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Re:A scalper who used bots to buy millions of tickets, now w... by SippinLean on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:48AM (#13644327)
It makes it nearly impossible for anything that isn't a machine to acquire retail tickets. When 496/500 GA tickets go to a bot, the scarcity and price are artificially inflated.
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Re:A scalper who used bots to buy millions of tickets, now w... by gpawl on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @04:09PM (#13647213)
It's not "artificial" any more than the retail price was artifically low. It's a ticket, any price is artificial.
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