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You were never priced out, you just can’t afford the concert. The price they jacked it up to is the market price.

The band or venue don’t benefit, the people who can now buy when they’re used to be a shortage do. It’s just arbitrage, being compensated for adding liquidity to the market.

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problem is, the scalpers run bots and take all the tickets before someone like me can make a purchase, then they jack up the price

there may be a "market", but it's not a healthy one, nor should there be one

I want to do business with the band and venue, unfortunately, some grifters like the post want to abuse the system

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