be legit.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
29 May 23
It is. I read yesterday that some people that got tickets to her concert in East Rutherford, NJ were scammed. They were sold fake tickets. And if I remember correctly someone flew from Florida for it and her tickets turned out to be fake.
1 person likes this
@FourWalls (74401)
• United States
26 May 23
I don’t like her so I wouldn’t pay 21 cents for them.
As for scalping (what they used to call reselling tickets for a profit), there’s really no way to stop it. They’ve tried for eons, and that was before the days of eBay and online sites that actually encourage it.
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
It’s one thing to resell for slightly over face value. But to do it for exorbitant prices and for that to be allowed is just wrong.
1 person likes this
@FourWalls (74401)
• United States
26 May 23
@lovebuglena — I completely agree. However, P.T. Barnum was incorrectly credited with saying “there’s a sucker born every minute.” Since the “parts shortage” car dealerships have been selling cars for as much as $10,000 OVER the MSRP. Why? Because someone’s dumb enough to pay it. As long as there’s a taker.
My last concert, four and a half years ago, cost me twenty bucks. For that I got to see Jerry Lee Lewis’ sister burn the house down with a friend of mine.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
@FourWalls yeah. During height of pandemic cars were sold way over msrp. And I remember hubby telling me (he sells cars for a living) they weren’t even allowed to sell under a certain amount even if they wanted to.
1 person likes this
@moffittjc (124131)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 May 23
Must be nice to have that much money. I love seeing my favorite artists in concert, but not enough where I'm going to spend that kind of money. Especially when you can just go to YouTube and watch a video someone recorded of the concert. I mean, it's not the same as being there in person, but still....
@moffittjc (124131)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 May 23
@lovebuglena I’m sure she’ll eventually make it to NYC. This tour is huge, and will probably go on for a long while.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
28 May 23
If someone gifted me a ticket to her concert I'd gladly accept it lol. But I wouldn't spend thousands myself to see her. I wonder why she is not coming to NYC when she tours. That is very odd. Why would an artist not come to NYC?
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
29 May 23
@moffittjc the last number of tours she never made it to NYC. And I thought she moved to NYC and lives here. Unless that’s no longer true.
1 person likes this
@nela13 (58868)
• Portugal
3 Oct 23
We have 2 tickets for seeing her live in my country but they didn't cost that much, we pais around 130€ for both.
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Oct 23
@nela13 I like her music but she doesn't come to NYC with her tour so can't see her in concert.
1 person likes this
@nela13 (58868)
• Portugal
4 Oct 23
@lovebuglena it wasn't bad, my Son is a big fan of her.
1 person likes this
@youless (113053)
• Guangzhou, China
27 May 23
Probably he is so rich and it doesn't matter how much he spends. It is good enough to make his daughter happy. Of course I also think it is not worthy, but sometimes we can't understand rich people. They can even spend millions to invent singers to their party or something like that.
@youless (113053)
• Guangzhou, China
28 May 23
@lovebuglena Even if I was as rich as Bill Gates, I would also keep low profile
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 23
Even if I were swimming in money I wouldn’t do what he did.
1 person likes this
@JudyEv (352642)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 May 23
I agree with all you've said. It's just ridiculous to spend that much on tickets.
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 23
And the nerve of some people to even set such prices.
1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
27 May 23
It was the same show attended by those who didn’t spend a fortune.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (187979)
• United States
26 May 23
All valid questions. Obviously this father has money to burn. Have a good weekend.
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
He surely does but it is crazy to spend that much. Even for his own daughter.
1 person likes this
@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
26 May 23
At this price; I wonder if they would go back stage and meet Taylor Swift. I would not pay this much for the tickets.
@lovebuglena (46177)
• Staten Island, New York
26 May 23
Even meeting Taylor Swift, I wouldn’t pay that much.
1 person likes this
