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Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by jhugo on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:10PM (#36320533)
“Quietly funnel the money back”?

Ticketmaster makes no secret of being a for-profit enterprise…

Re:Instant Brands, maker of Instant Pot and Pyrex cookware, ... by lmm on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:45PM (#36333879)
The fact that they own and operate a lot of sites that present themselves as part of the secondary market, and sell first-release tickets there, is not widely publicised; nor is the fact that many of the bullshit fees they attach to ticket sales are actually at the artist's request and paid to them.