On the contrary, if you were a scalper you would be able to make a living.
However, ignorance and market control being the main tools to running a business here it should be understandble why the locals can't seem to understand the laws of supply and demand. I see this over and over all the time here, the locals do their utmost best to maintain high prices even when they could sell at much higher volumes (and thus higher profits) and inevitably loose out in the end - "and ignorant man's greed" would be a good term for it.
I wonder if the organizers of the event will be able to put two plus two together - maybe not, they don't seem to be too bright either - the boneheads should have known the scalpers were going to try to rip off the people. In the end a lot of money is lost in concessions and hotels.
Chip...you are so wise, my friend!!! I was thinking the same thing while waiting at the airport...$10 USD for a little doll souvenir...that La Sirena sells for $50 RD!!!! They don't sell ****...but they STILL don't lower their prices!!! What a shame!!!
This should (but it's not going to) be a lesson for all these greedy people...they sold the tickets yes, but there are NO PEOPLE SITTING at the stadium to watch the games...
We went on Tuesday...bought bleacher seats...from a cousin of Tony's who gave them to us for $100 RD each...(We bought 4 tix) he wasn't gonna make money off of us...so Tony gave him and extra $300 RD...but we were NOT going to pay $60 US or $50 US for palco seats...First, the ticket windows were closed when we got to the stadium...and we were NOT gonna talk to the scalpers...Thank God this guy showed up when he did...if not, we were prepared to watch the game at a bar or even on the streets...
It's such a shame the rest of the world had to see all those empty seats during the first 4 days of competition!!!!
And now, to top it all off...Damn AGUILAS lost again last night!!!! It's due or die for tonight's game...I would HATE to see Licey win it all...they didn't even qualify for this...it's all by default...what a shame!!!
GO AGUILAS!!!!
BTW...Santiago IS a beautiful city...we had tons of fun...too bad the game ended soooo late Tues. night...we couldn't go see Rubby Perez at the Monument...boohoo!!!!