LDS Church reacts to sale of free Christmas concert tickets

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

The Superbowl and Final Four are broadcast live every year. Ever try to get tickets for those events?

Maybe Visa could sponsor a commercial about a group of Relief Society sisters that have been to every Christmas concert for the last 40 years.

[Moliere]

The Superbowl and Final Four are broadcast live every year. Ever try to get tickets for those events?

[BlueHair]

I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I've seen people sell things they've won in drawings.

[smokymountainrain]

It's interesting to note the people in this thread who are okay with scalping the tickets that were meant to be given free. Or not.

[TripletDaddy]

It's interesting to note the people in this thread who are okay with scalping the tickets that were meant to be given free. Or not.

Actually only 5 or 6 people have explicitly stated their opinion on it and i don't see much of a pattern. What am I missing?

Or are you focusing on finderson and Scottie because you perceive them to be inactives?

I don't know about blue hair or mUUser, but they seem to be ok with it and arent they both active? I guess I don't see what you are seeing here.

[smokymountainrain]

Actually only 5 or 6 people have explicitly stated their opinion on it and i don't see much of a pattern. What am I missing?

Or are you focusing on finderson and Scottie because you perceive them to be inactives?

I don't know about blue hair or mUUser, but they seem to be ok with it and arent they both active? I guess I don't see what you are seeing here.

Speaks volumes that I didn't even have to explain myself on this before you knew exactly what I was getting at. For what it's worth, I have no idea how muuser feels about the church (his comment was more of a light-hearted nature anyway), but bluehair for one, has never been shy when comes to criticism of the church - that is, unless I'm confusing him with someone else. I have no idea, and couldn't give a rat's ass, if he's active or not.

[CardiacCoug]

I'm trying to understand this statement:

"Tickets to the Christmas Concert are offered at no cost to allow everyone the opportunity to attend. Attempts to profit from this free offering are inappropriate."

Free tickets doesn't mean that "everyone" will have the opportunity to attend. Do stupid people write this stuff?

And won't the fact that the tickets are being bought by people who are motivated to attend (rather than just going unused by people who aren't big David Archuletta and/or MoTab fans) mean that MORE people will probably attend?

And why should the Church begrudge a small profit to people who need a little extra money more than they need concert tickets during tough economic times?

[TripletDaddy]

Speaks volumes that I didn't even have to explain myself on this before you knew exactly what I was getting at. For what it's worth, I have no idea how muuser feels about the church (his comment was more of a light-hearted nature anyway), but bluehair for one, has never been shy when comes to criticism of the church - that is, unless I'm confusing him with someone else. I have no idea, and couldn't give a rat's ass, if he's active or not.

I didn't know that about blue hair. I thought he was active, along with mUUser, which is why I wasnt sure i was seeing the pattern you were noting. If what you say is true, then I guess I now see what you are saying.

I guess your original post is saying "people that criticize the Church here don't seem to care about the ticket scalping."

[smokymountainrain]

I didn't know that about blue hair. I thought he was active, along with mUUser, which is why I wasnt sure i was seeing the pattern you were noting. If what you say is true, then I guess I now see what you are saying.

I guess your original post is saying "people that criticize the Church here don't seem to care about the ticket scalping."

It's amusing to me in threads such as this to see how predictable certain people are. Cardiac (who is one of my favorite people on this site, btw) fell right in line as well.

[CardiacCoug]

It's amusing to me in threads such as this to see how predictable certain people are. Cardiac (who is one of my favorite people on this site, btw) fell right in line as well.

Thanks SMR.

I like to think that if the Church had instead issued a statement saying that they wholeheartedly support the God-given free agency of the poor and needy to sell their David Archuletta tickets in order to brighten their kids' Christmas with a few presents that I would be agreeing with the Church in this thread.

[TripletDaddy]

It's amusing to me in threads such as this to see how predictable certain people are. Cardiac (who is one of my favorite people on this site, btw) fell right in line as well.

Some might say that your post was equally predictable. Mine as well.

[smokymountainrain]

Thanks SMR.

I mean it.

I like to think that if the Church had instead issued a statement saying that they wholeheartedly support the God-given free agency of the poor and needy to sell their David Archuletta tickets in order to brighten their kids' Christmas with a few presents that I would be agreeing with the Church in this thread.

I guess I missed the part where it said the the people selling the tickets were poor and needy. Perhaps I should read it again.

[smokymountainrain]

Some might say that your post was equally predictable. Mine as well.

Fair enough.

[CardiacCoug]

I guess I missed the part where it said the the people selling the tickets were poor and needy. Perhaps I should read it again.

I don't know. If I won some tickets in the lottery and couldn't make it to the concert I sure wouldn't go to the trouble of putting them on ksl.com. I would give them to somebody in my ward.

I think it's easy for relatively wealthy people to say "How terrible for people to be profiting from this!" when we have no idea why some people would decide to try to sell their tickets. There are a lot of unemployed people these days, no?

[smokymountainrain]

I don't know. If I won some tickets in the lottery I sure wouldn't go to the trouble of putting them on ksl.com. I would give them to somebody in my ward.

I think it's easy for relatively wealthy people to say "How terrible for people to be profiting from this!" when we have no idea why some people would decide to try to sell their tickets. There are a lot of unemployed people these days, no?

To be honest, you're preaching to the choir a bit here. I can see both sides of this particular issue. I agree with your point, but I can also understand where the church is coming from in terms of their disappointment.