$4000 Seats and not a Bowl Game!!!!

My co-workers and I were amping one another up for the UCLA vs. USC college football game tomorrow. We thought we'd check out how much a ticket goes for, and on the eve of the big game.

So we look on ebay, and what do find? Various seats still available, each going in excess of $400 bucks a pop. We scroll down a bit, and find the mother-lode of available seats: 2 tickets, Sec. 29, Row 75 - $4000.

Yes FOUR THOUSAND dollars for 2 tickets! Who in there right mind would pay for such tickets? That is almost 2x the amount of my mortgage for my house!!! I would have totally loved to go to the game (I went to the UCLA vs. CAL game earlier this year -- awesome game and great experience, but only $30.

I understand that in economics, increase in demand will usually drive the price upward. Seems logical, right? But when does logic become irrational? How the hell do you come up with $4000 beans for the value of 2 tickets? 2 tickets!!!!! What is the mathematical formula for arriving at such a figure? Is it emotional? As crazy as it sounds, there is someone, well off and eager enough to get his/her hands on these tickets.

Oh well. :) Thankfully it's televised.

GO Bruin's! Fight! Fight! Fight!