It is difficult to determine how
@lyndahere makes the money needed to supplement her lifestyle
following the members of Great Big Sea and their friends around the
world. This question has been asked by me and others on Twitter. She
does not seem to have regular employment or a source of income.
Travelling, accommodation, food and tickets cost money even if done
on the cheap is expensive. There are a number of ways @lyndahere
could allegedly make money to support herself, including an
inheritance or payout for an accident. She may be on a pension (as
she takes medication of some kind) and supplements her income through
bootlegging, pirating, scalping tickets and computer work.
There is money to be made in
bootlegging and pirating videos on Youtube and scalping tickets with
little risk of being caught. The Indoor Garden Party in New York with
Russell Crowe, Alan Doyle and friends experienced some issues with
ticket resales and ticket scalpers. On September 7 the event sold out
within minutes. The good news was that many loyal Crowe/Doyle
Songbook 3 fans from around America and the world got tickets to the
event. Unlike the first Indoor Garden Party in Newfoundland there
seemed to be tickets available right up until the day of the concert
with mark ups as much as $400. Russell Crowe apologised on Twitter
for the tickets @russellcrowe We do realise that how the IGP
tickets were handled by the venue was very uncool. We will try to
make sure this doesn’t happen again 19 October 2012.
In the US reselling tickets whether or
not for face value breach the conditions of sale. But whether or not
this can be reinforced is questionable according Wikipedia (2012
Ticket resale) and there are always ways around the laws for
enterprising individuals ready to take the risk. In America the laws
on the resale of tickets and how this can be done vary from one state
to the next. There are many risks for the consumer willing to
purchase tickets in this way including buying fake tickets.
Ticket resale and ticket scalping in a
range of countries is discussed in considerable detain by Wikipedia
(2012). “Ticket resale
(or ticket scalping)
is the act of reselling tickets
for admission to
events. Tickets brokers and ticket scalpers buy up tickets
and then sell them on to consumers “Scalpers
would purchase tickets in bulk from the promoter hoping that the
tickets would sell out causing an increase in demand for tickets and
thus an increase in the ticket price, which allowed scalpers to
profit on this margin”
(Wikipedia 2012)
Ticket brokers operate differently from
ticket scalpers in that they operate from a physical site often a
store front rather than on-line or in person.
Wikipedia (2012) explains “Tickets are
bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined
by the individual or company in possession of the tickets. Tickets
sold through secondary sources may be sold for less or more than
their face value depending on demand, which itself tends to vary as
the event date approaches” (Wikipedia
2012).
Wikipedia (2012) examines the
relationship between ticket brokers and ticket scalpers…”Ticket
Brokers, allow the public to advertise, trade, sell, and buy unwanted
tickets online…In some cases ticket exchanges have been used by
ticket scalpers to sell tickets. Scalpers would purchase tickets in
bulk from the promoter hoping that the tickets would sell out causing
an increase in demand for tickets and thus an increase in the ticket
price, which allowed scalpers to profit on this margin (Wikipedia
2012 Ticket exchange/brokers).
Wikipedia (2012) writes
about resellers…”Resellers also argue
that there is a fine line between the individuals who genuinely wish
to attend a popular event (and decide to sell on their tickets later)
and those that buy tickets in large quantities in order to resell
their tickets for a hefty profit. The practice of reselling tickets
may be defended on free market principles although some countries
have outlawed the unauthorized resale of tickets (usually with
exceptions where the reseller doesn't profit from the transaction)…
There are many
criticisms to buying tickets in this fashion. The worst is that there
were people who brought tickets with no intention of going to the
event and then selling them on for a profit and people buying fake
tickets.
