Reply to "Rolling Stone article: Inside Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift's War on Scalpers, Ticket Bots"

ralfsturmOne with everything

Brokers shut out of "Springsteen On Broadway" and other Verified Fan shows accuse Ticketmaster of trying to corner the lucrative secondary ticket market for itself. The ticketing giant has its own reseller, TicketsNow, and offers marked-up seats through TM+; for U2's University of Phoenix stadium show September 19th, ticketmaster.comoffers face-value seats for $165 just a few rows back from scalped tickets for $563. "Ticketmaster is trying to do everything they can to monopolize both the primary and the secondary market," says..."

What I don't get in the first place... Why do we still have a secondary ticket "market"?

It's obvious that it is used for no good... and there's market restrictions for lots of other goods. Why not for reselling tickets above face value?

9/13/175:57 AM

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