Comment on Scalper economy

slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• bunchberry@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  fumo is a basic human need

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d bet if you were a lego fan you’d say the same about legos.

    Housing and concerts are orders of magnitude apart in “importantness”. All of the items above are not needed to live. A home is needed.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      People who buy Lego to sell in the future actually do call it investing by the way

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      • yeather@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s scalping if you have a quick turn around, it’s investing if you take care if it to sell farther into the future. Seeing a recently released limited set for double the price on ebay is scalping, seeing a 20-30 year old mint set for double the price is investing.

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    • PropaGandalf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Define a “home”. A cave? A tent? A huge loft? What is really necessary to survive?

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      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        A place where you won’t get sick, at a minimum

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You haven’t paid enough attention to notice that the tropic of conversation is that scalping is bad and property scalping is worse, which you seem to agree with, so I don’t know why you’re arguing with people.

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  • killingspark@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I agree that “just don’t buy it” is not that easy for culture in general, it could be applied to hypermonetized events.

    I’m not sure I get your second point. How is Ticketmaster enabled by people boycotting events that get scalped?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How is Ticketmaster enabled by people boycotting events that get scalped?

      They aren’t by that specifically, but they are by transferring the blame to scalpers and the victims of both scalpers and Ticketmaster…

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  • Hyperlon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    An Important want for sure, but not a necessity in any way shape or form. You won’t die or get sick by not attending a concert or a guitar would be listed in survival guildes

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  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sustenance for the spirit.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah. Not to mention that a lot of people’s social identity, social activities and sense of community are all tied up in going to concerts together…

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• timestatic@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly, I get what you mean, but it also provides funding for new housing projects to be built first, and if you weren’t allowed to invent in it it would also not really be possible to rent a house, since that relies on someone paying for the house first.

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  • lightrush@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Housing construction isn’t funded by existing housing investment. It’s generally funded by debt. Private or public, just like any other capital intensive endeavor. And debt isn’t created by lending people’s savings but by creating new money. By public or private lenders. (Private lenders create money too.)

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