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ATTN: All burners/psyfreaks (friendly reminder about tickets)
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PsyCore
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Posted : Jan 15, 2008 11:14
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Yeah, you made the papers... talk of the city for a good day or so, Konundrum.
Yes you CAN leave the city by taking the Green Tortoise into Gerlach... but as far as crossing the trash fence - I'm sure its doable, but they sure don't like it. |
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konvndrvm
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Posted : Jan 15, 2008 15:08
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Can't wait to see what I can stir up this go-around... haa
maybe this year i can get a helicopter stuck on the rails.
a guy has to have dreams and goals ya?
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Zman
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Posted : Jan 15, 2008 16:04
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karmakanik
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Posted : Jan 15, 2008 17:56
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On 2008-01-14 23:47, saintcarl wrote:
SRSLY folks $295 !!!!!
Happy I got over this shit years ago.
Have fun if you can afford to or go to a slew of real psy parties.
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well the first 10,000 tickets are $210 a piece. compare that to Boom festival where advance tix are 95 euros or about $150 USD. and i think burning man is a couple days longer as well. seems reasonable to me.
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Who tells you to buy the most expensive ticks?
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actually the burning man website does!
"Did you know that the first 10,000 tickets are sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?
Please help our community and do your part: buy tickets at the highest price level you can afford. When you buy a higher priced ticket it allows lower-income members of our community to purchase tickets at price levels they can afford." |
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damon
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Posted : Jan 15, 2008 18:15
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On 2008-01-15 17:56, karmakanik wrote:
actually the burning man website does!
"Did you know that the first 10,000 tickets are sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?
Please help our community and do your part: buy tickets at the highest price level you can afford. When you buy a higher priced ticket it allows lower-income members of our community to purchase tickets at price levels they can afford."
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I consider myself a "low-income member" 
 http://www.chillumafia.com |
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Karma Image
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 04:57
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i'm a low income person lol
im 18, and i work at a supermarket partime..
lol
if i dont go this year, i definetly want to go to Burning Man someday 
~ Leah |
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damon
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 06:58
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On 2008-01-15 11:14, PsyCore wrote:
Yeah, you made the papers... talk of the city for a good day or so, Konundrum.
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So what did he do?
http://www.chillumafia.com |
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PsyCore
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 07:31
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Its rather unbelievable, but instead of me repeating hearsay (two of the BRC newspapers embellished quite a bit), I'll let Johann tell you himself. |
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DiMiTry
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 09:27
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On 2008-01-15 04:27, damon wrote:
Sneaking in is outdated imho. Sneaking out and going to hot springs in the middle of the night is HOT now
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that was already hot 10 years ago when the hot springs were still pretty deserted and open to the public (they're closed to the public during BM these days per BLM guidelines, supposedly), the perimeter team didn't have sophisticated night-vision equipment and tickets cost only $70 or so, so they didn't care so much about people sneaking in. it was actually kinda easy back then.
i really don't recommend sneaking in now, they WILL find you and make you pay, or might even turn you over to the popos.
..it's just another party.. |
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DiMiTry
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 09:31
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On 2008-01-16 04:57, Karma Image wrote:
i'm a low income person lol
im 18, and i work at a supermarket partime..
lol
if i dont go this year, i definetly want to go to Burning Man someday
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they have special low-income tickets and scholarship tickets that you have to apply for. be creative on your scholarship application though. 
..it's just another party.. |
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damon
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 16:27
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On 2008-01-16 09:27, DiMiTry wrote:
that was already hot 10 years ago when the hot springs were still pretty deserted and open to the public (they're closed to the public during BM these days per BLM guidelines, supposedly)
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That's why it's adventure now .... doing forbidden things (I don't do it of course )
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DiMiTry
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 19:33
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you better make friends with some perimeter guys so they don't shoot ya as you're slinking back over the trash fence.
..it's just another party.. |
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thegooddale
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Posted : Jan 16, 2008 21:01
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On 2008-01-15 17:56, karmakanik wrote:
"Did you know that the first 10,000 tickets are sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?
Please help our community and do your part: buy tickets at the highest price level you can afford. When you buy a higher priced ticket it allows lower-income members of our community to purchase tickets at price levels they can afford."
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I would like to see this proven mathematically... Good luck fudging those numbers around enough to make Burning Man seem to cost: $8,400,000. This is with 40,000 paying guests all at the $210 price that claims to be "sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?" I am sure there will be far more than 40,000 paying as well...
All of these numbers beg the question: Has Bentley released it's Hybrid yet??? |
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karmakanik
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Posted : Jan 17, 2008 01:14
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On 2008-01-16 21:01, thegooddale wrote:
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On 2008-01-15 17:56, karmakanik wrote:
"Did you know that the first 10,000 tickets are sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?
Please help our community and do your part: buy tickets at the highest price level you can afford. When you buy a higher priced ticket it allows lower-income members of our community to purchase tickets at price levels they can afford."
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I would like to see this proven mathematically... Good luck fudging those numbers around enough to make Burning Man seem to cost: $8,400,000. This is with 40,000 paying guests all at the $210 price that claims to be "sold at below the cost per person to produce the event?" I am sure there will be far more than 40,000 paying as well...
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http://afterburn.burningman.com/06/financial_chart.html
total expenditures: $10,278,000
obviously these figures are from the BM LLC so i would take them with a grain of salt. still i think it gives a good idea how much capital and organization is required to put on a festival of this size.
FYI the italicized quote was also from the BM website.
my point is that a BM ticket isn't really much more expensive than one for a large trance festival.
furthermore, i think bickering over the ticket prices is silly since, in my experience at least, the cost of the ticket was negligible compared to the cost of actually transporting oneself to the playa and buying all the necessities and niceties one needs for a week in the desert. |
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*christine*
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Posted : Jan 17, 2008 02:02
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