They’re a way for companies like Ticketmaster to control what you do with your ticket, and make more money in the process. What does that mean for fans?
- No More Gifts: Restrictive paperless tickets are tied to your credit card and photo ID, so you can’t give them away to friends or family as a gift, or even at the last minute if you cannot attend a game or a show.
- Ticket Holders Lose Everything: Some restrictive paperless tickets cannot be transferred or resold at all. So if you are thinking of buying tickets to the concert in advance, better make sure your kids don’t plan to get sick or your boss isn’t thinking of sending you an important business trip.
- Minimum Pricing on Resale: If fans are allowed to resell their tickets, teams, venues and ticket companies often set a minimum resale price that is close to or at face-value. Good luck selling those rainy day Mets or Cavs tickets for face value.
- Bye Bye Cheap Tickets: Have you been enjoying cheap tickets sold by season-ticket holders? Kiss those great bargains good-bye. No more $1 NBA or MLB tickets.
- Snooze You Lose: Do you have a job that stops you from sitting at the computer at 10am when tickets go on sale? Then you’re out of luck. Thanks to restrictive paperless tickets, there will be no way to get tickets to sold-out shows.
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