<div>I much belatedly tried today to buy concert tickets online (never had attempted this before) for a Bon Jovi performance a month from now (just got announced in the paper), only to learn I had a snowball's chance in Hell of getting two decent seats next to each other. A big reason for this of course is not just scalpers, but online scalpers! They buy up tickets and then turn around and on the actual Ticketmaster website make an unholy profit off them in the "sell your tickets" section. LOL I had a friend tell me that to get two good upfront seats I would need to be online with credit card number at the ready during the first five minutes of the tickets being available for sale! After that initial feeding frenzy you are basically out of luck (unless you are willing to spend several thousand dollars for really good seats that are next to each other).</div>
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<div>I'm surprised there are not laws limiting scalper resale mark-ups (especially online at the Ticketmaster website). And I'm curious to know the views of list-members as to how you view this dance of supply and demand. Am I being anti-Libertarian and anti-Extropian by feeling the way I do? </div>
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<div>I never knew a "take a date to the concert" could be so potentially expensive! But they still do have fairly inexpensive tickets available where we get to sit close to the *rear* of the band (literally behind the stage!). I'm not sure if she would like that. </div>
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<div>John </div>