Quote: King Street Cat "As I see it the 'ticket marketplace' sites are simply exploiting the popularity of the performers and punishing genuine fans with ridiculous resale prices (ebay's StubHub site currently has £65 price band tickets for just over £300). Meanwhile shysters who have no interest in the event whatsoever are making a tidy little profit. In the case of tickets purchased from Ticketmaster, this online marketplace is one of their own sister sites so there's a good chance the ticket has been bought from them then sold on to someone else through them. It all seems very exploitable.'"
I'm sure this happened prior to ticket sites, except:
It was less visible, not being in the public domain.
Fans were more frequently really ripped off (as opposed to paying a price they agreed to) buying fake tickets.