... At the Ace Frehley show the meet & greets were 200.00

That's just it, having to pay to meet someone. I met Ace Frehley in 1990.Saw him in Baltimore & his next show was Norflok,Va. (my hometown) We drove from Baltimore & beat his tour bus to the hotel he was at in Norfolk, Me & a friend met him as he stepped off his bus,He sat with us in the lobby signed Everything we had & gave us VIP passes.
I was going to try the 'hangout by the tour bus' thing but by time I got out of the Theater there were about 40 people gathered around the bus & at 46 I didn't feel like fighting through a crowd of 20 somethings just to say 'Hi'
With the wife along,If I had an extra $100 to burn I would've gone for it. But I just didn't have funds. I should've looked for a sewer drain or air duct to pop out of back stage