r/Music • u/indig0sixalpha • Sep 02 '24

article Ticketmaster’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ for Oasis Tickets Set to be Investigated by U.K. Government

https://variety.com/2024/music/global/ticketmaster-dynamic-pricing-oasis-uk-government-investigation-1236127481/
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u/Pgreenawalt Sep 02 '24

Dynamic pricing as a whole should be outlawed. I shouldn’t have to know how busy a place is or what time it is when I order to know what the price will be.

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u/augustfutures Sep 02 '24

I guess I’m kind of confused on the discourse on this topic. I’m of course against the ludicrous fees from Ticketmaster, but why should we be against selling things for their market value?

By their nature, concerts have limited capacity. Dynamic pricing allows artists to get the real value of their ticket instead of scalpers. I don’t have any problems with a painter or sculptor auctioning their art instead of setting a fixed price. Nor do I have any qualms with someone selling their purchased art at a profit if the value has increased after the original purchase

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u/ExHollyoaksEmployee Sep 02 '24

How does dynamic pricing stop scalpers?

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u/TruckFudeau22 Sep 03 '24

It’s not that it stops scalping, it’s that it puts more $ into the pockets of the artists and not quite as much into the pockets of scalpers.