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by rale00 1289 days ago
In real life, if you go to a sporting event or a show, and start harassing the other patrons and causing a disruption, you can expect to be kicked out without a refund.

Refunding people who deserve to be banned would only encourage them to create new accounts and continue causing problems.
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michaelt 1289 days ago
On the other hand, if you went to a sporting event or a show and due to some computer error on the organisers' part you were wrongly denied admission - you would expect a refund.

I can't simply start a fake theatre, sell tickets for $100 each, then turn away all ticket holders at the door even if legitimate theatres do have the right to (e.g.) turn away drunk patrons without breathalysing them.

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shkkmo 1289 days ago
If a venue kicks you out, you'll definitely have neen told what you did wrong. If venues started just escorting people who are doing nothing out and refusing to say why, people would get similarly frustrated.
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harry8 1289 days ago
Event ticketing is, imho, one of the most fundamentally corrupt industries I've ever encountered as a consumer so taking it as the example is problematic, (unless you know someone, right? Just queuing up for tickets is naive beyond my expectations of people around here).

But whatever. Do they confiscate the season tickets you were using with no refund? What if they weren't yours? What if they were stolen? What if you know the coach? Can they not like your "offensive beard", take your season tickets and re-sell them? How about your date's utterly vile "Ross Perot was right!" shirt? Can they terms of service you out of the cash for next week? (Wouldn't surprise me on one hand how bad that could be but I somehow doubt it).

Kick them the hell out for being foul by all means, your house, your rules.

"And you take your damn money with you and not come back because I ain't no thief, even from scum like you, you vermin!"

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scott_w 1289 days ago
> Event ticketing is, imho, one of the most fundamentally corrupt industries I've ever encountered

That's irrelevant to the discussion. It's a thing that happens, people expect it and the only people who complain about being kicked out are... well being kicked out for being a horrible person.

> But whatever. Do they confiscate the season tickets you were using with no refund?

Absolutely, yes, they do.

On the other hand, they'll probably also tell you _why_ they're doing so. They also won't take your money for _future_ season tickets.

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