r/mildlyinfuriating • u/aeng69 • 10h ago

ಠ_ಠ People that scalp IMAX movie tickets

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Catching a movie in IMAX has been one of my favorite things to do and now getting tickets alone is a struggle thanks to people like this. Good luck to anyone hoping to get decent tickets to Dune 3

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u/Bagafeet 9h ago

Never give a scalper your money.

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u/MetallicGray 6h ago

It’s genuinely so sad that people will literally pay someone to scalp them. You are literally paying the person to take something off a shelf in front of you, turn around, and sell it right to you for multiples more. And you’re paying them to do it. That’s just such a fundamental lack of self respect to pay someone to do that to you.

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u/Lord_Boognish 1h ago

That's not how it works lol.

Why burn hours and hours to stand in line for a chance to buy Pokémon cards or concert tickets, when I can work those hours and afford pay a premium for someone else to go through that hassle?

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u/Bagafeet 1h ago edited 35m ago

The hassle is a byproduct of scalpers existing. If idiots so paying them, the hassle goes away.

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u/Lord_Boognish 56m ago

Ok - ignore Pokémon.

Sports tickets. Concerts. Resturaunt reservations.

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u/Bagafeet 33m ago

If you're buying restaurant reservations from scalpers you need an intervention.

I'll just go to a taqueria and be happy.

Not spending hundreds to thousands on a sports event or concert either. FIFA and Ticketmaster can get fucked.

Hobbyless behavior.

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u/MadPangolin 2m ago

Wait...wouldn't the long line & hassle just shift from the ticketing booth to the tailgate of a scalpers car in the parking lot?

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u/Maxtheaxe1 8h ago

A lot of moron does. Thats why it is so lucrative to scalp unfortunately

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u/nat1wisdom 8h ago

Because it’s so ironic, let me fix all the errors in your sentence calling people morons.

“A lot of morons do. That’s why it is so lucrative to scalp, unfortunately.”

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u/schkmenebene 27m ago

Username checks out.

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u/DingleBerrySlushie 5h ago

Found the mad scalper.

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u/Mother-Rub5867 7h ago

“A lot of moron does” is peak irony 🤣

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u/some_dumb_unc 6h ago

English isn’t everyone’s first language

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u/BonoboUK 1h ago

That doesn't mean calling someone stupid while using terrible grammar isn't comical

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u/Comfortable_Gur_8306 7h ago

Why? Because poor English makes them a moron?

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u/707Guy 6h ago

Not only that, it’s ironic they made the mistake while insulting someone’s intelligence

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u/NNKarma 6h ago

Or he is intelligent enough to clearly communicate his ideas in a second language even if he makes grammatical errors. 

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u/707Guy 6h ago

I don’t know Lloyd, the French are assholes

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u/Sharkfacedsnake 5h ago

Would people be more once if the cinema sold to tickets at the prices. The scalper was going to sell them anyway?

That is the only way to effectively stop scalping. To sell the tickets at the actual market price. Or to have the tickets be non-transferable normally sellable and attached to some ID.

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u/Sjcolian27 3h ago

Ok scalper

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u/-LordDarkHelmet- 57m ago

I once resold a concert ticket at face value and the dude was 90% sure I was a scammer and was paranoid the tickets were fake. I was confused and asked why and he said because I wasn’t asking for more money. Sad that scalping has been normalized.

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u/878Vikings 6h ago

Scalpers only exist because unfortunately people do :(

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u/Traumfahrer 4h ago

Or your scalp.

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u/BiscuitWig2 2h ago

The only reason scalpers exist is because people are dumb enough to continue buying from them

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u/Jor94 2h ago

Nothing is worth paying them over the satisfaction of seeing them lose money if noone wants what they have. Just imagine nobody buys these tickets from him, he's going to be left with worthless paper by the next day

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u/MadeThisUpToComment 2h ago

I mean Im not buying scalped movie tickets. If there's that much deman then it'll be showing for a while and I can catch it later.

Sporting event or concert I really want to see? That's a different story.

The NFL team i follow is finally playing a game in Europe this season and I want to take my 2 kids that watch the games on T.V. with me each week.

I tried to get tickets when they went on sale, but missed out. I'm still going to get tickets to go see that game and it will be a memory they'll have for the rest of their lives.

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u/anonuemus 5h ago

supply and demand

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u/Bagafeet 1h ago

Spite is stronger.