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Re:The Business of Phish (2013) by sbierwagen on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @03:21PM (#43416248)
You're contradicting yourself here. You want tickets to be both cheaper and easier to buy.

They can't be both. The value of the ticket is just high. Either you pay in time, or money. Your enemy isn't ticketmaster, it's the 100,000 people who want to go to a 1,000 person venue.

Re:The Business of Phish (2013) by tristor on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @05:20PM (#43417446)
I don't mind paying $700 if $700 is the face value of the ticket. You're acting like I'm against first-come, first-serve. I am not. I am fine with it. I'm fine waking up at 3AM to buy a ticket. What I'm not okay with are bots and bullshit.
Re:The Business of Phish (2013) by bongodongobob on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @07:22PM (#43418280)
Face value is arbitrary and has nothing to do with the real value of the ticket.
Re:The Business of Phish (2013) by pcthrowaway on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:44AM (#43420935)
Yes, but it has everything to do with the value not being extracted by middle-men who provide questionable value in the whole process.