MayDay Concert

Went to Mayday concert over the weekend! It was great, truly enjoyed the concert except for the sound system that I think was not working very well.

I did not know I will be able to go until the day before the actual event. Had a budget of $100 from my friend which was also what I was willing to pay. I started searching online for the tickets a week before the concert. As Mayday is a popular band and the concert was a full house, some people were trying to sell the tickets for higher values than its ticketed value. And the original ticketed prices were already not cheap eg 108, 148, 188, 208.

Only during the last few days, price started to drop. I made a few bids even though I knew I would not get them. Thought better to try than do nothing. Thus was bidding $240 for a pair of $188 tickets (worth $376). They were rejected as the people were asking for $300 or more. Then try a few others to no avail even when I offered $200 cash + $50 vouchers. I had a few different kinds of vouchers. I reckoned to use them now to sweeten my deal than to spend more money buying things with the pretext of using the vouchers.

Thought I would not be able to get the tickets anymore on the last day until I saw a posting at about 5pm. The seller could not go to the concert at the last minute. A pair of tickets worth $376 and she wanted to sell it for $300. I contacted her with my offer ($200 plus $50 vouchers) and she accepted it. It was probably a bit too late for her to find buyers and meet them to pass the tickets which was why she accepted my offer. Under such win win situation I got my tickets.

Was quite happy with the deal! And was glad to have gone for the concert. I like Mayday for their songs. Some of their songs are quite inspiring, imploring people to go for their dreams and to love and believe in themselves.

Many of the audience were their diehard fans. Even though we had seats, we were standing more than half of our time as the fans in front of us rose up from their seats to sway with the songs. We all have to stand too in order to see the band.

There was no dancing etc, just singing. And their songs were infectious! Especially like the part where everyone was literally jumping/swaying and singing along with them! Cool! :)