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		rtkwe 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalper... Venues don't want to be checking all that at their gates plus they don't want to prevent scalping it's only really the artists and fans who are anti scalping the rest of the parties in the pipeline loooove scalpers.

carlosjobim 5 months ago [–]

Venues are already checking IDs at the gate anyway. And it takes less than one second per ticket to scan and verify tickets.

rtkwe 5 months ago | [–]

I don't remember ever having my ID checked at the door of a concert or show.

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