Comment on Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets

• Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You’d rather have 2 middle men for your ticket purchase?

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  • LordCrom@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d rather be able to sell my ticket if I can’t go for at least face value. Ticketmaster sometime won’t let you sell the ticket to another person, or only allows you to sell back to them at 1/10th the face value…just so they can resell it again. Didnt even mention all the convenience fees for all those trades too.

    If I had a paper ticket, I could just sell it no problem

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    • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Going through a scalper means that the ticket supply is artificially decreased, which pumps up the price. Then you run the risk of your ticket not working when you turn up to the venue.

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      • Halosheep@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Not too different from ticketmaster at that point lol

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      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Scalping actually increases the liquidity/supply of tickets and establishes a market price that can be higher or lower than the face value.

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