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Just allow the buyers to return the tickets to the venue for a refund, minus a processing fee. Then the venue can sell any refunded tickets at the box office on the day of the show

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The venue (more likely a legitimate third party) could also run its own marketplace for pre-bought tickets, so the venue wouldn't have to just repurchase tickets and risk leaving a seat empty.

The San Francisco Giants were doing this since 2000 for season ticket holders

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Giants-Web-site-facil...

Could there be something else stopping ticket sellers from doing the same?

edit: a word

Perhaps most venue owners have enough power to ignore performers' desire to prevent scalping.

Deep down, I think the big ticket sellers will make the return process as difficult as possible...

Not if the "handling charges" is big enough. They could end up making more money if they can sell the ticket multiple times.

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