• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    No no. I think scalping should be legal. But you can only sell physical tickets as a 3rd party on the site of the venue on event day.

    That makes it way too risky to do it as a business, but if you as an individual need to offload an extra ticket for someone who couldn’t make it, you can.

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      2 days ago

      you can offload without scalping, you just have to re-sell at face value. as a consumer i want the ability to sell/buy face value tickets without having to physically go to the venue on that day.

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        2 days ago

        You just described scalping…except with a fixed pricepoint.

        Scalping just is slang for reselling tickets. I’ve gone to baseball games, $48 dollar seats, from scalpers, paid $22.

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          2 days ago

          ok, whatever you call it, reselling tickets for a profit should be illegal. face value or less is fine.