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by echelon 63 days ago
> Why not just ban the transfer of tickets and allow refunds? You buy a ticket, you show your ID at the door.

Because everyone on the seller side - including artists - make money on this.

If parties other than fans / buyers cared, it would be a solved problem.
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ceejayoz 63 days ago
I've seen quite a few artists opposed to it.

Quick example: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWWlQS-Dhj7/

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lmm 63 days ago
Artists will claim to be opposed because fans like it when they do so.
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ceejayoz 63 days ago
Artists have canceled swathes of tickets for this reason.

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/chappell-roan-cancels-sc...

I've seen quite a few cases of this. Not everyone's money-only.

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freejazz 62 days ago
And they are free to make the tickets non-transferrable. The Cure did that. Last Phish MSG run the tickets were non-transferrable and I had to use CashorTrade to trade my tickets.
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