Guangzhou, China (AFP) Feb 5, 2008 - Ticket scalpers were thriving Tuesday around Guangzhou Railway Station in south China, as thousands vied for scarce seats on trains heading out ahead of the most important holiday of the year. ... The scalpers prowled the outskirts of the station where tens of thousands of travellers,
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Ticket resale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ticket resale is the act of reselling tickets for admission to events. Tickets are bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined by the individual or company in possession of ...
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"How do the scalpers and ticket brokers get all the good tickets from Ticketmaster?" ... May I show you how to get the same advantage that up until now only professional ticket scalpers and brokers have had?!
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Depending on a ticket scalper is risky for several reasons. First, you don't know if there will be any scalpers at the event when you get there. Second, you don't know if the tickets are legit or not. ... Ticket Brokers and Scalpers...
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Don't moan that scalpers buy up huge blocks of tickets either, preventing the average fan from getting a ticket at face value. Ticket brokers can already do this legally in many places. Lifting the scalping laws on individuals wouldn't make that situation any worse. ... All hail ticket scalpers! By Jim Caple; Page 2...
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When a line is expected, ticket scalpers are present because time may not be a readily available commodity for some purchasers. Those buyers would prefer to pay with more money. Typically, those consumers have a high opportunity cost of time and view scalping as a legitimate market exercise.
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Of course the business is driven by the existence of scalpers. But supply in this industry leaks from everywhere: event promoters, managers, primary sellers and so on. It’s no use denying the existence of the secondary industry which people estimate at 25% of all ticket sales.
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The pushing, the running, and now, we even have our own scalpers. A bunch of ads popped up on Craigslist this week boasting available tickets to fourteen different shows. Runways like Narciso Rodriguez, BCBG Max Azria, ... Because buying a ticket to "Annau Sui," "Michael Kores," or "Dian Von Furstenberg" sounds sketchy. And,
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Ticket scalpers enjoy free rein; With city ban lifted, resellers openly wheel and deal ... On a good day, scalpers will pay fans or other resellers $30 to buy four lower-box tickets that originally sold for $50, then turn around and sell the tickets for face value or above, guaranteeing a bump of at least $20 per ticket.
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