I'll be honest no one I know off of these boards as festival goers cares. They'll just wait to hear. One of my mates that's not been for years was the only oen to message.
Point being though we can all say how cheap we got things at in early bird etc.
The only event worth buying like that for me is Glastonbury and if I knew I could wait until it was out and still buy I likely would
Are you sure that’s not because they have split the tickets between multiple agencies if you add all the ticket sellers together then it might be a different story.