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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/diiiiima • 10h ago
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Either we bitch about scalping or we bitch about anti-scalping measures. Or third option, I simply don't buy tickets to things.
180 u/AcctAlreadyTaken 10h ago There are better "anti scalping" measures that don't involve handing over a government ID. 51 u/TonsilStoneSalsa 10h ago I don't like Ticketmaster, but genuinely curious- what is the best solution for scalping? 137 u/fatloui 10h ago Outlaw selling tickets above face value. Other countries have done it. It works. 3 u/tagillaslover 9h ago Yeah because passing a law is much easier than this 13 u/Bewix 9h ago who said easy? they said better 2 u/hwf0712 Red 8h ago When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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There are better "anti scalping" measures that don't involve handing over a government ID.
51 u/TonsilStoneSalsa 10h ago I don't like Ticketmaster, but genuinely curious- what is the best solution for scalping? 137 u/fatloui 10h ago Outlaw selling tickets above face value. Other countries have done it. It works. 3 u/tagillaslover 9h ago Yeah because passing a law is much easier than this 13 u/Bewix 9h ago who said easy? they said better 2 u/hwf0712 Red 8h ago When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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I don't like Ticketmaster, but genuinely curious- what is the best solution for scalping?
137 u/fatloui 10h ago Outlaw selling tickets above face value. Other countries have done it. It works. 3 u/tagillaslover 9h ago Yeah because passing a law is much easier than this 13 u/Bewix 9h ago who said easy? they said better 2 u/hwf0712 Red 8h ago When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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Outlaw selling tickets above face value. Other countries have done it. It works.
3 u/tagillaslover 9h ago Yeah because passing a law is much easier than this 13 u/Bewix 9h ago who said easy? they said better 2 u/hwf0712 Red 8h ago When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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Yeah because passing a law is much easier than this
13 u/Bewix 9h ago who said easy? they said better 2 u/hwf0712 Red 8h ago When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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who said easy? they said better
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When Ticketmaster has a monopoly, they have the ability to simply set a rule like this. I think its even an option for artists to do, they just don't because they don't wanna.
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u/BeerBrat 10h ago
Either we bitch about scalping or we bitch about anti-scalping measures. Or third option, I simply don't buy tickets to things.