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Ticketmaster saves the environment, makes scalpers and collectors nervous
Ticketmaster has announced that it wants to phase out the olde worlde tradition of arriving at a show with a printed ticket. Instead, concertgoers will swipe their credit cards through a machine, then gain admittance to the venue. That’s the same credit card that will have sucked up TIcketmaster’s fees and service charges when you booked entrance to the show online. Nervous ticket scalpers will watch Tom Waits’ upcoming Glitter and Doom tour, which is the litmus test for this paperless revolution, with growing interest. [Idolator]
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I'm surprised it took so long to incorporate this type of technology. Weird that a Waits show will be the first time this is used.
so sad. i secretly get super stoked when i have a paper ticket in my hand. nobody uses them anymore. i guess you can always write the name of the act on the inside of your wristband and keep that? oh wait, i'm not 15 anymore. and that's kind of lame. ok, strike that idea.
Well, at least this eliminates having to remember your ticket/ the chance of loosing it before the concert!
and doesn't this eliminate scalping? that could be very interesting. Wonder if it we will see the effects.
eric
really good point eric.
what's a scalper gonna do to eat?
Rob and kill concert goers.
Blake
How do you give tickets as a gift?
John