This is why I will not fuck with Amazon.
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Not sure if there is crime involved here, but it looks like it:
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OMG. Sure sounds like a crime to me.
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And now this happened.
People who commit suicide after their domestic violence crimes come to light – they knew what they were doing was wrong. That’s the part that always gets me. They know it’s wrong, and yet they’re selfish enough to do it anyhow.
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Hence when it came to fiction:
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Isn’t this why those high school kids are running for governor?
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Public relations nightmare. Not fraud 
Thing is, Ticket Bastard has a nigh-monopoly on big-stadium ticketing. So what, other than people abandoning live shows in droves, would make them change?
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Legislation? An effective competitor?
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Something.
On two occasions I have had friends get sick the day we were going to a show, and I’ve been in the position of trying to recoup the ticket price. Both times I was just selling for exactly what I’d paid for it. Once I managed to sell, and once I had security lean on me to make me stop (and yes I was well away from the door).
Then there’s my friend who bought a block of tickets because all these people told her they were going and would pay her, and then changed their minds. She resold 6 tickets to a professional scalper who gave her less than half face value.
And I think that’s what burns me the most about this. The fan who’s been stiffed by friends not paying them before the show and then not showing up – they get leaned on. The professional gougers get cozied up to.
Fuck that shit.
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Yeah, I used stubhub to sell tickets once on the day of a sold out show when we had a major storm and were without power (or showers) and another time when I bought tickets to something and then found out my wife hated that band and really didn’t want to go to. Selling 2 or 4 tickets secondhand should be fine. Fans get to see the show they want, the venue sells more concessions, bands sell more merch, etc., vs having empty seats. It’s a win-win-win.
But people buying out blocks of 5 million tickets just to resell at inflated prices? That’s a different thing.
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Yeah, I know. When I see these stories, WaPo always seems to be there first, and I weigh my options. Daily Mail? WaPo? New York Post? It all sucks.
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Usually I agree with Alexandra Erin, by in this case that doesn’t scan. People convert between any currency to another because they need to make a transaction in the other currency, full stop. I didn’t buy euros for a trip to the Netherlands because I no longer thought Canadian dollars were sound.
I liked Secret Gamer Girl’s points, though, in the first thread. And maybe I just haven’t been paying attention, but it seems like both Bitcoin and blockchain have become less trendy of late.
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Secret Gamer Girl’s rant on bitcoin seems spot on! But when she gets to cash it goes off the rails.
If you go to buy something with paper money, and the store refuses to take it, and you wanted to be really dramatic about things, you could totally present that dollar in court and insist that it’s an enforceable contract.
If you actually went to court waving a dollar bill around and saying it was some kind of god-given contract and the seller was a criminal for not accepting it, the judge would give you that look they normally reserve for the ‘sovereign citizen’ crowd, throw the case out, and maybe fine you for contempt. Sellers are free to decide what forms of payment they accept, whether they accept cash, personal checks, third party checks, some credit cards but not others, etc.
I think it’s also important to keep in mind that making paper money/coinage worthless isn’t something the government is actually capable of doing in any meaningful sense.
There’s an entire list of countries that have had hyperinflation devalue their money. There are also countries that have recalled their money (that was a big kerfuffle in India recently). And of course, there are countries where cash is so rarely used that most places don’t accept it. Of course there are others where you need cash because most places don’t accept anything else. But to say that cash can’t lose value is just entirely wrong.
I wonder why the top half about bitcoin is so right, but the bottom half about cash is just all wrong.
The Alexandra Erin ones do seem to fit to me. Gold maintains its value over time despite inflation. The scam is getting people to believe it will gain value (it doesn’t) or that the economy is about to collapse (it isn’t) and gold will be the only thing with value. So of course, why do they want to sell theirs to you if they believe that?
Bitcoin does fit into that because it is not commonly used/accepted currency. It’s still “in theory it will be someday”. Sure some people/companies use it, but not enough for it to be viable as the average person’s everyday currency.
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