Almost 5k already? o.0

[ItsTime]

and people said the revolution was dead

 

[Soccrmastr]

and people said the revolution was dead

oh, it is... it is...

 

[Mark]

How do you call the people, who buy tickets to resell them later at much higher prices (usually at an online auction or at the venue just before the event)? I hope they don't play a big role in this case.

They're called "scalpers" --

Ticket scalping - to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates.

The "scalp" is basically the part of a person's head where hair is.

 

[libertarian4321]

Yeah that shocked me too. Way too many fingers in the pie with those little charges.

Its really just Ticketmaster- they hit you up with multiple fees. Ticketmaster's actual cost per transaction is probably no more than $3, but they blast you for $12 or more per ticket.

Screw 'em, I was going to buy a ticket online, but I'm just going to wait and buy the ticket the day of the event at the box office and avoid being raped by Ticketmaster.

 

[Jeremy]

Its really just Ticketmaster- they hit you up with multiple fees. Ticketmaster's actual cost per transaction is probably no more than $3, but they blast you for $12 or more per ticket.

Screw 'em, I was going to buy a ticket online, but I'm just going to wait and buy the ticket the day of the event at the box office and avoid being raped by Ticketmaster.

Um... what will you do if they're all sold out... which is obviously a pretty real possibility

 

[MRoCkEd]

It has said 6,767 since this morning

 

[Liberty Star]

Impressive !

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

They're called "scalpers" --

Ticket scalping - to resell (tickets, merchandise, etc.) at higher than the official rates.

Thanks!

The "scalp" is basically the part of a person's head where hair is.

Yes, it's almost the same in my language. What's funny, the scalper in my language is "konik" which literally means "little horse" (like a toy, pony).
The English word is much more, hmm, descriptive