and then 30 minutes before the band hits the stage they up the price to $7.50 a beer?This happened last night at Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at Rexall Place in Edmonton.Total scam!!!!
2006-09-18 09:11:17 · 10 answers · asked by jimtheglassmaster 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
$5.50, $7.50!!!! Wow that's cheap! I paid $9.00 the other night and no concert!
2006-09-18 09:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mary B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the situation you explain, they do have that right.
It is only in situation of dire need that a organization or individual can be accused of what is called gouging. It's illegal.
There argument of course is that you don't have to buy it. You don't "need" it.
Often many costs go into a beer prices because the alcohol pays for a lot of the expenses, from rent to power, to staff, and even the live talent
Consider this, if a beer costs an establishment $2 to buy and they sell it for $5, that is a 150% mark-up.
Better be a damn good show!
hope this helps
2006-09-18 16:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by orangeontherocks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you bought one than I guess to them it's fine. They'll charge as much as they can as long as people are paying for it. If no one bought a beer at 7.50 I guarantee they would have lowered the price. All about the demand.
2006-09-18 16:59:42 · answer #3 · answered by guitar4peace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well a few years ago ozzfest 00 i think beer was 8 buck and as hot as Jenna Jameson. Sneak stuff in dude.get a colostomy bag and fill it with crown and coke, ain't nobody gonna mess with you with that thing on. You can get em at hospitals or if you know a nurse she'll give you one.just ask em. unused of course
2006-09-18 16:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by Stoner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell no, it's not right, but all venues do that! I paid $9.00 for a beer at the last concert I went to. It was a 16oz glass, but still! That's f*cking outrageous!
2006-09-18 16:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by GirlsRGamers2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's robbery!
A similar thing happened to me at the Showbox in Seattle last week. Their well drinks (in a 6 ounce glass, no less) were $5.00 each. If your order totaled $10.00 or more (as my husband's and mine did) they automatically added a $2.00 gratuity! Of course this was written in micro-print on the bottom of the sign, so we inadvertently gave the bartender a total of $4.00 tip on our first round, two teeny bourbon & cokes. And of course they said nothing....
2006-09-18 16:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by livysmom27 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not right but i guess the venue needs to make money somehow just dont drink at concerts i guess
2006-09-18 16:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's cold beer, and good beer, I'll buy a few..
2006-09-18 16:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by jooker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's how they make their profits.
2006-09-18 16:23:03 · answer #9 · answered by Guatie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't that what they normally do?
2006-09-18 16:19:17 · answer #10 · answered by steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