Originally Posted by Strongside

I work in advertising. When budgets run out of scope, we are frequently paid by clients in tickets, merchandise and goods rather than an actual monetary compensation. I rebranded the Royals team store a couple years ago, for example, and they paid us a flat retainer fee, but then threw in Crown Seats for 10 games. Totally worth it. The Sprint Center and AEG are another client that does this. We share a suite there with a law firm...8 tickets to any event that happens...they are rarely spoken for, so I just request what I'd like to go to ahead of time and it happens. I just got 4 seats to NIN.