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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by dylan604 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:32PM (#37624763)
Then they just pay homeless people to register. Whatever clever you can come up with, they will figure out a way around it.
Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by jppittma on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:53PM (#37624999)
They're going to pay thousands of homeless people to register for the fan clubs of how many artists? Nevermind the logistics of the hiring, the payment alone eats into the margin.
Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by nayuki on Saturday September 23, 2023 @12:56PM (#37625032)
When you're rich, you can do that. Being rich, by definition, means having more options available to you.

That's really what money is - a transferable token to persuade other people to do stuff on your behalf.

Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by lizknope on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:28PM (#37628147)
If the scalpers pay homeless people 10% of their profits rather than taking 100% then that's still better than the current situation.
Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by TeMPOraL on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:24AM (#37631446)
This gets more complicated as they may go after gig economy workers first. They're a perfect target: the scalper's deal would have better reward/effort ratio than Uber, DoorDash, Deliveroo, et al.; gig workers look "normal" in ways homeless don't, and are desperate for cash to keep them from becoming homeless.

At that point, would scalper's contribution be net positive? Net better than it was? I'm not sure how to answer that.

Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by rasz on Saturday September 23, 2023 @01:36PM (#37625430)
Thats ok as long as those homeless will show up with a ticked and ID at the gate to enter the concert.