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"Spend $250 on dinner and go buy better tickets for tomorrow night’s show."

Which you would probably have to spend another four hours looking for, if you could find any at all; Bruce is probably in town for a couple of days at most and tomorrow's show is most likely sold out. I guess your future time looking for those tickets is worth nothing too, despite the second paragraph urging you to only consider what may happen in the future when making a decision.

"Or say you make a mistake and go to the concert instead of selling (those seats are $500 seats now). But Bruce is sick and Manfred Mann is substituting for him. You don’t like him so much. But you paid $500 for the seats! Should you stay?"

Has this man ever gone to a concert in his entire life? The show's gonna be cancelled and you will be getting a refund.

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