[ot] ebay-ing tickets

[Will]

DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:

There are ways to get the hands out of scalpers and into fans hands without making the prices higher. It's called a system that works the way it's supposed to.

You're going to chop off the scalpers' hands and give them to the fans? :-D

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Only if they throw them on the ice at the Harvard game.:-P

JH

[Keith K \'93]

I don't have a problem with capitalist suggestions.  I just don't think it's a good idea.  Let's say they do hold over some tickets to sell at exorbitant prices.  From my experience, there's no guarantee that those tickets get sold at all.  You won't get rid of the random people dumping their tickets, who often aren't able to charge a markup.  And what price should the school charge for these last minute tickets that will guarantee selling them?  (You could also try to maximize revenue, but selling out the seats is an advantage for the team.)  I suspect many people are more willing to pay a premium to a scalper than to the school.  If it's a scalper then you're paying what you have to to get a hot ticket.  If it's the school people will be pissed off at Cornell for ripping them off.

Basically I don't think your idea is practical.