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Re:A scalper who used bots to buy millions of tickets, now w... by rhino369 on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:28AM (#13644108)
The people running the show could just sell the tickets using an auction mechanism. It doesn't make sense to let a middle man take a huge cut.

Well it probably does make sense for PR reasons. Nobody wants to be the band/team/event gouging their fans.

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Re:A scalper who used bots to buy millions of tickets, now w... by rubber_duck on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:35AM (#13644189)
>Well it probably does make sense for PR reasons. Nobody wants to be the band/team/event gouging their fans.

Yes and this is why they exist :)

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