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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Scalpers exist because tickets aren't available. The scalper risks his money betting on the concert selling out, its just a futures market like any other, no one is forced to buy tickets from anyone, if you are dim enough to think it's worth spending two grand on a ticket to see the Hip when there's probably better band playing in a bar down the road for a ten dollar cover more fool you.
I like the Hip but they are not worth more than twenty bucks, that Gord Downie has cancer is sad, he seems like a genuinely nice guy, but it doesn't make them a better band.
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False - scalpers exist because tickets are a scarce resource. Scalpers don't create tickets to fill a void. They anticipate a void and try to take advantage of it. In this case to the detriment of people who right now want to be able to pay the price the band/promoter has deemed acceptable.
Scalpers are simply getting in the middle because they know there are people who are willing to pay more. It is pretty dim to argue there is any public benefit coming from scalping.
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