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> all the remaining tickets could cost $50.

What makes you think there would be any remaining tickets? I mean I don’t see how this system could increase the availability, it would only allow the event organizers to get all the surplus that goes to the resellers now. Also having a fair and transparent system would likely only increase the number of bidders driving up the price even more.

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> What makes you think there would be any remaining tickets?

Again, there could be a rule, that after the first 30-50% tickets are sold, all the remaining tickets are sold at the base price (let's say, $50).

It's just a trick to force resellers out of business: because there is a limited number of people who can afford to buy tickets at heavily inflated prices.

Under your model, the first 30-50 percent of tickets would be sold at a high price, and the last 50 percent would be grabbed by resellers then ... all this has done is increase the average price of the tickets, and resellers still exist.

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