They then resell these tickets, usually right in front of the venue where the event will occur. In many states, the activities of the scalper are illegal, especially when he or she sells the tickets right outside the location of the event. One should be wary of the ticket scalper, since he or she may sell tickets that are not real. If one is desperate to attend an event, look for people who are selling an extra ticket or two at market value.
Many people end up with an extra ticket by accident, and are willing to sell the ticket for its original price. A blind eye will be turned. Trade Desk staff are aware their users harvest tickets using multiple Ticketmaster accounts, the sales executive said. Star and CBC reporters asked what happens if staff at Ticketmaster headquarters detect unusual activity in the purchasing patterns of a Trade Desk user, such as the use of bots.
Will they ask for information from the resale division? Reporters from the Star and CBC attended the ticket scalpers conference in Vegas undercover because media were not allowed into sessions where the collaboration between Ticketmaster and scalpers was to be discussed.
For months, Ticketmaster has declined interview requests to address these issues. After attending the conference, the Star and the CBC gave Ticketmaster an opportunity to review what their sales people had said and comment.
They declined. In response to a detailed list of questions, the company provided a statement. Ticketmaster has previously claimed to have stopped five billion purchase attempts by bots in alone.
Reg Walker, a leading British expert on ticket scalping, questioned why Ticketmaster would make a program for scalpers. That needs investigating by the authorities. In response, Prestige Entertainment West Inc. Online platforms for buying and selling tickets actually increase this allocative efficiency.
Read more: London Olympics tickets: will the poor get through the door? But scalping and secondary ticket markets are not without their downsides. Enterprising scalpers may be encouraged to buy up large proportions of available tickets in order to maximise their profits. And then there is the issue that scalpers take away profits that could have instead accrued to the very artists, entertainers or sporting personalities on show.
Such technology could reduce ticket scalping by putting pricing power in the hands of event promoters. But as previously noted, there is a reluctance to increase prices, and so some artists and groups have begun a series of blunt measures designed to tackle the problem. Making the ticket price clear and transparent up front is a rather neat trick to try and stop tickets from being sold above face value.
Kid Rock also tends to perform many shows at the same venue. I was looking for a bargain that night and learned my lesson. Share on Thumblr. How do you know if there will even be scalpers outside of the venue? What is the outlook like on the ticket search engines and secondary websites Stubhub, Ticket Monster, Ace Ticket? If you see a lot of tickets available online, a lot of tickets will be available on the street. What is the size of the city the event is being held in? How important is the game?
You will see less ticket scalpers outside of the Super Bowl then you will for a regular season NFL home game. The reason is, it will cost even the ticket scalper a significant sum of money to obtain these tickets in the first place.
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