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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by slg on Saturday September 23, 2023 @02:49PM (#37626198)
Because it is the scalpers charging that price and not the artist so people get angry at the scalpers and not the artist.
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by AnthonyMouse on Saturday September 23, 2023 @05:47PM (#37627848)
So hire some designated middleman to wear a villain mustache and claim to be taking a huge cut on paper while actually giving all of the money back to the artist under NDA.
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by ChadNauseam on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:13PM (#37628021)
This has to be what TicketMaster is doing, right?
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by AnthonyMouse on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:22PM (#37628092)
The theory seems to be that they give the money to the venue instead of the artist, which causes the artist to not have to pay for the venue. Which is totally different, as you can imagine.
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by TeMPOraL on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:13AM (#37631382)
Indeed. And don't let the discontent and trouble-makers confuse you with smart-sounding phrases, like "money is fungible".
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