ticket tout
Unlicensed seat hawker
A ticket tout is someone who resells tickets to events—concerts, sports matches, theater—typically at inflated prices.
The term is primarily British; Americans say scalper.
Touts may acquire tickets legitimately or through bulk-buying schemes that frustrate ordinary buyers.
The practice ranges from individual hustle outside venues to organized operations: Ticket touts were selling World Cup seats for ten times face value.
- scalperInflated-price ticket reseller
- overchargeDemand excessive payment
- resellingSelling purchased items onward
- concertsLive musical performances
- botsAutomated software agents
black market · fraud · street · spiv · profiteering · unauthorized · arbitrage · secondary market · inflated prices · price gouging · bulk purchasing · exchange · hustle · broker · cash · police · gatecrasher · dynamic pricing
ticket toutfan
Admirer or air mover
concert-goer · customer · event-goer · punter · concertgoer
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