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		gruez on Sept 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper prog... >This also means that you can't buy the tickets as a gift how so? you just specify the gift recipient's name at the time of purchase. >nor can you pass the ticket if you can't go. don't speculatively buy tickets then? nobody seems to mind that you can't (cheaply) cancel airplane tickets.

jen729w on Sept 19, 2018 [–]

And the companies that do it like this almost always have a “sell it back to us if you can’t go, and we’ll sell it back on” policy. It’s hard to lose if you’re an honest fan.

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