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Re:UK politicians call for the resale of goods bought by “bo... by Retric on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:25PM (#25448913)
The issue is bots create artificial scarcity, it’s not uncommon for concerts to have large numbers of empty seats while being sold out. Scalpers are trying to maximize personal profit which can mean significant unsold inventory.

If nothing else eBay resellers are adding however long the auction takes + the product being shipped a second time which is a net loss for customers.

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Re:UK politicians call for the resale of goods bought by “bo... by 908B64B197 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:33PM (#25449026)
Scalping could be pretty easily prevented if ticket sales had to be ID'd at the time of purchase. No way to change the name on the ticket unless it's sold back to the venue at the price it was paid.

But then it goes back into the pool of available tickets that anyone can buy...

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