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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by analog31 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @06:44PM (#37628262)
From a cynical marketing standpoint, the perceived composition of the audience is part of the product. The same is true, oddly enough, for universities. Whom you're sitting next to matters, or whom others think you're sitting next to.
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by fallingknife on Saturday September 23, 2023 @07:46PM (#37628719)
Great point. Harvard could charge $500K per year and easily fill out their classes, but they never will because their value proposition epends on being perceived as the smartest, not the richest.
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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by envsubst on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:20PM (#37629574)
> Harvard could charge $500K per year

They do, they just price discriminate.

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