AIBU to believe that the cost of living crisis is a load of nonsense

[MaryWils24]

So I wake up this morning to find that 14 million people are trying for Oasis tickets. A mediocre rock band and a “reunion” tour just to create a retirement fund for two already multi-millionaires.

The question is - where are so many people getting the money from to buy tickets? On one hand people moan about the “cost of living” but can easily find £500 to fund this nonsense.

Madness.

People should stop moaning about the cost of living if they can waste money on things like this. They are either getting too much income from their job/benefits (if they can afford this) to complain about “cost of living” or they should stop moaning about increasing food/fuel prices!

Rant over!

Yes. Everyone. Every single person in the uk all moaned about being skint and are all now try desperately to get oasis tickets 😂

As an oldie, I also had to put up with clapped out old bangers that usually needed a push start if it was cold lol 🙄

But, MOT’s etc were tightened up, and emissions controls came in - I can’t remember the last time I saw a rusty, clapped out car struggling along, sending smoke behind it.

Less choice nowadays.

OP have you said anything to the people this thread is about? Clearly it’s someone you know who complains about being skint and then buys expensive tickets. And it’s irritated you.

YABU

Not everyone is affected by the cost of living crisis.

The people who couldn’t afford £500 before the COL crisis are the ones that are struggling the most now.

If someone is paying £500 for tickets then they’re obviously not struggling for money.

Nope. It makes no sense at all to own a very expensive depreciating asset. If there's one thing you're wise to rent it's a car.

I have the occasional moan about COL! My utility bill has doubled in the last few yrs & food prices have gone up a lot! I have a decent income & am not exactly struggling! Just not able to live the high life all the time like most people. Am I not allowed to comment on high inflation & fuel companies ripping off the public? Is it only those living hand to mouth who are allowed to complain?

Lease lease lease all the way - it’s been great for us!

They are amazing.

I think the duck one is my favourite, but it's close.

I don't think I've ever come across anyone on Mumsnet who's such a total twat. I can't believe he/she/they are for real. Surely no one thinks like this any more?

I’d pay a lot of money NOT to go to this concert. 2 miserable brothers who had like 2 good songs decades ago.

If some people just swallowed their pride they would find that a well maintained second-hand car depreciates much less quickly than a brand new one, and without paying hundreds per month for something you don’t own. In fact the only reason cars depreciate so quickly is because of the substantial ongoing marketing pressure that comes from garages to get a new one every few years. Buying second hand, and one that is a few years old but still well maintained, will shield someone from a lot of the depreciation.

A very high percentage of people who bought tickets today can afford them, the odd stupid person will have spent money they don't have to buy them - that absolutely does not mean that the COL crisis isn't real!

How do you find it advantageous over just buying outright? It’s more expensive that way. Does the garage include some form of customer care with your lease agreement that is more convenient for you?

You're not listening to anything people are saying, not a pleasant feature

Well said. The cynic in me thinks they are only doing it to fund their retirement/divorce.

Tbh, they are quite predatory in creating such a high level of demand (allowing ticket prices to rise) yet not releasing enough dates to accommodate anywhere near that level of demand.

It’s like they just wanted to create a sense of hysteria around getting these tickets (now or never attitude) so demand and price can increase. Not really something I’d think was fair to their poorest fans, or respectful of their supposedly working class roots.

But they don't look like they can. Top snob points for op

Didn’t they cause the cost of living crisis?

Not only unreasonable, but really rather stupid.

We have more than enough to get by but aren't so wilfully blind as to fail to understand others are not so fortunate.

You are both wrong and dull

definitely not maybe a bad combination

So, I haven't even tried to get tickets. Not particularly interested.

But is it "wasteful" spending to buy something that makes you happy? That gives you happy memories for later?

I know a few people who really enjoy going to see live music. They go without other things (that others probably really enjoy) to fund this. They save an amount each month to afford tickets.

That doesn't mean that they can't be outraged about the fact that food costs 50% more than it did previously. Or that their electric bills have sky rocketed. All of this means that the amount they have for "fun" things is less. Doesn't mean that they have to stop living their lives entirely.

No we didn’t.

Are Oasis selling Millions of tickets or is it 1.4 mill over 17 concerts against how many people are in the country and how many rouges are buying to sell on. Plus the people who will fly in and those buying to see more than once.....but crack on with the delusion that people struggling to afford housing and using food banks plus those worrying about heating through the winter will have a ticket.

Show off give a donation to the food bank then.

How did they not cause it? It happened under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. Boris Johnson mismanaged it and then Liz Truss worsened it by making poor financial decisions. I take it you’re referring to her in your post about people who cannot manage money well and make poor financial decisions?

So the tories didn't trigger brexit and they didn't leave the markets to sort out fuel prices and they didn't run the country to the knees .... funny I thought they were in government over the last 14 or so years