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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I heard what happened was that the tickets for $65 for every seat in the dome instead of tiered pricing so it was first come first serve so people are radically jacking up the prices of the good seats, etc.
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Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails did something interesting on their farewell tour to thwart scalpers & make good on the inflated prices people would pay. They opted to auction tickets off themselves (I believe it was 15-20 pairs per show) in special VIP/Meet & Greet packages and donate the money to cover a fans medical bills & donate to the charity associated with the fan's condition.
So essentially fans were still paying 100's/1000's above face value this allowed the artist to have some say in where the inflated cost went.
This was in addition to the usual paperless ticket system more artist/tours are moving towards.
At the end of the day there is a gap between the market value for event tickets (what some one is willing/able to pay) and what the vendor (ticketb*******) is currently selling for. Now it could be argued that this is the result of artificial inflation created by the scalpers, and I wouldn't disagree, but either way the vendor/artist are leaving money on the table with their current model.