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Subject:
Economics of ticket scalping
Category: Business and Money Asked by: alphabetsoup-ga List Price: $5.01 |
Posted:
22 Oct 2005 15:14 PDT
Expires: 22 Oct 2005 18:56 PDT Question ID: 583607 |
I would like to know more about the economics of ticket scalping - how ticket scalpers operate and how to get the best price from them. More specifically, would I be able to buy tickets at a steeply discounted price if I wait outside the stadium/arena until after the event has already begun, and then approach them to make an offer? Do they always sell all their tickets before "kickoff"? Or do they usually have a surplus of tickets leftover for which they have to "eat" the cost because they can't sell them at all (and ideally would be willing to sell them at a price below face value)? |
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Subject:
Re: Economics of ticket scalping
From: myoarin-ga on 22 Oct 2005 16:41 PDT |
Sure, ticket scalping is pure free market, the price is what a willing buyer and a willing seller agree on, and of course, the scalper is going to want to unload any tickets after kickoff, but he knows the market better than you, and he may consider it a bad practice to undercut the price if he is ahead on his portfolio; it just invites potential customers to wait till the national anthem has been sung. Scalping is also illegal in some areas. A couple of months ago there was a question about this. When the crowd is gone, selling tickets outside the stadium is more obvious. And then there is the problem of conterfeit tickets ... |
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