Punters 'unlikely' to see millions in ticket sales refunded as long-running festival shutters

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• TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This begs the question though, if the festival’s been canceled, then what happened to the money collected from ticketholders who no longer have a show to see? Seems unlikely that festival organizers could be held liable for non-refundable hotel reservation costs, but what about the cost of tickets?

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m guessing the festival already incurred costs with all sorts of staff and suppliers already, and the money will be going to them before any reaches ticketholders.

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    • notgold@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Isn’t the normal complaint that bringing the artists is the most expensive part. No artists, where the money.

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• SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sad to see the death of so many festivals in Australia.

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  UK usage of “punters” is someone that gets grifted…

  Is it the same in Aussiland? Or is it just used for someone who spends a lot of money on something?

  It’s hard to tell if this was a scamfest that was never going to happen considering it was long-running. Unless the production company changed, I don’t see how “punters” works, but I’ve never heard an Aussie use the phrase before.

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  • itsathursday@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Punters derives from people placing a bet, or having a punt. So from gambling and horses it became the term more generally used for any group having paid a price of admission, because they are “having a go” at the experience or taking a punt on it. It’s very common in media here but less in the daily lexicon.

    Bluesfest has been going for yonks though, so no idea about why it’s suddenly gone to shit.

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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thanks!

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  • okwithmydecay@leminal.space ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good question! As an Australian, I’ve always assumed “punter” refers to a member of the audience, as there is a Melbourne music venue called The Punters Club.

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The UK listings for the word on the Cambridge dictionary are pretty reflective of Australian usage: dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/punter

    UK
    a person who gambles

    UK informal
    a customer; a user of services or buyer of goods

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