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Slightly tangential but I just recently went to my first concert since COVID hit and ticket master is using digital tickets now? Before you could print a paper

Slightly tangential but I just recently went to my first concert since COVID hit and ticket master is using digital tickets now? Before you could print a paper copy and get it scanned at the door but now the barcode in the app/webpage is changing every 60 seconds, like the code on an RSA fob. Seems like that on its own is enough to block scalpers.

skellera 4y ago
You can usually transfer or resell those tickets on TM. It just requires you to stay in their system instead of selling (taking a screenshot of the code) elsewhere. If they locked the ticket to your name, that would actually block the scalpers but they don’t.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
  By forcing you to stay in their system it makes it easy to identify scalpers by account behaviour. No need to pin tickets to your name, just bring down the banhammer on accounts with suspicious activity.
- scrumbledober 4y ago
  there's also a feature in the ticket master app to just send the tickets to someone digitally so you can still sell them other ways. /i just got rid of a spare ticket i had on cash or trade. edit to add: my friend couldn't make the concert, I'm not a scalper!
soverance 4y ago
Yeah I hated Ticketmaster for many years, but this is the primary reason I didn't care too much, because I could just print the ticket and not deal with any of their tech gimmicks. Printing concert tickets was basically the only thing I still used a printer for, because a printed ticket was still the most reliable means of getting into the show. Ever got down to a venue and had shitty mobile service? Ever had your phone die or crash at an inconvenient time? Ever lost data? Even worse, turns out if you don't have Chrome set as the default browser app on your mobile device then the app is completely worthless and loads no pages (tested on Surface Duo 2). The same problem exists with their website when viewed from Edge on Android: you can't load your account page or tickets at all. Chrome only. Don't worry, there's zero mention of this anywhere on the app store so if you're trying to figure this out while in line at a venue, well fuck you. So now we have to deal with all this bullshit simply because we can no longer print my tickets.

skellera 4y ago

You can usually transfer or resell those tickets on TM. It just requires you to stay in their system instead of selling (taking a screenshot of the code) elsewhere. If they locked the ticket to your name, that would actually block the scalpers but they don’t.

MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
By forcing you to stay in their system it makes it easy to identify scalpers by account behaviour. No need to pin tickets to your name, just bring down the banhammer on accounts with suspicious activity.
scrumbledober 4y ago
there's also a feature in the ticket master app to just send the tickets to someone digitally so you can still sell them other ways. /i just got rid of a spare ticket i had on cash or trade. edit to add: my friend couldn't make the concert, I'm not a scalper!

soverance 4y ago

Yeah I hated Ticketmaster for many years, but this is the primary reason I didn't care too much, because I could just print the ticket and not deal with any of their tech gimmicks. Printing concert tickets was basically the only thing I still used a printer for, because a printed ticket was still the most reliable means of getting into the show. Ever got down to a venue and had shitty mobile service? Ever had your phone die or crash at an inconvenient time? Ever lost data? Even worse, turns out if you don't have Chrome set as the default browser app on your mobile device then the app is completely worthless and loads no pages (tested on Surface Duo 2). The same problem exists with their website when viewed from Edge on Android: you can't load your account page or tickets at all. Chrome only. Don't worry, there's zero mention of this anywhere on the app store so if you're trying to figure this out while in line at a venue, well fuck you. So now we have to deal with all this bullshit simply because we can no longer print my tickets.