What's the big deal with tickets? I don't understand why tickets are unlike any other commodity. If you aren't willing to pay X for a ticket simply don't buy i

What's the big deal with tickets? I don't understand why tickets are unlike any other commodity. If you aren't willing to pay X for a ticket simply don't buy it. I'm not willing to pay $100 for an NHL game so I don't buy tickets either from the box office or scalpers, however, I am willing to pay $50 so sometimes I'll go by the stadium 10 minutes after a game starts to see whats around for cheap from scalpers. For things I really want to see I don't have time to stand in line or fuck around refreshing a browser madly / keeping track of all the events in the city, so I pay someone to stand in line for me, and work out an optimum price to keep tickets available.