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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by rtpg on Saturday September 23, 2023 @09:57PM (#37629461)
Because while the point is to make money, the point is not to maximize the earnings for tours. Instead, it's to make enough to make it worthwhile, while giving fans "what they want". Artists care about doing fun/good/cool stuff!

This is similar to stuff like auctions to have dinners with certain successful people. Those people have many dinners where they don't ask for a bunch of money from the participant, because then they would only have boring dinners!

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Re:Why Scalpers Can Get Olivia Rodrigo Tickets and You Can't by phone8675309 on Saturday September 23, 2023 @10:46PM (#37629709)
The cynical side of me says that they do this to minimize what they have to pay the band for touring - some dodge where perhaps they only pay the band based on what the face value of the tickets are.
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