Selling Tickets At Auction
In September 2003, Ticketmaster announced plans to sell tickets in online auctions, which will bring the sale price of tickets closer to market prices. The New York Times reported that this could help the agency determine demand for a given event and more effectively compete with ticket resellers. As of 2011, Ticketmaster still sells tickets at auction in the United States. In addition, ticket sales through auctions have now spread to the secondary market; tickpick a secondary ticket marketplace started selling tickets through reverse auctions in 2011.
Online auction sites like eBay only enforce state ticketing laws if either the buyer and/or seller resides in the state where the event is taking place. Otherwise, there is no resell limit for tickets.
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