So what is the software the ticket brokers have?

Cosmo

blondieblue227 wrote:

did we just give hackers intel to do this shit on their own now?

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You'd have to be a pretty damn good programmer to develop something like this. Most hackers are thieves and parasites who copy someone else's programs and rarely the ones who develop things on their own.

Don Quijote

Evolver wrote:

There are some interesting details of the RMG operation in this NY Times article. For once I think we can all say we are on the side of Ticketmaster in their battle agains these broker assholes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/business/16digi.html?ref=business

that was a very intersting read, thanks!

Don Quijote

thunderDAN wrote:

it's been proven that being able to write computer software gets you laid

a six pack and a verb have worked pretty good for me...
(the six pack is for me, actually...)

Cosmo

thunderDAN wrote:

it's been proven that being able to write computer software gets you laid

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That... and letting it be known that you collect comic books.

pjl44

An interesting case study if you enjoy conspiracy theories:

Last year, The Police played a couple shows at Fenway Park. Predictably, the shows sold out instantly and there were piles of tickets to be had on the usual scalper sites. As the weeks went on, the ticket inventories stayed pretty steady. People weren't buying at the inflated prices (maybe because face was so high to begin with). It was about a week before the shows and there were still massive amounts of tickets floating around...prices had dropped on eBay, but the big time scalpers were holding strong.

Then a strange thing happened. A few days before the shows, there was a mass announcement that additional tickets were being released through TM (including some of the best seats in the house). They were advertising it everywhere...if you watched a Red Sox game, you couldn't get away from it. Oddly enough, if you went back to the scalper sites, the inventories had all but dried up...