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[–] protist@retrofed.com 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why should Ticketmaster get anything from a resale?!

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

TM itself can fuck off, but a ticket supplier is providing a service, and transferring tickets is part of that service. Unless the seller is literally just handing physical tickets off to a buyer, the mediating service is using resources to facilitate the transfer, which costs them money.

[–] mystik@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

How much does UPDATE tickets SET holder = @newuserid WHERE holder = @olduserid AND ticket_id = @ticketid cost?

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

That depends, how comfortable are you with SQL injection directly from the webpage with no other security measures?

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

No idea, but I doubt it costs nothing to facilitate a secure transfer. And if scalpers are ever going to be deterred, systems like this will be necessary and have costs to do so. Obviously that's not why TM takes their cut, but it will be an expense even in an ideal system.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Look, I hate Ticketmaster too. But there’s an infrastructure cost. I started with a percentage fee, but that leads to incentive for higher resale values. A nominal transaction flat fee not to exceed $1.00 would make sense