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This Idea Won't Work, Though It Is Intriguing
You in effect answered your own question:
Still, it would trip them up, especially if Ticketmaster imposes the plan across all acts. Are the scalpers going to hire Bruce Springsteen expert, a Justin Timberlake expert, and a Genesis expert, too?
The answer is "Yes." If I recall correctly, tickets to a Stones concert are in the triple digits. The scalper can pay some burn out rocker teen who is obsessed with the band just enough to supply him with a couple of weeks worth of weed, and make a killing. There's just too much money to be made in scalping tickets for big acts. The upside is that with your idea in place scalper's would abandon low-price acts like "Hannah-Montana."