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If they wanted to eliminate scalping, they could just make the tickets returnable but non-refundable: Put your name on the badge. If you want to sell it, they
by hedora 3y ago
If they wanted to eliminate scalping, they could just make the tickets returnable but non-refundable:
Put your name on the badge. If you want to sell it, they buy it back at face value minus a restocking fee, and then resell it at original price.
This would be much less of a pain in the ass for everyone involved.
- giantrobot 3y agoOnce a venue/promoter/whatever has your money they do not want to give it back. They're not concerned with the secondary market so long as tickets sell. A venue is in the venue business, not the convention of concert business.
- moritonal 3y agoThe Royal Albert Hall Proms let's you resell via them. If it resells you get your money back, no cost.
- djtango 3y agoI've had my ups and downs with the Beeb over the years but this is one of those moments of them just being best in class imo. With software there's no real need to take an admin fee...
- tornato7 3y agoThat is indeed how it works at comic con. But mind you, SDCC is a non-profit so they're not so strongly incentivized to promote reselling.