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And then you have to pay tax to the government on top. Not much left of a 10$ ticket...
by kasperni 5y ago
And then you have to pay tax to the government on top. Not much left of a 10$ ticket...
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- monkeybutton 5y agoI really feel like some of the cuts these companies are taking should just be a flat fee. A ticket takes the same amount of compute and bandwidth to process whether it's $10 or $100. It's been a while since I've gone to a show but aren't the much reviled TicketMaster's fees still a flat amount?
- V99 5y agoThey have many fees, some of which used to include paying for the convenience of printing your own ticket at home, but the majority is a percentage of ticket price.
- Traster 5y agoI think there's a lot to be gained by really digging into this. There's no revenue tax for corporations in the US, the tax on profits is 21% - so Apple is taking more in revenue than those ARPANET guys are taking on profits. There are a lot more comparisons to be made than are warranted by a HN comment, but it's pretty bad. And actually, while I'm here - why don't the ARPANET guys take more? Because it makes everyone better off if they don't.