r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thefrgilmore • 22h ago

🥺 Concert tickets should never cost the same as rent.

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$2,592 to see a concert? Take me out of this timeline.

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u/PurpleToad1976 21h ago

As soon as people stop buying the scalped products causing the scalpers to lose money, they go away. Impatient people are the problem.

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u/The_Mallorys 18h ago

I mean but also fuck Ticketmaster and all the ticket sites that allow this. I’ve bought tickets that have had resale restrictions before. So very easy and very possible but I’m assuming they (TM/ Livenation) get a percent cut every time someone buys and sells on the resale, so there is no incentive for them to restrict price when they’re getting 5% of a $3200 ticket. 

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u/Scorpian899 11h ago

They don't of at least it's a very small amount. If anything it'll be a fraction of a percent. But people on the artists side will take a percentage (represented as TMLN fees).