Gray Areas: Looking for a concert bargain takes patience
Buying concert tickets never was “easy.” Those of a certain age have stories of waiting for hours, even overnight, to be at the front of the line at Ticketron in hopes of scoring seats to an in-demand show before it sold out. Computers and online ticketing eliminated that experience, probably for the better (I’m too old to be camping out on a sidewalk). Now the obstacles are different. Much has been written about the scourge of “dynamic pricing,” ever-shifting ticket costs based on demand. The motivation behind it is understandable — artists and their management see ...