California lawmakers introduce a bill
Came here to say this. This clown literally vetoes anything that goes against shareholder profits. I guess he’s too busy denying genocide and platforming fascists to GAF about the working class
Next thing you know Live Nation conveniently announces that they can no longer operate in California
cool
Gavin Vetoes everything that goes against shareholder profits
Cool, so it’ll be cheaper for me to fly to California and watch a show than it will be locally with the prices of some of these shows.
The bill – labeled AB 1720 – would make it illegal to resell a concert, theater, comedy or other live entertainment ticket (sports are not included) at a price higher than face value (the cost of the ticket plus fees from the primary ticketing source) plus 10% for shows taking place in California.
I’ve had to sell a ticket through ticketmaster because we weren’t going to be able to make it to the show. The problem is that I had to sell the ticket at a higher price just to break even with the fees that they add on.
At least with this bill we would still be allowed to sell it without taking a loss, but I wonder how it handles the case for when a ticket has been resold multiple times.
Still I think we really need a law like this if we want to tackle the scalping issue we have.
Honestly I often wonder why Ticket master can’t just refund folks that genuinely can’t make it
Ferengi rule of acquisition #1: “Once you have their money, you never give it back.”
They’re assholes.
Because they also own the reselling platform and make a cut off that too.
And also the venues and Act bookings
I wonder how it handles the case for when a ticket has been resold multiple times.
The face value wouldn’t change, would it?
Just criminalize scalping.
Literally what this bill would do.
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sports not included
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can still sell for 10% more than the price
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no mention of goods beyond ticket sales
no it doesn’t it just caps the potential price on a small amount of frequently scalped goods (concert tickets).
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