would you pay american ppv prices?

worth noting that people in the US tend to earn more money and cost of living is lower, so they tend to have more money in there pocket.

Average UK Household Income in 2011 was $52,500
Average US Household Income in 2011 was $81,000

Average UK Home Value in 2013 was $357,440
Average US Home Value in 2013 was $173,600

Average UK Petrol Price per Gallon in 2013 $10.50
Average US Petrol Price per Gallon in 2013 $3.22

Average UK Tax rate in 2013 is 27%
Average US Tax rate in 2013 is 15%

In general the cost of most things like clothes, food, cars is cheaper in the US compared to the UK.

The cost of PPV boxing is a rare exception, but in general the quality of the PPV's in the US is higher than in the UK.

 

No way and the missus wouldn't let me half the time anyway living on a budget.


But remember that these big ppvs are how they attract the best boxers from around the world,alongside prestige the money is what attracts like the premiership and la liga

We pay less but they can go and watch Donaire,Martinez,golovkin,pacquiao,canelo as well as mayweather,broner,ward etc

 

**** paying that much just to watch on tv, i'd prefer to go all out and get tickets for the fight even though it would work out more expensive with everything included...i'd feel i would be getting my money's worth.

 

It depends where you are though as these kind of things vary from state to state. Had to spend a month in San Diego a couple of years ago and was surprised at the cost of basics in their stores, and certainly found the beer more expensive. Oustripped London in average prices if I remember rightly quite handily especially with the tipping culture as well, although the craft beer revolution there is superb. What I do remember is wandering around looking for a bar where Wlad-Haye might be on and getting blank expressions even from the local 'fight' bar. Turned out to be a good one to miss.

 

I'd pay for it and then ***** about it.

 

Dunno why people are saying they'd rather get tickets. Cheapest tickets for Mayweather/Guerrero were $200. And then when they go on sale most of the cheaper tickets aren't available end up on other ticket websites for an inflated price.

So you're looking at $200 plus for a ticket plus travel to Vegas and hotel and other expenses.

I wouldn't pay the PPV rate as well but maybe they see it differently over there? Prices must be that high because people pay them. Only about 4/5 years ago HBO PPV price was around $50. Now I think it's $60/70.

As long as I can remember SBO has been £15, someone posted something about it going up to £17.50 and people went crazy.

 

The tipping culture in America is ridiculous and its proper exploited by company's who pay wages. Why should i tip someone for opening a bottle they got out of a fridge next to them i can do it quicker if i reach over and get it myself

 

oh and no i wouldn't pay them kind of prices its bad enough paying for skysports and then ppv over here

 

San Diego, San Fransico, Los Angeles & New York maybe the only places close to London in terms of cost of living. But still I live in Santa Monica one of the nicest parts of LA and the cost of living is allot lower. Rent, House Prices. The car I bought here would cost me 50% more in the UK. I have found everything to be cheaper here apart from a few exceptions.

Plus like I said basic salarys are higher and tax is lower. My basic salary went up 25% for the same job moving from London to LA and I pay about 8% less tax.

Were you asking "Do you have HBO" or "Are you show the Haye vs Wlad Boxing match?"

You probably found beer more expensive because you were going to trendy bars and drinking trendy beers. A pint of Bud won't cost you more than $2.50 in a local bar.

also the craft beer trend has completely died out here now.

 

The craft beer scene is specific to San Diego though. So many micro-breweries. Went to the Stone Brewery in Escondido and could spend a lot more time there, superb place. I was based in Pacific Beach which has loads of bars on the beach and is buzzing every night of the week but I wouldn't call it especially upmarket. Think it was averaging out at $5-$6 a beer around there but then again I don't like yellow bland stuff! No ghettos you can walk into inadvertently anywhere in San Diego so generally people must have decent levels of disposable income. Not a cheap place if you are on low to moderate wages tho.

Didn't make it up as far as Santa Monica which I should've done really. Went up to Anaheim for a couple of gigs in the baseball stadium tho. Since it was U2 they had some irish beers so went up for 2 pints of Smithwicks which I have a few jars of on irish rugby trips. Was a bit of a kick in the wallet when the bird asked me for 28 bucks tho. Gave her 30 and she asked if I wanted change. I said too right I'm not tipping $14 beers!

As for the boxing nobody even knew Wlad-Haye was happening. Asked about HBO, Haye-Wlad etc etc and nothing. Not a big boxing scene there though. Think Mexican bloody wrestling is more popular. Most of the bars just had various ESPN channels and they were mostly baseball. Had trouble getting one of the umpteen screens in one bar to show the Wimbledon final.

 

Exactly. But I have to say you do get better service over there. Still I was paying plenty enough for my beer in a lot of places so you'd think they'd be making enough to pay the staff without needing standard tipping.

 

Theres still rough ghettos in San Diego, thats where a boxing scene would be. Boxing is very much a lower class sport here. Mexicans and Blacks, you won't find white people who like boxing.

When did you go? I was talking to someone thats big into there beers and he was telling me all the micro brewrys are closing down in SD.

Sounds like you were in the nicer parts of San Diego so only makes sense you were being charged allot. You would be pay allot more than $6 a beer in Hampstead for example. And yeh at a concert there gonna rip you off that's standard anywhere.

Alcohol is probs one thing where the price might be higher as there less of a drinking culture here. you don't get as many people spending all day at the pub like you do in the UK.

 

You just got the system all wrong mate.

 

what you mean ?

When i went new york everyone wanted a tip for everything and all the tour guides kept saying is how important it is to tip and how some waiters/waitresses had to quit there jobs in time square because the europeans didn't tip enough

 

Yeah was pretty decent area I was in. La Jolla was just round the corner not far from Torrey Pines golf club. You don't get many high streets with Ferrari, Maserati and specialist dealerships selling Bugatti Veyrons within yards of each other so there were a few dollars flying around. But there are more run down areas, like certain parts of downtown where where I went through to the baseball stadium. But nowhere near what I've experienced in other cities. I was visiting associates and they filled me in in terms of it being a safe city.

Must've been June/July time 2011 I think I was there. The craft beer scene in the states is concentrated in pockets like San Diego and Portland for example, where they are well into it. I wouldn't know about San Diego right now but when these things explode they are bound to plateau off I suppose. Certainly this new US craft boom is making inroads in the UK. A lot of places in London now serving stuff I've noticed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21541887