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What Are Your Thoughts on Scalping?
- Thread starter benhollberg
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I think scalpers help some people, like of they can't wait in line for some reason. It gives those people a chance at what they want, but since they can't wait in line they have to pay a premium.
I have never had people get mad except on this forum and some newscasts, mainly from the iPad 2. Even in the iPad 2 line people were happy for me finding ways to make money. Apple wasn't so happy because they banned me from buying more, not just me though there were lots. Rarely do I ever feel frowned upon, and I don't care what others think of me.
lehite
macrumors newbie
I'm sorry, but I find it hard to believe that the majority of scalpers' motives are pure (i.e. to help other people as opposed to making a quick buck). Just my thoughts.
Helping others while making some money. Most of the time, excluding iPad 2s, it isn't a quick buck. It is usually months before tickets sell, you have to buy them early then wait until a couple weeks before the event for the best price.
lehite
macrumors newbie
Yes but most places inside the United States it isn't. I live where it is legal, I think the biggest market where it is illegal is New York.
Abstract
macrumors Penryn
No, because only one of you needs to have photo ID.
Also, if you were buying tickets for your parents, you'd have their names put on the tickets. Only one of them needs to have their name on a ticket.
Like I said, there would be a problem for companies who hold contests where the winner gets 2 tickets to a show, since they wouldn't know the winner's name until after they secured tickets. However, I'm sure there's a solution that's easy to implement that I haven't thought of.
iBlue
macrumors Core
Then why did you ask? I reckon you DO care and hoped you'd receive a more positive response as personal justification for what you do. You can continue your second "job" without a bunch of pats on the back from strangers on the internet.
If some chump wants to pay inflated prices for... whatever, then so be it. But I have no praise for scalping, for pretty much the same reasons CalBoy already said in his post.
I really don't care what others think about mw. I posted this to see what the members here thought about scalping. Notice I clearly stated that in general and not just iPad 2s. I was also interested because I had never heard so much bad reaction to scalpers than I heard from the iPad 2 launch.
That is more of the reaction I was looking for.
eternlgladiator
macrumors 68000
yes, but if you all didn't exist then there wouldn't be as much demand since scalpers are scooping up 10 times as many tickets as your average joe. Thus reducing demand and allowing everybody to get tickets in an easy and timely fashion.
You think that if there were no scalpers then everyone who wanted a ticket would get one? I don't think so.
Rodimus Prime
macrumors G4
I think more people who wanted a ticket could get one. They would not have to pay 10x retail cost of the ticket.
I said earlier my problem with scalpers is they scoop up all the items/tickets in one go making it impossible for others to get the tickets.
It is one thing if you bought your tickets and then could not go and were resaling them. It is another if you just buy them all up so you can jack up the price and resale them.
Scalpers drive up demand.
iBlue
macrumors Core
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macrumors P6
iJohnHenry
macrumors P6
They would stand a far better chance, than with scalpers buying-up huge blocks of tickets.
If supplies are freely available, but distribution tightly controlled, and you are to slow to get a pair, to damn bad.
Go tell Mommy.
If you created this thread for vindication, I would say #LOSING. 😛
eternlgladiator
macrumors 68000
I'm not saying everybody that wants one would get one but I would argue that everybody that bought their actual needs should be able to get a ticket. I know events sell out all the time but how many times is an event actually at capacity? If everybody bought the tickets they need and actually attended the event there would rarely be issues. I understand there are large events in terms of popularity that supply can never keep up with but in general it would be easier for everybody.
steviem
macrumors 68020
tungstentim
macrumors regular
iApples
macrumors 65816
Anyone who buys an iPad 2 for more money than the device costs from an Apple store is nuts in my mind.
If someone is willing to pay $300 extra for lets say your iPad... You wouldn't say yes? Of course you would. You would be crazy not too. You could just go buy another one and pocket that $300.
If someone is willing to pay $300 extra for lets say your iPad... You wouldn't say yes? Of course you would. You would be crazy not too. You could just go buy another one and pocket that $300.
I dislike it if there is a huge price increase.
There's a small shop in town that sells event tickets on at around 10% of the original value. That's fine to me, and I've bought tickets from there. Not sure if it truly qualifies as scalping, because the shop isn't an official ticket reseller, and the guy just buys a big chunk of them to sell on.
If he was going over 10% of the price, then it wouldn't be fair.
There's a small shop in town that sells event tickets on at around 10% of the original value. That's fine to me, and I've bought tickets from there. Not sure if it truly qualifies as scalping, because the shop isn't an official ticket reseller, and the guy just buys a big chunk of them to sell on.
If he was going over 10% of the price, then it wouldn't be fair.
gkarris
macrumors G3
Scalpers I hate, collectors I do not...
Collectors who sell them because that is what they are worth (and are more than likely doing it to fund their own hobby) is fine...
Scalpers do it for the money, and the one's I've always met think I'm "ripping them off" for only wanting to pay what they are ACTUALLY worth...
No thanks...
But in the end, who do you blame? The User, The Dealer, or The Supplier?
(I've just had an experience with this - tried to get the Limited Edition TRON PDP XBox360 controller - sold out in 30 minutes - was on eBay for 7x the price minutes later from sellers, not fans).
Collectors who sell them because that is what they are worth (and are more than likely doing it to fund their own hobby) is fine...
Scalpers do it for the money, and the one's I've always met think I'm "ripping them off" for only wanting to pay what they are ACTUALLY worth...
No thanks...
But in the end, who do you blame? The User, The Dealer, or The Supplier?
(I've just had an experience with this - tried to get the Limited Edition TRON PDP XBox360 controller - sold out in 30 minutes - was on eBay for 7x the price minutes later from sellers, not fans).