Comment on Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown

FishFace@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ah yeah, and that’s why the ticket I bought for £20 resold for £200

  Don’t be a bleeding idiot

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I’m sorry, are you complaining that prices are kept artificially low?

    Because I thought the question was about consumer freedom to buy something instead of the expensive ticket, not seller freedom to make as much money as possible.

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    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I’m complaining that resale is exploitative, and that’s very much intentional

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      • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        And I’m saying you can just choose not to buy the tickets at that price. That’s the free market in action.

        There are lots of cases where the free market is clearly inappropriate. For example, I can’t just choose not to have basic utilities like water and heating, so there needs to be an appropriately regulated market to prevent price gouging. But if prices get gouged on tickets for Taylor Swift or whatever, then who cares? So only rich people can go to her concert - big deal, people who can’t afford it can:
        * go to a cheaper concert by a less popular artist
        * buy her album for much less
        * stream her album for even less

        What are the consequences if we had this model?

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• Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So what is considered a luxury? Is a hot meal? A house? Warm clothes? To me, art should be consumed by all not the the rich.

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m sure there’s a grey area somewhere, but concert and football tickets are not it. There are many affordable ways to experience art, what we’re talking about is tickets to see the most popular entertainers in the country. Tickets to see your local band or Sunday league club play are free or cheap.

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  • zabadoh@ani.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Liverpool matches are art? Not lately…

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How free is the market?

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Completely?

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    • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think you’re living in a fantasy land

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  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Very. You have the 100% option of not buying scalped shit at all times.

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