Unreasonable or not?

[Whatjamicall]

FB friend posted that she has 2 tickets going for a show tonight. Says she paid £40 but willing to sell for £30.

AIBU to think that it’s a bit tight? I think I would have given them away for free, especially as it’s such short notice plus you have to collect them from her house. She is absolutely loaded BTW, designer labels, fancy car, millionare husband.

I dunno, obviously she’s entitled to do whatever she likes with the tickets. But it feels a bit like she thinks she’s doing the lucky taker a favour.

What do you think?

Your answer will be whether anyone buys them

So far no takers. Or reactions to the post.

If the event is sold out, then she is doing someone a favour

Would you take them off her hands if they were free OP?

Event is definitely not sold out.

Why should she give them away?

Why shouldn’t she make some of her money back? Just because she’s has money doesn’t mean she has it to throw away.

I know people who would rather get nothing than give them away - everyone's different.

I've been watching a a very rare item on ebay for 5+ years - I made what I thought was a fair offer for it (it's rare but has a very limited market too).

The seller declined. As luck would have it I was able to purchase a very similar item for substantially less than the one he has for sale.

It is still for sale - his choice.

What? She's being generous offering them at less than retail.

If it's not sold out then that'll be why she's doing that but it's not remotely tight.

And nothing to do with you.

Justmuddling

Possibly. But really only if they were free. She’s offering them as a pair so I would need to find someone to go with me as my DH isn’t likely to be interested in this particular event.

Plus, the time and money it will cost to actually get to hers to pick it up versus paying for a single ticket at the venue itself, I’d definitely opt for the latter.

So you're just a bit miffed she hasn't given them to you for nothing and dropped them off too?

How is it tight? She's trying to make back some of her money. It's a perfectly reasonable thing to do. It's not tight to decide not to just give people freebies.

YABU. Massively. She's offering them for less than she paid for them, that's pretty generous in itself I think.

Justmuddling

Nope. Not even a little bit. I’m not interested enough to buy any tickets for the event. I was just saying that hypothetically I’d choose to buy a tickets at the event than go to the trouble of going to her house to pick them up that’s all.

Huh? Why should she give them away from free? That would be daft, unless family or a friend wanted them but even then I wouldn't expect to pay nothing for them.

What but she may well have people round the doors who could collect tickets very easily.

Its not all about you

Yes NapQueen of course she might have someone nearby who wants to buy them off her. I was just responding to a question from a PP upthread. No need to be rude.

Ok, fair enough. It seems MN thinks I’m BU.

My arse handed to me on a plate graciously accepted.

YABU

Fuck off, mibeyeri, advertising is prohibited. Reported.

Why should she give them away?! Loaded or not. The only tickets I see for sale on Facebook are full price or more....

I had some tickets to a Christmas lights event which I couldn't go to as my daughter was ill, advertised on Facebook, no payment required, I just wanted the tickets to be used - but no takers. I guessed that everyone was already booked up 😢

She could be planning to go if no takers or offering them to family. A FB post to all friends/colleagues/neighbours/Bob the tiler/neighbours that moved out 2 years ago and the cat sitter for a £10 reduction sounds like plan A.

I wouldn't be offering them to everyone I know for free, I would only offer them free to people I am close to or I know would love to go. Sounds like she's trying her luck at selling them before offering them to certain people for free.