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No, grandparent is absolutely correct. It's not magic, if they charged what tickets are actually worth, there would be no scalpers. That is not a libertarian fa
by drugstorecowboy 5y ago
No, grandparent is absolutely correct. It's not magic, if they charged what tickets are actually worth, there would be no scalpers. That is not a libertarian fantasy or anything close to it, in fact it's not even controversial.
- dmitriid 5y ago> if they charged what tickets are actually worth, there would be no scalpers Scalpers' motive is to gain profit off of a limited resource. It doesn't matter if the tickets cost even less than the concert costs to produce. By the way, who determines the "actual worth" of tickets? > That is not a libertarian fantasy or anything close to it That is not what I was responding to.
- drugstorecowboy 5y agoThe price people are willing to pay is who determines the actual worth of the ticket. Doesn't matter if its from the ticket booth or the scalper.Do people sell tickets for less than the concert costs to produce where you live? Thats a very flawed business model. Could it be instead that the pricing model for tickets doesn't adequately reflect what people are willing to pay? If ticket booths charged exactly what scalpers charge would that change anything for you?
- dmitriid 5y ago> The price people are willing to pay is who determines the actual worth of the ticket. Indeed > Do people sell tickets for less than the concert costs to produce where you live? No, they don't, at it's not what I said. > If ticket booths charged exactly what scalpers charge would that change anything for you? Ni idea why you're asking me this question
- drugstorecowboy 5y agoUhh what? So the price people are willing to pay dictates the worth, what exactly is your point here then? That scalpers are bad people because they make a profit?