The End of Bots Buying Concert Tickets in the US?
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MsProudSooner:
http://www.beatlesradio.com/rapid-sellout-of-mccartney-tickets-sparks-new-legislation
I believe there was a similar attempt to put a stop to scalping and the "bots" a few years ago by Bruce Springsteen which also went to Congress. That effort came to nothing. Hopefully this will have better results.
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what they need is stop places to sell those tickets at such inflated prices
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It won't stop as long as the industry is benefiting from it.
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beatlesfanrandy:
MsProudSooner:
http://www.beatlesradio.com/rapid-sellout-of-mccartney-tickets-sparks-new-legislation
I believe there was a similar attempt to put a stop to scalping and the "bots" a few years ago by Bruce Springsteen which also went to Congress. That effort came to nothing. Hopefully this will have better results.
The Springsteen thing had to do with a NY or NJ show where people trying to buy tickets on Ticketmaster got automatically redirected to TicketsNow, TM's reseller, without being given a choice, and some of them bought higher-priced tickets without realizing it. I can't remember what happened with the legislation, tho.
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Is this bots practice internationally, or was this a local NY State issue. I know Charles Shumer got involved, but I think he might be a NY congressman(or senator?) so that might imply this action maybe be a local concern?
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MaccaMeri:
Is this bots practice internationally, or was this a local NY State issue. I know Charles Shumer got involved, but I think he might be a NY congressman(or senator?) so that might imply this action maybe be a local concern?
Schumer is a Senator for the State of New York, so the legislation he is introducing is to the US Congress. If this law was eventually passed by the entire Congress (it is a slow process for something to become law), it would be effective for the entire US. But probably not internationally.
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This has happened to me, when I tried buying tickets at 10:00 on the dot, there were already hundreds of tickets on the reseller site. I couldn't get a good seat. They were all on Ticketmasters reseller site for double and triple the price! It's happened several times now and I might have to stop going to concerts
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thenightfish:
beatlesfanrandy:
MsProudSooner:
http://www.beatlesradio.com/rapid-sellout-of-mccartney-tickets-sparks-new-legislation
I believe there was a similar attempt to put a stop to scalping and the "bots" a few years ago by Bruce Springsteen which also went to Congress. That effort came to nothing. Hopefully this will have better results.
The Springsteen thing had to do with a NY or NJ show where people trying to buy tickets on Ticketmaster got automatically redirected to TicketsNow, TM's reseller, without being given a choice, and some of them bought higher-priced tickets without realizing it. I can't remember what happened with the legislation, tho.
Obviously, nothing! As this latest ticket fiasco shows. Nothing has changed at all. Ticketmaster is an accomplice to ticket scalping!
