The Value of Money

As excited as I was about going to see Tom Waits next month, I just couldn't stomach the $102/ticket before all the handling fees.

I just don't get it. Waits doesn't seem to be the type to gouge. He's never struck me as an inflated ego and certainly doesn't have a history of releasing garbage to make a quick buck. So what is going on?

There are very few performances that I'll shill out $25 for. Tom Waits is one that I would consider spending in the $60+ range for... but $102!? I could collect all of his works on vinyl for the cost of two tickets and still probably pick up a DVD of Coffee and Cigarettes.

Color me disappointed.

Here is a quick P.S. for you— Metrotix, not to be outdone by the notorious white collar criminal Ticketmaster, is charging a cool $15 per ticket handling charge. You read that correctly. $15 per ticket. So now we are nearing $250 for my wife and I to go see a show. Or I could turn up my $15 vinyl copy of Mule Variations and drink a $100 bottle of scotch, leaving me enough money to do it again the next night.