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10-06-2003, 07:36 PM
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Sadly, scapling is not illegal in Arizona, making it rather difficult to get decent tickets to sporting events without paying considerably more than the face value of the ticket. When the Diamondbacks were in the World Series a couple of years ago, scalpers were employing homeless people to wait in line for hours or even days to purchase all the tickets they could, then turning around and selling them to the public at grossly inflated prices.
If you don't see a problem with that, I don't know what to tell you. This is profiteering and capitalism at its worst. Ron http://germanstar.net 
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10-06-2003, 08:15 PM
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Aside from the methods used in acquiring tickets, what's illegal about my purchasing something at a certain price and then reselling to the highest bidder?
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10-06-2003, 10:26 PM
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Basically nothing unless supply is limited or if the practice limits supply. Think of it in terms of prescription drugs for those on a fixed income or water in Ethiopia.
Specific to scalping, I'm sure it has to do with people wanting to be able to watch a show for $10 if tickets were at some point made available to the public for $10. Sixto 95 S420 91 300SE 87 300SDL 83 300SD
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10-06-2003, 11:57 PM
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because big organisations that already robbed the taxpayers of $millions (or, as is the case in Philthydelphia - $billions) cannot rob you of even more. Same reason why, if you download a song off the internet, the company making $billions will sue you.
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10-07-2003, 07:56 PM
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I agree it is capitalism at it's worst(or best). But if Enron can buy and sell energy, why can't a person buy and sell a ticket? Water or energy are essential components of life so a market in them seems much more problematic than a market in sporting event tickets.
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10-07-2003, 08:21 PM
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I get it now. Thanks Narwhal. I understand the concept of exclusive rights. I was always under the impression that what I was buying was some physical space where I can sit my butt down for a certain length of time and that it was mine to do as I wish whether I wanted to watch the game or fart in it. I guess not.
I suppose if I want to let my cousin use that space then my cousin has to enter into separate contract with whoever controls that space. Kinda like leasing an apartment and trying to sublease it to someone else for more money.
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10-08-2003, 12:07 AM
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Quote:
Why should you get a free ride from someone else's labor? If you spent a lot of time, effort and energy developing something only to have it stolen, you wouldn't be too happy.
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10-08-2003, 02:14 AM
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I belive it was first started in the French and Indian War.........
William Rogers.........
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