u/JoyfulJellybeans

I (25F) am a regular concert goer for 2 years. I usually go to concerts alone and make friends there. Even if I don't make friends, I still have an enjoyable time.

My closest friend (25F) is quite introverted but hates doing things alone. For the first time, the artists she listens to is finally coming to our country. She asked me to accompany her as this would be her first concert. I agreed as long as we buy the cheapest tickets that were advertised (let's say 100$), since I don't listen to this artist at all.

My friend was battling for the ticket and the only cheapest one opened was 150$ because apparently the platform used dynamic pricing. I said it's too expensive for me, so I wouldn't go.

She got angry since I can spend all this money for other concerts I like but wouldn't spend 50$ extra to accompany her, my closest friend. I pushed back since I only agreed to the original budget. Now she won't reply my messages.

AITA for not accompanying her to the concert?

Edit: I think one or two people misunderstood. She did not checkout a ticket for me, I pushed back when she was carting it. She ended up buying a ticket just for herself after my pushback and said she'll find someone else to go with her and now does not respond to me.

As of now tickets are still available on the website but still has not increased nor decreased in price since this happened.

Edit 2: Reading the comments, I think many assumed because Im a regular concert goer, Im rich. Apologies for not putting into context my financial situation.

I save up and do overtime at work for the concerts I go to. Even for artists Im a casual listener of, I dont spend as much as 150$ for myself. And if I do (for artists that Im really obsessed with) that would mean a month of strictly cooking and not eating out. The 100$ I was originally willing to spend to accompany my friend WAS the extra money I had.

Also I think itd make things more complicated if I asked her to cover the 50$. Since she's still a student and I am working. That's why I didnt ask her to, it might cause another argument (Me asking money from her)

I run a concert ticketing service. Customers pay me to secure tickets for them, as battling for concert tickets requires effort and skill.

For this one concert, I set a price, let's say 100$. I set that price based on my previous experience of the website and skills, expecting it to be a struggle.

My customers were also under impression that the ticketing would be hard when they made the payment. I did not falsely advertise the difficulty of attaining these tickets, as I also assumed it would be hard based on experience with the ticketing platform.

Ticketing starts, and suddenly it was the easiest ticketing in my life (ended in 3 mins), to the point even my customers couldve done it themselves.

Would it be okay for me to keep 100% of the money or do I have a moral/ethical obligation to refund them partially.

Edit: For more context, my customers do know it ended up being easier than expected. As the information spread around the fandom. Some people are saying I should give a partial refund and also one or two customers are pushing for it.