The unrivaled greed of AEG was revealed today as they have proposed that ticket holders for the (sadly) cancelled Michael Jackson Tour at the 02 next month should have a choice of a refund (less transaction fee charges) or could swap their payment for the 'actual' ticket!
Give me a break! Many people have booked flights, hotels and made a host of other arrangements, other companies have lost thousands or millions in revenue and the good-for-nothing scrooges at AEG are trying to con people for their full ticket price for piece of paper they've already printed.
I would have thought the very least they could have done was give people the ticket as a memento to show some regard for their loss!
Interestingly, and perhaps more creatively, would it not make more sense to say to ticket holders we'll give you 50% of your ticket price back and invite you to a celebration of Michael's life - with the dancers, the music - the whole gig and have Michael on the video wall behind it - that way everyone still gets a chance to enjoy the music, atmosphere and 'be there', the other companies involved don't waste their money, sales of memorabilia will be off the scale and everyone comes out with a little of something to remember a legend by?
Beats paying full price for a scrap of paper? What do you think?
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