Netizens marvel at Song Hye Gyo's ability to land six hotly sought-after Bruno Mars tickets

 

Article: Song Hye Gyo succeeded at securing tickets for Bruno Mars concert? Accusations of 'special treatment' turn out to be a feel-good story

Source: Herald Economy via Naver

[+298, -1] I see~ I didn't know it was possible to secure six tickets at once like that~

[+210, -4] Anyone who's gone through ticketing will know that it's nearly impossible to secure six seats next to each other. 

[+144, -7] So she "secured her tickets personally," why is that supposed to count as a feel-good story to us? It's not like she gave those tickets out to the needy. She got those tickets to attend the concert with her friends... 

[+137, -9] Maybe she has the Hyundai purple card. It lets you buy tickets a day before the general crowd, though the annual fee on that card is insanely expensive.

[+39, -3] It's so hard to get even one ticket, and yet one person managed to land six all next to each other?

[+19, -0] Pre and general reservations only allow four tickets per user, and purple pre-orders allow two per one user. The 4/6 on her ticket indicates that she got six at once, which is impossible by the standards of the three rules I listed above. She definitely had another way to get these tickets that we aren't privy to.

[+20, -3] Is it even possible for one person to buy six at a time?

[+12, -1] With a black card, you can even buy up to 10

[+11, -0] She probably has a Hyundai black card, they'll pull tickets for you

[+7, -1] She must have the hand of god

[+6, -0] I like Song Hye Gyo myself but I wouldn't count this as a feel good story.. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[+5, -0] She probably has a black card. Don't get too envious, guys ㅋ

[+3, -0] Let's be real, celebrities like her aren't reserving their own tickets. She probably has all of the staff at her agency staring at their screens to land this for her ㅋㅋ it's a comedy that anyone would think this is a feel-good story.

[+3, -0] His tickets sold out as soon as they opened. Can you imagine Song Hye Gyo sitting in front of her computer with a macro downloaded?

[+15, -13] So what if she got special treatment, though? Don't concerts have special VIP sections? Don't concert venues have a set number of tickets set aside for special celebrity invites? I don't know why that's such an issue..
- Yeah, this is all a part of normal business, but people are just quick to hate...

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Article: "The rest of us have to suffer for these tickets..." Bruno Mars concert under controversy for giving special treatment to celebrities

Source: Wikitree via Instagram

[+989] It really pisses me off that all the ground seats were given to celebrities ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I don't care for idols but they were treated like Roman royalty with security guards escorting them down like it was some runway. You can just tell from their behavior that they were expecting this special treatment right off the bat. I couldn't stand it...

[+291] The rest of us have to go through all sorts of hoops with these sh*tty platforms and systems just to go to our favorite singer's concerts, while celebrities are handed out first-line seats. Not invitation seats. First-line seats. They also cause concert delays by arriving late. Are you serious with this special treatment? I can see why people are pissed.

[+624] Singers are free to invite who they want, no? I don't think these tickets are anything for the rest of us to feel upset over.

[+416] Being a celebrity is just another job like the rest of us, I don't know why they're given such royal treatment ㅠㅠ

[+119] People love to say this is how capitalism works but it's also a form of capitalism for the rest of us to gather and call the system unfair. Corporations are only able to turn a profit by catering to the majority opinion.

[+361] To all of the people who don't think this is a problem, how would you feel if politicians were given runway access with security guards to ground-level seats? So hypocritical ㅋㅋㅋ

[+191] What's the problem with singers being invited to other singers' concerts..? This is how singers meet each other and create collabs in the future, no.

[+376] Celebrities and these royal treatments ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[+75] This isn't some public, free event ㅋㅋ they're allowed to give out tickets to whoever they want, it's not wrong ㅋㅋㅋ

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