In many ways scalping is the purest form of free market economics. Being honest I have definitely paid for scalped tickets and while it does indeed suck having to pay way above face value, I accept that willingly when I bought them. How to stop it? The whole credit card linked thing works good to me (they did it for floor only when I saw Maiden in Edmonton), but I'm guessing it will only be applied arbitrarily, namely when its a massive act. For a 2,000 person show at Mac Hall, not sure you need that system. You also have to consider how this shuts out under 18 buyers from the market (no credit card). So its a decent system but it does have issues.
Also, as someone who really has never heard much Mumford and Sons, I'm somewhat stunned this sold out in less than a minute. Literally had no clue they were this popular.
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