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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

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204 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 25 May 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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nextn ◴[25 May 25 21:13 UTC] No.44091181[source]▶
An option I'd like to see implemented is to make the customer put down a bond. Besides charging the customer for the ticket, also charge them another higher amount that gets refunded x days after the concert. If the customer is found to be a scalper don't return the bond.

Scalpers can't pay high bond amounts at scale combined with the risk of not having the bond returned.

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xandrius ◴[25 May 25 21:18 UTC] No.44091225[source]▶
Also filtering people who don't own much to begin with?
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1. kimos ◴[25 May 25 23:24 UTC] No.44092267[source]▶
This is the issue with most proposed solutions here.

Artists (bands) want to sell tickets to fans and people who appreciate them. And many (probably most) have very little money.

They are able to scrape and save for a ticket. But not some bond deposit, arbitrary ticket fees, auction pricing, etc..