Amazon in talks to offer event ticketing in U.S

This was something I had mentioned on Twitter and Reddit off and on over the past couple of years. Too many times Ticketmaster's website craps out when tickets for a high demand concert go on sale. The way Amazon handles Black Friday with waitlists seems like a huge upgrade over hitting refresh 50 times on different computers in hopes of getting tickets (sometimes not even getting the page to load).

Considering how much Ticket Master sucks, it's a good call.

Aside: I'd really like to see blind auctions for seating... You name a price, when the round completes, seats are offered in best-worst order, then another round... After two, remaining seats are priced out at the average to min price paid in the auction rounds.

Related story about how a guy made millions by gaming Ticketmaster, 130+ points:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13643045