Scalping actually increases the liquidity/supply of tickets and establishes a market price that can be higher or lower than the face value.
Comment on Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 months agoGoing 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.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Halosheep@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Not too different from ticketmaster at that point lol