Combat_Medic t1_j56mz1w wrote
Reply to comment by shakycam3 in The Fyre Festival fraudster is launching his latest thing, and it looks like a party on an island. by shakycam3
As I recall it wasn’t influencers though. The tickets were relatively cheap for what they were offering, so wasn’t it mostly ‘normal’ people who went? (Going off of an Internet Historian video)
chaseinger t1_j56wgds wrote
it wasn't influencers, those were bought (mostly victoria secret models). it was the wannabe influencers and hedge fund kids.
tickets started at $1200, and you still had to travel there. not for the super rich, and quite cheap for what was promised, yet still not exactly every day joe's territory either.
blahbleh112233 t1_j578j5z wrote
I don't even think it was those. As far as we can tell, no one bought the VIP packages and the basic package was pretty much a steal for room, board, and entertainment on a tropical island. Ironically, McFarland fucked up by pricing below cost
PhAnToM444 t1_j57x837 wrote
I think you could do it all-in for less than $2500 which isn’t cheap but is very affordable for an island vacation in the Bahamas. Plenty of “regular” people could do that, especially for the kind of once in a lifetime experience they were promising.
Combat_Medic t1_j56xvfr wrote
Alright fair enough. The video made it sound like they were affordable, but hey I wasn’t there.
Blazinvoid t1_j58i7ag wrote
The flight was paid for in the ticket as well, it was really all inclusive.
ImaginationOk1526 t1_j56tsre wrote
If anybody falls for it, they deserve whatever happens. It’s the stupidity tax
Combat_Medic t1_j56u0w5 wrote
I mean second time around, yes. But I’d like to cut some of the people who did it the first time some slack.
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