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Why would anyone want to do this? It is completely zero sum. You aren't creating any wealth, even if you are making money.
by anewaccountname 18y ago
Why would anyone want to do this? It is completely zero sum. You aren't creating any wealth, even if you are making money.
- ggrot 18y agoYou are essentially performing arbitrage. For the person who has a little more money, but not enough patience or planning to login to the ticket website at 10am, actors like the commenter are creating wealth for this person.
- nostrademons 18y agoBut if the ticket scalper hadn't been scraping the ticket website at 10am in the first place, the ticket would still be on sale. (Okay, it likely would've gone to someone else who got there after 10 but before the customer. But now you're cheating that person out of the ticket they otherwise would've had. Still zero-sum.)
- davidmathers 18y agoInsert Inigo Montoya quote here.
- swombat 18y agoWhy would anyone want to do this? For the money, obviously.