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Could the restaurants require an account to be created, limit the number of reservations one account can make, and check that people aren't multi-accounting fro

Could the restaurants require an account to be created, limit the number of reservations one account can make, and check that people aren't multi-accounting from the same ip address? The bots could get around this with proxies, but it would seem to be a pain to set up that many proxies. Maybe there's a space in the market for someone to solve this problem for the restaurants.

yogo 13y ago
You can't restrict based on IP address since there are scenarios where a group of machines will present the same IP address. It's also very hard to verify with other methods. They would have to take an approach similar to hotels or car rentals. Even then I don't think the problem is easily solved because if the demand is so great for these restaurants and the supply limited, charging or authorizing a payment ahead of time might not be much of a deterrent if the profits to be made are higher.
tomjen3 13y ago
Just require a credit card to be used for the reservation, limit the number of reservation each cc can make and require it to be used to pay for the dinner - you can still reserve the seat and enjoy the food, but the resale value of the ticket is nothing.