Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices, FTC says

1. prmoustache ◴[19 Sep 25 20:25 UTC] No.45306122[source]▶

There would be no scalpers if people weren't buying tickets to scalpers. The answer is easy. Don't buy crazy expensive tickets.

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2. dfxm12 ◴[19 Sep 25 20:33 UTC] No.45306214[source]▶

>>45306122 (TP) #

The answer is easy. Don't buy crazy expensive tickets.

I think this is a knock on effect of wealth inequality. People on here are talking about buying $700 tickets. My first thought is that the price sounds insane, but my second thought is to recognize that some folks have way more disposable income than I do. So $700 might be just another night out for someone else...

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3. smelendez ◴[19 Sep 25 21:14 UTC] No.45306702[source]▶

>>45306214 #

I know people who go to a big stadium show every so often and basically don’t spend any other money on music. I know other people who are going to $0 to $20 shows every week.

They feel like different hobbies and communities nowadays, and I don’t think that was always so true.

4. Symbiote ◴[19 Sep 25 22:04 UTC] No.45307262[source]▶

>>45306122 (TP) #

Or take the approach of several European countries: tickets cannot be resold for more than face value.

Ticketmaster still double-dips on running a resale platform and charging a "processing fee" for reselling a ticket, but it means the original ticket purchased for €100 + €10 "fees" is resold for €100 + €10 "resale fees" and not more than that.

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5. pavel_lishin ◴[19 Sep 25 22:12 UTC] No.45307340[source]▶

>>45307262 #

I had to re-sell my ticket, and I sold it for maybe 16% of its value, _and_ had to pay $100 - twice! - for the fucking privilege, and presumably whoever bought my ticket did too.

Double-dipping? Triple, at least.

6. pavel_lishin ◴[19 Sep 25 22:13 UTC] No.45307352[source]▶

>>45306214 #

It's me! I bought $700 tickets! It's very rare for us to go to something so expensive, but it was two bands that we both really wanted to see, and we're genuinely not sure if we'll ever have the chance to see them again.

Don't think of this as "regular concert spending"; think of this as "anniversary dinner" spending.

(But, yes, we both work, and can afford to buy the $700 tickets, and eat most of the cost as well when we couldn't attend the show last minute.)

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7. climb_stealth ◴[20 Sep 25 02:02 UTC] No.45309430{3}[source]▶

>>45307352 #

Agreed. Some of the artists I like are in their sixties nowadays. Any show may literally be the last show to see. Especially in a remote country. So I'm willing to pay about any price I can afford. Still feel bad about it, though.