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by mgkimsal 4713 days ago
To the average fan, the comparison between a ticket to see Act X on a specific date in their town is nowhere near the same as pork bellies or orange juice. They're called 'commodities' because they're interchangeable. Tickets are extremely specific to a single date and location and act.
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Good point, I guess tickets would be "infungible commodities"... But the fact that you can take market bets on them doesn't change