Until you get organizations that buy up hundreds, or thousands, of tickets to an event with the sole intention of jacking up the prices far beyond their original sale price. Trust me, it happens - and it is the regular Joe who is left out in the cold.
“Until you get organizations that buy up hundreds, or thousands, of tickets...”
Yeah that sucks. So don’t allow it. Only sales of 10 (or whatever) to each individual. Stores with limited-stock items do it all the time.
-—then the original promoter of the event was too stupid to know the value of the merchandise—
That is only possible if the tickets are priced at far less than what the market will bear. The surest way to put the predatory scalpers out of business is to (1) increase ticket prices, (2) book larger venues and (3) add more shows.
Even worse, I understand that they have special programs that automatically log in and snatch up all the tickets before regular customers can buy them.
Our daughter loves the show (HM), and having watched it with her, I think it is wholesome fun. Not suggestive, crass, or political in any way.
Although we were disappointed to tell her we were unable to get tickets to an upcoming concert, there is no way that we'll pay exhorbitant scalpers' fees, just to attend. In the long run, having that mindset will help cut down on the high prices of tickets to these shows.
The prices aren't "jacked up" by the seller. They are jacked up by the buyer...to what ever level they are willing to pay.
I realize that may infringe with some folks inalienable right to Hannah Montana tickets, but it really is the best way.
“Until you get organizations that buy up hundreds, or thousands, of tickets to an event with the sole intention of jacking up the prices far beyond their original sale price. Trust me, it happens - and it is the regular Joe who is left out in the cold.”
This is exactly what happened when I tried to get tickets to Van Halen. Then again, if they raise the prices too high, no one will go and they will be stuck with the tickets.
They can't jack up the sale price beyond what people are willing to pay.
If people buy the tickets at that high price, that is what the tickets were worth.
Yes that means that many things you would like to do will be priced beyond your reach, that is true for most everyone. Get used to it, that is how life works.
Government intervention doesn't change the fact that there is a greater demand for many things than there is a supply of them. All it does it artificially change who gets the items and who benefits, and leads to power brokering and corruption.
Keep the government out of it. At least when a "scalper" offers to sell you a ticket at what you believe to be an inflated price, they are being honest about what it will cost you. When the government intervenes you end up paying through fees and taxes to subsidize stadiums and events. You get to subsidize entertainment to keep it affordable for the people who's votes the politicians want to buy with your tax dollars.
I believe they're called Travel Agents, and they are very much in evidence in December and January every year.
So in order to keep the “regular Joe” in affordable seating, you will institute “fairness” controls over the economics of the market.
Actually, that is called fascism unless you are going to have the state own the tickets in the first place, then it is socialism.
That does not jibe with being a freeper. Freepers know that life is life and is not always “fair”. Some choices make things like concert tickets beyond our budget.
And that is called business! Every retail business buys goods in bulk, and takes a risk that they can resell those goods at a marked up price with the intent of making a profit. If they mark them up too far, the consumer shops somewhere else, and the business is left holding stock that it can't move. The risk is even higher for goods that have a shelf life, like event tickets. In exchange for the higher risk, businesses expect to make higher profits. It's called supply and demand.
In a capitalist economy, demand and the promise of profits drives supply. In a socialist economy, government sets the price and limits the profit, thus killing any motive to increase supply. Which do you believe in?
Simple solution: Don't buy them.
And so what? They can't just demand any price they want or they may end up with a lot of expensive pieces of cardstock when nobody buys. Supply and demand will set the price. The "original sale price" was too low to begin with. If I can't afford it, I don't go. Boo hoo.