I was a big fan of what the Cure did, they played our town and they did not allow any tickets to be resold for anything above what they originally went for.
replyNon-transferable I think? But you could resell them via ticketmaster maybe for facevalue?
It was amazing, we sat on the ticketmaster page, refreshed over the course of a day and we got 8th row for I believe $75 - it was an amazing concert, and being able to pay a reasonable price for tickets like that was amazing.
How does this not just bias who gets ticket to those with more time preference.
replywillingness to stand in line for a ticket probably correlates well with fandom
replyStanding in line is (today) a digital process that a scalper can trivially scale
replyWhy bother if there’s no profit?
replyIt seems unlikely they'd continue to do do that if they weren't able to flip it at a higher price later
replyX$ for the ticket plus a convenience fee/service fee for standing in line.
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