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I haven't been to a sporting event in decades, but I can tell you that many concerts are starting to require ID in order to pick up tickets at the door. It does
by TheCraiggers 13y ago
I haven't been to a sporting event in decades, but I can tell you that many concerts are starting to require ID in order to pick up tickets at the door. It doesn't matter if you have the receipt in hand, etc. If you don't have an ID that matches the name you're not getting the tickets you paid for months ago.
Still, there is a distinction here: these are all privately owned businesses, and their rules. It's not the government.
- superuser2 13y agoIs there another effective defense against scalping that doesn't require ID?
- TheCraiggers 13y agoI'll do you one better: explain how requiring an ID prevents ticket scalping. To be honest, I couldn't care less about scalpers. The limit on ticket purchases already do a pretty good job preventing the "I'm going to buy ALL the tickets and resale them for 10% more" business plan. I see no reason a private individual shouldn't be able to resale their ticket for any amount they think they can get for it.
- superuser2 13y agoRequiring ID prevents scalping because you have to be the person who paid for the ticket in order to use it. IIRC my last TicketMaster ticket was transferable - there was a webpage where I could change the name. But presumably if one credit card/IP address transferred the majority of its tickets, you could say with some confidence that that person is a scalper and shut them down. The limit on purchases is reasonably effective, though.