Comment on Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 months agoIts a weird situation.
I applaud this shit for breaking ticketmasters bullshit.
but also fuck scalpers. They are the reason you cant resell your tickets, cause they buy up huge blocks of tickets and exploit peoples intense desire to see a show by selling them for 2,4,8x or more for what they would have cost if the consumer could have bought them directly.
Also fuck ticket master too for exploiting their monopoly to turn 20 dollar tickets into 1000 dollar tickets
tabular@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Scalpers exploit a lack of supply, the same as ticket master. Normally the answer would be to increase supply but if being in person is important for concerts then perhaps bigger venues or multiple showings isn’t feasible. A culture shift towards something like watch-parties, like football and other sports, may be the answer in the long-run.
Scalpers are a consequence of freedom and perhaps there are good reasons to limit that here but I see it happening in other fields where I think it shouldn’t and wouldn’t want to encourage it (i.e. hardware and software tied to an online account).
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Which they create by bulk buying seats, to hold them hostage unless you are willing to pay extortionately inflated prices.