Burning Man
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Amazing. Hard to see how the BM organizers could not have anticipated this outcome from the ticket-selling change.
Oddly though, I wonder if it's some strange experiment this year to bring in a bunch of new blood? You know, 'Fertility'. Not sure how it will work out for them...From the comments in the above BM blog post:
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Giacamogio Says:
February 1st, 2012 at 9:25 pm"Thinking you can now control the gray market nightmare you created by admonishing the market-forces-that-be to not purchase at above face value is astonishing arrogance. You have no idea what you’re doing to your brand. This will be a Netflix-level case study in what not to do as an organization. In essence, you have turned your advocates into your enemies in one swell foop. This year’s event will be either A) Attended by gawkers looking at a sideshow or B) A sobering and humbling experience for BMorg. You have changed the experience for a significant number of us and recklessly burned the trust that most enterprises would pay to acquire. Shame on your arrogance. Shame on you for solving a ticketing problem with political maneuvering. Shame on you for introducing a scarcity mentality. Shame on you for implementing a complex plan to drive up average ticket pricing earlier in your selling season. Shame on you for not listening to the outrage coming directly from participants and thinking you can centrally manage something that belonged to all of us. Congratulations. You showed us who is boss."