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Ticketmaster to Start Online Ticket Auction

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-scalped-from-your-couch dept.

Jason1729 writes "According to the NY Times, ticketmaster is going to begin auctioning off the best tickets to events online. They claim it's to eliminate scalping, but in truth it guarantees every seat will be scalped for the highest price with all the money going to ticketmaster. It also eliminates the possibility of getting a decent seat by waiting in line or being lucky."

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  1. Libertarian Slashdotters by PhantomHarlock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I find all the recent comments about libertarian slashdotters funny. I've been reading Slashdot since a little after it's inception and I've found that it's the same people - they've just grown up and left college. Everyone is a socialist in college. In the early days, Slashdot was vehemently left leaning.

    Try starting your own business, you'll rearrange your priorities very quickly. It's not like a religion where you have to be converted by reading books or listening to a talk. (people like to bring up the Ayn Rand card all the time...) Though I do admit Heinlein incorporates basic free market principals and spins good yarns at the same time...

    -M

  2. Re:Waiting in line? by theTerribleRobbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gah! I previewed that post, and it looked fine. After submitting it, it all went to hell.
    'Plain Old Text' is broken; I'm switching to "Code" now. :-\