This Is Why We Did Not Get Tickets This Morning

[Denise Kozlo]

 

This is a pretty good article and explanation about the slimy life of a ticket scalper (broker).  The average fan can't compete with someone who has 50 computers set up in his or her office--slamming the WASTE site when tickets go on sale:

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/touring/confessions-of-a-ticket-scalper-billboard-1006351352.story

Then many of these scalpers sell the tickets to "authorized resellers" who mark them up--way up.  You can already see that sites like Vividseats.com are charging up to  $470.00 for one ticket! And other sites have a bunch of tickets that went on sale today.  Radiohead tickets have not even gone on sale through  Ticketmaster yet.  

http://www.vividseats.com/concerts/radiohead-tickets/radiohead-palace-of-auburn-hills-6-11-1265892.html

I've been to many concerts in my life time and I have never seen scalping this bad--out in plain sight. 

Something has to be done.