And when "most" people want to cram a 15k arena, how to allocate?

Once again, no love for scalpers.

But if 30k people want to attend a show with 15k capacity, how do you pick the lucky few?

Seems as though market-price is the most efficient way -- if somebody thinks the concert is worth $185, and I only think it's worth $110...........well, I guess the $185 person has a better argument/claim than me.

Should people stand in line for every ticket, camp out? Ah, but that isn't fair to people who have work/family commitments. What about "standing in line" on the Internet, for 10am sales? Ah, not fair to people who can't jump on their computer or phone.

Feats of strength? Thousand-word essays, detailing your love for the band? Random lottery?

I'm always confused why so many people are perfectly fine with supply/demand in the stock-market, real estate, employment, baseball cards -- but when it comes to concerts & sporting events (or Christmas toys!), suddenly it becomes this silly conversation about "fairness".

The same person bragging about a 65% return on their townhouse in Ashburn -- they're also the same person who complains, because they had to pay an extra $35 for Taylor Swift.

In response to this post by statmanfromHCyrs

Posted: 09/21/2018 at 12:03PM

Toronto Star investigative report re Ticketmaster & scalpers -- DJ Golf 09/21/2018 06:30AM

Simple solution -- don't buy the ticket. -- HWA 09/21/2018 09:40AM

Tickets for Paul McCartney in Raleigh went on sale recently -- DJ Golf 09/21/2018 11:26AM

So just don't go to any shows? This scam drives up prices for most people -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/21/2018 10:11AM

Every year, in every major city, thousands of shows at $20-50 -- HWA 09/21/2018 10:28AM

Most of the shows I go to are those $20-50 ones -- DJ Golf 09/21/2018 11:46AM

Yes, I don't care for Pearl Jam's music, but I loved their fight against TM -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/21/2018 11:50AM

PJ pretty much caved on that (can't fight The Man) -- HWA 09/21/2018 12:05PM

True Hokies deserve to see Notre Dame at face value -- Baltimore Hokie 09/21/2018 11:15AM

They almost can, if you go by 125/140/160 VT pricing map -- HWA 09/21/2018 11:43AM

I said nothing about deserving....just wanting to go to a show....any show -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/21/2018 10:47AM

Once again, thousands of shows at $20-50 -- HWA 09/21/2018 11:41AM

They are niche bands for a reason....people have never heard of them -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/21/2018 11:48AM

And when "most" people want to cram a 15k arena, how to allocate? -- HWA 09/21/2018 12:03PM

The difference is that it's not a level playing field for buyers if -- DJ Golf 09/21/2018 12:39PM

The secondary market definitely produces the actual "market price." ** -- EDGEMAN 09/21/2018 09:57AM

Artificial secondary market. Sales are fixed. Profits doubled artificially -- 48zip 09/21/2018 10:51AM

Not surprising -- statmanfromHCyrs 09/21/2018 08:29AM

And when "most" people want to cram a 15k arena, how to allocate?

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