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Re:Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes by xhkkffbf on Monday July 08, 2024 @04:43PM (#40909467)
Why shouldn't the artists get a cut of the greater-than-MSRP resale? Yeah, I realize that some pretend that the MSRP is the real price, but if anyone should get a cut of the jacked up fees, it should the people on the stage or producing the show.
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Re:Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes by peddling-brink on Monday July 08, 2024 @06:24PM (#40910392)
I don’t think anyone is arguing otherwise. The frustration is the inaccurate pricing and other monopolistic behavior from TM et al.
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Re:Reverse Engineering Ticketmaster's Rotating Barcodes by xp84 on Monday July 08, 2024 @06:29PM (#40910437)
I mean, they should have that revenue, and a lot of us want them to just raise the prices for that reason. What's arguably kinda dishonest is when they have deals with Ticketmaster's scam of a resale scheme that result in them getting a large amount of the 'scalping margin' while also yelling about how they price their tickets SO low, and it's scalpers to blame for 'stealing the tickets from all you Real Fans!'
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