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LxGstv said: "superyan said: "LxGstv said: "As much as I hate scalpers it's a fairly simple problem to be solved. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is doing an excellent job at that, unlike Hamilton whose decision to deal with scalpers was "make tickets more expensive". Yeah, that solved the issue. Eye roll.



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What is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child doing?



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If I'm not mistaken they were matching up the tickets to ID and anyone who didn't match got turned away... It sucks for whoever paid more and wasn't able to enjoy it but with that policy in place and people being aware of it actually stops the issue. It's simple.

It may take it longer to get people in the theater but I see it as a better alternative than raising prices, which is absolutely fine, they are allowed to charge as much as they want, the demand is there, but don't claim it to be to stop scalpers because it didn't actually stop them, just made it pricier for everyone else.

For me, upping the price to stop scalping just feels like punishing the audience that had nothing to do with it...



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As the other posters said, doing that creates more problems than it solves. It's also against the law in NY.

If you think the production was crying because the show was less affordable, I've got a bridge to sell you.

In my case, I buy tickets for my parents. They aren't big on using the internet. This kind of policy would just complicate my life. I know that my parents can give me their password, but this is a can of worms that doesn't need to be opened.

LxGstv said: "I just looked it up and for Harry Potter they were asking for a print of the order confirmation to make sure that it came from an official seller, that's not the same as paperless and can easily be provided if you are buying them for family members. Or if something happens and you are unable to attend. Ticket + confirmation.

And also a good point brought up by superyan, when scalpers have a hard time selling and end up pricing below the original price. We just saw Sweet Charity not long ago and a friend decided to join on the last minute, he paid $77 for a ticket that was $175 originally.



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If that is the case, the scalper can just provide that with the ticket. It's just an extra step they have to take. At the end of the day, this will inconvenience more people than scalpers.

I share hockey tickets with people and due to restrictions, I can't provide the seats to people until 3 days before the game. They do this because they want it to be a pain to sell on StubHub and the team gets a share of tickets sold on TicketMaster.

When in doubt, follow the money. There are no good guys. Just people that are less bad.

LxGstv said: "I just looked it up and for Harry Potter they were asking for a print of the order confirmation to make sure that it came from an official seller, that's not the same as paperless and can easily be provided if you are buying them for family members. Or if something happens and you are unable to attend. Ticket + confirmation."

Do you really think it would put StubHub out of business to make people upload the PDFs of the ticket AND a PDF of the order confirmation?!

Louis CK had a better approach. He paid scalpers to find other scalpers online and then gave them the option of box office pick-up with photo ID, or canceling the tickets. Most canceled. But even then, people who bought on StubHub could still buy a PDF of a seat that had been canceled and resold to someone else. And, in that case, it wouldn't be a race to see whose bar code gets scanned first (which is the case when someone sells a Hamilton seat on Craigslist six times), but the original bar code is no longer valid.

"What boonanas is describing is what scalpers used to do in the old days, before the internet and bots were a thing. I feel that we will begin to see a return of this method."

Ha! Back in the old days we knew the scalpers personally and saw them all over town at various events. When someone new showed up, we made it a point to find out where they came from.

unlike Hamilton whose decision to deal with scalpers was "make tickets more expensive". Yeah, that solved the issue. Eye roll.

If you really want to point fingers and roll your eyes, you need to go back to The Producers who wanted to compete with scalpers by creating the Premium Seat pricing strategy.

Mister Matt said: "unlike Hamilton whose decision to deal with scalpers was "make tickets more expensive". Yeah, that solved the issue. Eye roll.

If you really want to point fingers and roll your eyes, you need to go back to The Producers who wanted to compete with scalpers by creating the Premium Seat pricing strategy.



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100% true.