I think these companies are themselves in on the resell racket. Their connected bots buy them instantly when they come available, and they get a cut out of higher sale prices. At least with livenation, john oliver did a thing about it on his show.
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ja2@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Paradoxically, I’m sure the only people this will inconvenience are regular folks trying to get two tickets to a show. Scalpers will have a way to update their ticket spinners and bypass any form of verification, resulting in shows STILL being sold out 1.3 seconds after they go on sale.
bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 weeks ago
jahayk@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
They absolutely are because they own the resale market too and get a cut of all those sales. They don’t have to actually do the scalping themselves, just not get in the way.
immobile7801@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Livenation and ticketmaster merged years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Nation_Entertainment
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Stop being right!