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Also actual fans sometimes can’t make a show and need to resell their tickets
by patrickscoleman 3y ago
Also actual fans sometimes can’t make a show and need to resell their tickets
- maven29 3y agoWhat is stopping the existence of a refund mechanism there?
- xzel 3y agoEveryone in the entire chain. From artist to venue to promoter/booker to ticket platform. None of them want to refund. Not just for the obvious, but they make a killing selling ticket insurance.
- d1sxeyes 3y agoThen scalpers have zero risk if they overbuy, encouraging scalpers even more.
- maven29 3y agoIf you restrict refunds to be permissible only until a certain point before the event, that will create a window in which unsuccessfully scalped tickets are released back into the pool for general public, bypassing scalpers. If scalpers choose to hold onto the tickets beyond the point, they wouldn't really be able to liquidate. I'd say that we shouldn't let perfect be the enemy of good, with regards to refunds.
- oehpr 3y agoyou have to make tradeoffs. If you want to ban reselling, you ban reselling. Scalpers locking out fans is a universal concern. How often do you hear the success story of "I can't make the concert so I sold the ticket online". Come on. An industry has propped up. This is small potatoes.
- dazc 3y agoBut people buy stuff everyday that they never actually use. Why should tickets be sacred?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoYes, and many people make effort in selling or giving away stuff they know they won't use, whether to get some money back or to reduce the waste in our economy, or both.
- fragmede 3y agoBecause artists don't want to play to an empty room. Even for a lot of money.
- rs999gti 3y agoStandby tickets at the venue fixes this. Similar to airplane tickets, which can be oversold, standby tickets accommodate those who really need to use a ticketed service.
- nayuki 3y agoAnd how will standby tickets be rationed? By auction? By first-come-first-serve? You still have the same fundamental problem of scarcity.
- dazc 3y agoI doubt there would be that many no-shows, demand for tickets far outweighs supply (usually). People who were making causal purchasing choices hitherto may be more cautious as a result, that's all.
- rs999gti 3y agoInsurance or refund only to buyer fixes this.