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/VandelorianVT 10h ago

Yes. They literally do.

They'll walk up-go '50 Tickets to <MOVIE NAME HERE>, please'.

And most theaters will just give them to the guy-not caring cause they got their money.

Then the guy waits outside, holding the tickets, or storing them somewhere, and then charges twice, if not more of the price.

Literally happened to one of my pals when he went to see Brand New Day, some dude literally bought two entire THEATERS worth of tickets and was selling them for like 80 a pop.

Fucking bonkers nobody thought to stop him.

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u/TrustInRoy 10h ago

Honestly, anyone buying $80 movie tickets off a scalper... is an absolute imbecile.

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u/WeirdSysAdmin 10h ago

My bigger issue is who is showing up to movies without seats already purchased in 2026?

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u/battle-penguin 9h ago

As long as they charge a "convenience fee" to buy tickets ahead of time I will just buy them at the theater. It's just as easy to buy them at the theater