At least scalping has some free market aspects to it. The guy who has the highest willingness to pay will get the ticket.
Ticketmaster is price gouging. There's no way that it cost Ticketmaster anywhere near $12 bucks to facilitate rouge's ticket purchase.
Are the barriers to entry really too high that another company with a more efficient method of doing things couldn't sneak in and compete against ticketmaster? I would think another company could avoid all the high costs ticketmaster has from their pickup locations by starting a strictly online ticket purchasing company. I guess obtaining the venues is the major sticking point though.
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