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> Why not just ban the transfer of tickets and allow refunds? You buy a ticket, you show your ID at the door. Because everyone on the seller side - including a
by echelon 7mo ago
> Why not just ban the transfer of tickets and allow refunds? You buy a ticket, you show your ID at the door.
Because everyone on the seller side - including artists - make money on this.
If parties other than fans / buyers cared, it would be a solved problem.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoI've seen quite a few artists opposed to it. Quick example: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWWlQS-Dhj7/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DWWlQS-Dhj7/
- lmm 7mo agoArtists will claim to be opposed because fans like it when they do so.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoArtists have canceled swathes of tickets for this reason. https://variety.com/2024/music/news/chappell-roan-cancels-scalper-tickets-tennessee-concert-1236130117/ https://variety.com/2024/music/news/chappell-roan-cancels-sc... I've seen quite a few cases of this. Not everyone's money-only.
- freejazz 7mo agoAnd they are free to make the tickets non-transferrable. The Cure did that. Last Phish MSG run the tickets were non-transferrable and I had to use CashorTrade to trade my tickets.