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Hmmm ... the former head of TicketMaster wants to, 1) Dramatically raise the price of tickets 2) Prevent their transferability, requiring all buyers to buy fr
by hackuser 10y ago
Hmmm ... the former head of TicketMaster wants to,
1) Dramatically raise the price of tickets
2) Prevent their transferability, requiring all buyers to buy from TicketMaster (or the equivalent)
3) Incidentally track the identities of all ticket buyers and event attendees.
It's for your own good, consumers.
- tptacek 10y agoTicketMaster owns the largest secondary market, so this conspiracy theory doesn't make much sense.
- hackuser 10y agoI disagree. Controlling transferability could give their 'official' secondary market more marketshare, denying other secondary markets access to the tickets (EDIT: e.g., the NFL, for example, controlling transfers, could allow transfers only through certain secondary markets and not others). Also, he's the former CEO, so his interests might not be entirely aligned with TicketMaster. Finally, perhaps you can find a more respectful way to address other people's ideas.
- tptacek 10y agoA non-transferable ticket can't be sold on any secondary market. That's what makes them non-transferable.
- StavrosK 10y agoWhat do you propose instead?
- hackuser 10y agoI'm not sure there's a problem that needs solving. While I don't like what they do, I don't have to buy a ticket if I'm unhappy. At most, perhaps some transparency would be appropriate. They are not selling healthcare or something else essential, for which distributing it based on buying power would be wrong. I'm not a free market fundamentalist but I think it works fine for concert tickets.