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You know what could solve ticket scalping? Ban ticket resales. That’s always been an option. Venues don’t do this because their only concern is selling out their seats.
It is harder if you want to resell it yourself, but that is the whole point. The right to resell a piece of paper or a code that lets you into a venue is the means by which scalpers ply their arbitrage.
It just makes more sense to allow people to have the venue refund them. Then suddenly it’s not sold out anymore.
You know what could solve ticket scalping? Ban ticket resales. That’s always been an option. Venues don’t do this because their only concern is selling out their seats.
they should just ban it for a profit, you should be able to resell tickets for what you paid for them, plans change.
I think that second thing is just called a refund.
that’s a bit harder if it’s sold out and you want to sell your ticket to your friend/coworker at cost.
It is harder if you want to resell it yourself, but that is the whole point. The right to resell a piece of paper or a code that lets you into a venue is the means by which scalpers ply their arbitrage.
It just makes more sense to allow people to have the venue refund them. Then suddenly it’s not sold out anymore.
Or control the prices so people don’t overpay.
They already do that to a degree. The problem is that scalpers buy up all the tickets and then over charge people on the secondary market.
Secondary market? Like what?
Scalping is reselling goods on the secondary market for more than you bought them at the source?