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> People without money get screwed out of entertainment? Boo Hoo. How about Healthcare or housing? You know, actual essential things. These things aren't mutua

• antisthenes 10y ago
  They aren't exclusive, but one is essential and the other is not. Especially in the age of internet, no one owes you a very specific particular type of entertainment. I would argue, however, that the social contract does owe you at least some modicum of healthcare and housing assistance, which is why I see absolutely no problem with scalping, but for-profit healthcare abhorrent. > I think most people would think it is unfair if only people who can pay 2-4x the ticket price are able to see an event. It is still possible to get tickets by buying them as early as you possibly can. You trade your time for money that you would have otherwise paid the scalper.
  • rhcom2 10y ago
    > It is still possible to get tickets by buying them as early as you possibly can. You trade your time for money that you would have otherwise paid the scalper. That's what this article is about though, that it isn't possible to compete when scalpers have bots, no matter how early you try to buy them.