Yes, that’s my point. Event organisers cry incessantly about scalpers and all their purported anti-scalping rules. “Oh no, scalpers! They make it so expensive f

Yes, that’s my point. Event organisers cry incessantly about scalpers and all their purported anti-scalping rules. “Oh no, scalpers! They make it so expensive for the fans to get our reasonably priced, accessible tickets! Which we totally priced that way because we want you to have cheap access—not because we want to exchange potential profits for the guarantee of selling out!” /s. Print a name on the ticket, check ID at entry. Zero scalpers, “problem” solved. They know that. Yet here we are. Why oh why? Edit: to clarify, I’m trying to say that an event organiser has value from the concept of “selling out” beyond simply ticket revenue. It looks good, it’s a label that evokes exclusivity and popularity in audiences , which is important for future events. Big festivals are in the news every year with a new “sell out record time! Five femtoseconds omg! We are electrolytes, you are plants! Crave us!” Conveniently glossing over the fact that scalpers now own half the tickets. When pressed, “oh no, we hate scalpers! Boo. If we catch you, ho boy! We’ll give you a heck of a diddly talking to! Bad scalpers.” — “will you do anything to stop them?” — “yes, we all spend five minutes each day farting in their general direction.” Give me a break.