Personally, if you're a Barbra Streisand fan then you deserve to be punished in some way, but I'm assuming that Irish promoters MCD didn't have the same idea in mind when they pissed off a whole bunch of Streisand aficionados with their allegedly shoddy management of a Streisand gig in County Kildare, and the subsequent stingy distribution of refunds to aggrieved concert goers.
As previously reported, there was much media criticism for the Streisand gig after fans were left trudging through mud-soaked car parks before being forced to battle for supposedly reserved seats, leaving many of the highest paying attendees standing.
Out of the 2500 ticket holders, only 200 have been fully refunded, with 561 individuals that were left with cheaper seats given the difference and 381 people given vouchers for another MCD promoted show. These offers have been damned by Ireland's consumer watchdog with Dermot Jewell, the Consumers' Association Chief, offering this view: ""The recommendations for what is referred to as 'compensation' are poor and inadequate and many of these consumers have not been served well".
Still, hopefully all affected have have learnt from their experience. Don't pay to see Barbra Streisand.