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I've been to a few shows that have done something like this. The credit card I used to buy the ticket was used as my "ticket" to get in to the show.
by MrMember 8y ago
I've been to a few shows that have done something like this. The credit card I used to buy the ticket was used as my "ticket" to get in to the show.
- oh_sigh 8y agoScalpers can just buy tickets with prepaid credit cards and send those to the buyers
- amyjess 8y agoThen require the purchaser to provide high-resolution scans of identity documents (both sides, and all pages for multi-page documents) with nothing blocked out at the time of purchase. If the scans don't match your physical documents, you are made to leave the premises. If they are a US citizen, they must scan both driver's license/state ID/passport/military ID and social security card. If not a US citizen, they must scan their home country's passport and if they come from a country that requires one, their visa. Also, require the purchaser to type in (not check a box, but actually type the words and disable the browser's paste function) "I swear under penalty of perjury that I will not transfer this ticket to anyone else and that I will do everything I am physically capable of to not let anyone do so on my behalf".
- vkou 8y agoAnd what happens when that database leaks?
- amyjess 8y agoAnd this is why you should have good IT security policies from the start. If your database leaks, you done fucked up.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y agoUh...no. You could use the same logic to excuse storing passwords in plain text instead of hashes.
- Retra 8y agoYou say "good IT security policies", but you really mean "perfect IT security policies"?
- F_r_k 8y agoWelcome to a totalitarian state
- pavel_lishin 8y agoShall we send in a stool sample as well? > Also, require the purchaser to type in (not check a box, but actually type the words and disable the browser's paste function) "I swear under penalty of perjury that I will not transfer this ticket to anyone else and that I will do everything I am physically capable of to not let anyone do so on my behalf". I don't understand what this is meant to accomplish.
- grimjack00 8y ago> Shall we send in a stool sample as well? No, I think a cheek swab should be sufficient.
- nybble41 8y ago> and disable the browser's paste function This is evil. Browsers should not even permit basic UI functions like paste or context menu to be overridden by arbitrary sites. Fortunately, it's not difficult to put together a script that simulates typing in the contents of the clipboard, which is my go-to solution for sites that disable paste. (Ctrl-V doesn't work? Just press Ctrl-Shift-V instead. It takes a few milliseconds longer but gets the same result.) > If they are a US citizen, they must scan both driver's license/state ID/passport/military ID and social security card. If not a US citizen, they must scan their home country's passport and if they come from a country that requires one, their visa. A single decent image of an official photo ID, checked at the gate, should be more than sufficient to prevent unauthorized ticket transfers. However, I would only apply this system to a small minority of discounted promotional tickets; non-promotional tickets should be sold at the fair market-clearing price, freely transferable, and usable by any bearer with no ID verification required.
- criddell 8y agoAirlines don't have a scalping problem. There's no reason why venues couldn't end the practice for concert tickets as well.
- jtmcmc 8y agoof course the problem is the largest venue owner in the US is live nation who owns ticketmaster.
- criddell 8y agoWell that's a pretty good point. I wonder if this might be an anti-trust issue?
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y agoThere was definitely an anti-trust investigation when the merger was proposed, but the deal somehow went through.