Planned New Year's Eve concert falls flat

Joe Galea

Dec 31st 2008, 08:15

How many can afford those ticket prices? There are myriads of parties being held. Most of them are ripoffs. Definitely most of them will serve tampared drinks (with salt &, water, surgical spirit).

Don't drink & drive!!

Have a happy New Year!!

Ramon Casha

Dec 31st 2008, 08:08

The ticket prices are high, and many past New Year's parties (not necessarily by this organiser) were terrible - overcrowded, with insufficient food and drinks for all the guests, long queues to get a drink and so on. They were just an attempt to grab as much money while handing out as little as possible in return.

Ultimately it doesn't matter whether it's the economy or the surcharge or whatever - these are realities that the organiser must take into consideration when planning the event and its prices.

lgalea

Dec 30th 2008, 23:36

D Vella, D.Pace
That's not what the restauranteurs are saying. As for sales, they have to because they cannot afford to do the shopping at the normal prices due to the massive taxes imposed by Gonzipn.

Karl Abela
What's good about having a choice if you cannot make it because you cannot afford it?

D Vella

Dec 30th 2008, 19:51

@Igalea

Those littel elves are shopping themselves blue in the face and gorging themselves at every single restaurant in Malta . . . . oh and now they will be hitting the sales too . . . get real!!!

D.Pace

Dec 30th 2008, 18:47

S.Falzon- nicely said.

Yes there is quite an economic crisis at the moment, not only in Malta, may I add. If you hold the government responsable for the cancellation of this concert (due to lack of money in our pockets, you say), then who do you hold responsiable for the fully booked restaurants every weekend, the tons of money spent during Christmas peroid, and the amount of brand new cars sold per year....

Jeremy J Camilleri

Dec 30th 2008, 17:20

Every New years eve party I have attnded in the past 5 years have been total flops and swindles.

R. Bartolo

Dec 30th 2008, 14:55

Karl Abela

As you said, that is a simple economics rules. Demand and supply is a simplistic way of explaining the base, but real life caters for more than that. Believe me, you do not need to explain economics to me =)

My whole point is that some businesses are not adapting, and they are suffering. Others chose to be smart, and they are enjoying their choice.

So I did not mean to offend your beloved government. I always shy away from political discussions. In Malta we have a free market, therefore it is solely their responsibility to adapt.

Karl Abela

Dec 30th 2008, 13:41

@ R. Bartolo

Simple economics rule:
DEMAND greater than SUPPLY: prices go up
Demand smaller than supply: prices go down

A very simple example that everyone can understand: If there is good weather in September/October than Lampuki is cheap but if its mostly rough weather the catch is low and the prices go up.

So, once and for all, lets cut this 'Malta is too expensive' outcry because it is all a natural cycle. Malta is not cheap because we went it to be like that. We keep spending furiously and we shop till we drop. In Malta there is good money and the business community knows this from the response they get.

@ L Galea
Once again, you have not been clever on this one. Its obvious that the producers didnt manager to stir enough demand for this concert simply because there are tons of other events for NY eve. In Malta we are lucky to have choice...REAL choice, mhux bhaz-zminijiet tac-cikkulata CATCH !!!! Offering choice means that you are competing with others, and competing means that you can be left behind, which is probably what happened here.

H DEMPSTER

Dec 30th 2008, 11:17

Have you writers forgotten that we have pay a hefty price on our next w/e bill . This is the real reason as to the lack of interest. We have to save to pay. The results from L istrina showed us.

R. Bartolo

Dec 30th 2008, 10:49

Maltese salaries are low, and life is expensive.

If restaurants, cinemas, shops and concerts choose not to adapt, and keep trying to get rick quick off of us, then let them fail.

lgalea

Dec 30th 2008, 10:15

jane mifsud
I agree.
Get rich quick scenario which failed.
If people do so more often these get rich quick schemes will all collapse and they will start getting value for money.

jane mifsud

Dec 30th 2008, 09:39

mr galea, it's true that the country is going through economic difficulties.... but for crying out loud, attending a party the tickets to which cost a minimum of €85 is simply shameful.

lgalea

Dec 30th 2008, 09:36

s.falzon
If the truth is boring so be it

s.falzon

Dec 30th 2008, 09:35

Right on cue Igalea grabs the opportunity to hammer the government. It's amazing how he manages to use every bit of news no matter how irrelevant to get at the governmnet. It's becoming a bore.

lgalea

Dec 30th 2008, 09:11

Where are the little elves who say that there are no problems with lack of money?