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[Jakoo]

Just FYI a lot of the tickets were sold at $500 for a flight and three days of accommodations. This isn't really some uber-elite thing; 500 bucks is genuinely cheap for all that.

Probably part of the reason they ran out of money.

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fyre-festival-instagram-bahamas-ja-rule-models

Yep, exactly while I feel like all the "dog pile on the elites!" posts are obnoxious in this thread. Just become something is marketed as luxury doesn't mean that it actually is.

It's definitely pretty funny, and "caveat emptor" and all that but I still feel for the people that were conned.

 

[gutshot]

Yeah, you have to wonder if they were counting on the whales to compensate for the cheap tickets and then got fucked when nobody actually sprang for the $200,000 packages lol.

I think that is exactly what happened. That @FyreFraud Twittter has been documenting the lack of funds for several weeks now. And instead of the organizers realizing they didn't have the funds to pull this off and cancelling/postponing it ahead of time, they decided to try to do it all on the cheap and you can see the results.

 

[poppabk]

I'm from The Bahamas and this is a goddamn embarrassment. I wonder if this was on the organizers or on us.

Edited to add this:


Not sure when it was posted/said but it's what makes me think it's partially our fault lol.

If the organizers weren't paying artists weeks ahead then you can be fairly certain this is the organizers fault.

 

[UncleMeat]

As soon as I saw that sandwich I knew this thread was going to deliver. Bravo, gaf.

 

[bloodforge]

I can't even feel bad for these people. Reading about this from articles before all this happened it seemed like a fraud from the get go.

 

[The Ummah]

People paying to be on an island with Ja Rule? Lmao.

 

[JBourne]

If this is a stone's throw away from a luxury resort, I would just book a room until I managed to get off the island and include that cost in my lawsuit.

A lot can happen in a stone's throw. Before you know it, you're in a real life Green Inferno/Island of Dr. Moreau situation.

 

[Davenday]

https://twitter.com/dubsteppenwolf/status/857873673730052096

 

[Jakoo]

We Fallout now.

I'm pretty sure half of that subreddit is trolls btw.

 

[Gorillaz]

I thought The 49ers were going to be the only organization to be in the running for successfully fleecing people this year

Nice work Ja

 

[ntropy]

an upgrade

 

[venom2124]

Who the fuck would go to anything being co-organized by a dude who went to jail for tax evasion?

Seriously. How stupid can you be to pay that much for something backed by ja rule of all people.

 

[dankir]

My avatar is useful for once.

 

[old manatee]

Seriously. How stupid can you be to pay that much for something backed by ja rule of all people.

They probably got him confused with Jadakiss. Happens all the time.

 

[Kayhan]

Was there any music lol

The guy with the conch

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[Jakoo]

Seriously. How stupid can you be to pay that much for something backed by ja rule of all people.

I mean I doubt they advertised that Ja Rule was pulling the strings in the marketing materials.

I'm not sure if people really think about who is the corporate sponsor of the likes of Bonnaroo or Coachella.

 

[venom2124]

They probably got him confused with Jadakiss. Happens all the time.

Lol now that I would pay for.

 

[Dr.Acula]

I love the organizer's notebook they found, especially the To Do list (reorganized by assigned priority):

"1 - Complete our corporate application to HOPEFULLY short order"
"2 - At LEAST gather pricing/packages"
"3 - Work on Excel sheet" (followed by a page of doing a spreadsheet by hand)
"4 - Start thinking about ticket situation for mainstage Sunday"
"5 - Start designing storefront"
"6 - Head to site at some point"
"7 - Think about product placement throughout storefront"

The kicker... the date on the To Do list was just 2 week ago. I pray this "organizer" was far removed from organization, but the other pages say probably not. Reads like a guy who flunked out of business school but learned enough jargon to fake it.


Bullshit. Your notebook proves the circumstances were entirely your own fault.

Here's my fav image from that organizer's diary that WNF IV found on the ground.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

This makes the gathering of juggallos look almost civilised.

Juggallos thrive in trash and anarchy.

