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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

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204 points pabs3 | 5 comments | 25 May 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.906s | source
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modeless ◴[25 May 25 03:43 UTC] No.44085353[source]▶
I am unsympathetic when people insist on selling things for the wrong price and then come up with these elaborate schemes for fixing the problems they themselves caused.

If they would simply sell tickets for the prices people are willing to pay in the first place then they wouldn't need to invade privacy or any of this stuff. I've heard the arguments they use to justify why they don't and they're all hogwash.

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1. layer8 ◴[25 May 25 20:53 UTC] No.44091013[source]▶
Why do you think they don’t?
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2. kevincox ◴[25 May 25 21:24 UTC] No.44091273[source]▶
Because the whole business of scalpers is exploiting the difference between the list price and the price people are willing to pay. If this gap didn't exist scalping wouldn't be profitable.

(As far as this article as discussing. They also serve some use for reselling tickets when you meant to go but can't but this doesn't have any more downsides)

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4. layer8 ◴[25 May 25 22:23 UTC] No.44091767[source]▶
Yes, but what do you think is the reason why they are not doing what you argue they should do?
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5. nothrabannosir ◴[25 May 25 22:56 UTC] No.44092040{3}[source]▶
Because there is a perverse incentive for performers to lean into scalping: selling out quickly is a mark of success. NPR's "Planet Money" had an episode a while back that covered exactly this.

Not all artists lean into it of course, and it's usually not the actual artists anyway but labels, producers, etc.

In that same episode they covered how LiveNation owns both TicketMaster and many venues themselves, and leverage access to the venues for power in the ticketing market.

It may have been this one but I'm not 100%: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/06/25/195641030/epis...