Edit: author addressed this issue elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7856212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7856212 The claim

Edit: author addressed this issue elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7856212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7856212 The claim in the article regarding people feeling disappointed after winning an auction for a table doesn't address the fact that people are 'paying for access alone' by purchasing from scalpers. There are other ways to address this issue: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/06/27/196277836/kid-rock-takes-on-the-scalpers http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/06/27/196277836/kid-rock... As seen last year: Bot wars - The arms race of restaurant reservations in SF https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6101161 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6101161