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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 @10:43AM (#13644278)
>And nothing stops those people from buying a ticket from someone who is no longer able to attend on StubHub.

And the difference between that and scalping to the buyer is ? If you can't bid on the price you're still relying on luck to get it which sucks if you want to pay more. So your argument was that only scalpers benefit - people who can now secure tickets at a markup also benefited.

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Re:A scalper who used bots to buy millions of tickets, now w... by knz on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:46AM (#13644309)
The difference is that hundreds if not thousands of fans for a large event are not automatically pushed to the more expensive secondary market for no reason other than profit making by a few people.
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