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52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

3rd Garth Brooks show in Kansas City canceled as 'bots' flood queue for tickets

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3rd Garth Brooks show in Kansas City canceled as 'bots' flood queue for tickets

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52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Country music legend Garth Brooks revealed Monday that a third show in Kansas City, Missouri, for his “Blame It All on My Roots” tour has been canceled due to "bots" flooding the ticket queue.
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  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    He should be able to solve it, he has friends in low places. Ain’t nothing lower than Ticketmaster.

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      Spectacularly done. Thank you for that lol

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        ❤️ thanks homie

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    Yep, and ticketscalper doesn’t care as long as they’re selling tickets.

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      I would argue that Ticketmaster prefers it this way. Ever since they restricted resales to the marketplace they control, they’re basically double-dipping on every ticket the bots snap up.

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        You don’t even need to argue that. StubHub, a major player in the “legitimized” scalping market is Ticketmaster.

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      Tickets were refunded in this scenario – so I don’t think they gained much here. I guess it just depends if most entertainers don’t cancel due to bots.

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    Seems like it’s time to go back to waiting in line for tickets. Not like waiting for the online sale to open up has been any more convenient when they sell out in minutes and the page barely loads.

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      Yep, and scalpers earned their markup by camping outside the ticket window for 2 1/2 days.

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        The good ole days!

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    lol

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