 

[teiresias]

https://twitter.com/dubsteppenwolf/status/857873673730052096

Bwaaahahahaha!!!

 

[butalala]

Is there any reason to believe that the organizer's notebook is legit?

 

[ThatStupidLion]

....And the organizers wanted to be my latex salesmen

 

[InfiniteBento]

Where is the ballpit at tho

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Where is the ballpit at tho

take a left at the synthetic cheese tent

 

[BotoxAgent]

They better sue those promoters

 

[mreddie]

Dashcon 2: WHERE IS JA RULE?

 

[Jeronimo Jones]

This is crazy. I probably would have never known, so thanks.

 

[Mix Master]

what a fucking mess.

 

[Izayoi]

II: ?????????

 

[AlexBasch]

I know I got "old" when the word "influencer" was something that pissed me off a lot, for no particular reason.

 

[BlitzKeeg]

I know I got "old" when the word "influencer" was something that pissed me off a lot, for no particular reason.

I think it pisses everyone off a lot.

Spoiler

I may be old too

 

[Slacker]

Looks like a fantasy camp to get that authentic refugee experience. Anyone know the scope of this thing? How many people showed up? And now many slices of kraft cheese singles were opened by their celebrity chef?

 

[minor effort]

This makes the gathering of juggallos look almost civilised.

I would easily choose a weekend with juggalos than a bunch of venture capitalists and "influencers" and people who would shell out $12,000 for a "luxury festival"

 

[LordKasual]

Was there any music lol

only the sweet sounds of chaos

 

[Man with Knife]

$12000 for a festival with Blink-182 as a headliner

I need to start hustling rich people

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

I would easily choose a weekend with juggalos than a bunch of venture capitalists and "influencers" and people who would shell out $12,000 for a "luxury festival"

Luckily it looks like no one wanted to pay $12k, so you would just be with people dumb enough to think they would get what was advertised after only paying $500.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

I know I got "old" when the word "influencer" was something that pissed me off a lot, for no particular reason.

Nah there are good reasons why it should piss you off

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

Haha oh Ja Rule, up to your old tricks again, eh!?

 

[Saya]

Where is Ja Rule now? Did he go into hiding?

This twitter feed is insane:

https://twitter.com/WNFIV

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I'm pretty sure half of that subreddit is trolls btw.

You mean you don't trust /u/getfuktantifacucks?

 

[Fisty]

It gives me life to think that these folks paid thousands of dollars to live like a Haitian refugee for a few days.

Is Ja Rule the new Shia?

 

[adamantypants]

I would easily choose a weekend with juggalos than a bunch of venture capitalists and "influencers" and people who would shell out $12,000 for a "luxury festival"

Yeah. The juggalos have been gathering without logistical issues for a while. They might stab each other once in a while but at least there's beer and Faygo

 

[Jakoo]

Yeah. The juggalos have been gathering without logistical issues for a while. They might stab each other once in a while but at least there's beer and Faygo

Lol you know that festival is probably one of Faygo's biggest orders of the year, they wouldn't dare screw up that order!

 

[PancakeBurglar]

Getting an ad for Don't Starve Together at the bottom of the thread feels so appropriate for this hahaha.

 

[FortuneFaded]

Sometimes you have to make an effort to find a related Simpsons pic. Sometimes it's easier.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Would watch a Larry Clark movie about this.

 

[Eidan]

Jesus. Who did they hire to manage this event? I've never heard of a musical festival being so thoroughly botched.

 

[Cat Party]

I am absolutely rooting for Ja Rule here. I hope no one gets their money back.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

Is there any reason to believe that the organizer's notebook is legit?

I'm always willing to hear contrary evidence, but it seems to me that it would've been a lot of work to pull off. Who brings a legal pad to a music festival and write 6 pages of semi-coherent organizing notes in the middle of a clusterfuck?

 

[FlyinJ]

Luckily it looks like no one wanted to pay $12k, so you would just be with people dumb enough to think they would get what was advertised after only paying $500.

According the website, the cheapest ticket was $5,600... I don't know where this $500 figure came from.

The most expensive was $30,000.