Do Scalpers Still Exist?
Can you even buy a ticket from a scalper outside a show anymore? Ticket prices are just bonkers these days - and everything is electronic. I don't remember the last time I even saw a scalper outside a show. I suppose flipping tickets online is much easier - you don't stand outside and instead you give Ticketmaster a cut. But still.
I tried to get tickets for Letterkenny Live last week. That's standup comedy by the way. I tried during the pre-sale and didn't get anything worth buying. So I tried again during the general on-sale... and again, nothing. I was essentially only able to buy preferred platinum tickets. At $350 a head, no thanks.
In the past, we could have rolled the dice and showed up outside the venue and grabbed seats. Now no more.
When is the last time you've bought a ticket from a scalper? Did you pay multiple hundreds of dollars? Because I'm over that too.