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Friday, October 5, 2007 12:00 AM

How scalpers hoard "Hannah Montana" tickets

A possibly crazy solution to the problem of online scalper mills.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Friday, October 5, 2007 04:36 PM

    Unintended Consequence

    One problem with the proposed solution is that it would keep me from surprising my nieces with tickets to a Montana show. If I know next to nothing about an artist but I want to buy tickets for someone, what recourse do I have? And if there is some way for me to overcome the so-called security feature, why wouldn't it be available to scalpers?

    —E.Z. Read E.Z.'s other letters

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