• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    When scalpers buy all the tickets to a concert in milliseconds, and the only way to buy a ticket is through a scalper, why are you blaming the person who wants to go to the concert instead of the scalper?

    • killingspark@feddit.org
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      7 hours ago

      If we all collectively agreed to not buy from scalpers the ticket sellers would have a real incentive to do something against the scalpers. Right now they don’t have to care.

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        7 hours ago

        Would thry?

        The ticket seller doesn’t care if there’s an empty hall, he got paid early on.

        You’re hoping that the scalpers don’t get enough return to be able to justify continuing to play their role.

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          5 hours ago

          You’re hoping that the scalpers don’t get enough return to be able to justify continuing to play their role.

          Yes, that’s what “If we all collectively agreed to not buy from scalpers” would achieve. I get that that isn’t going to happen but it is still our collective fault.