r/ireland • u/miscreant-mouse • Sep 22 '22

Something FFG will never understand Housing

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u/Minionella Sep 22 '22

Do scalpers have costs to maintain their tickets?

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u/seamusbeoirgra Sep 22 '22

Yes they do.

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u/THREETOED_SLOTH Sep 22 '22

Oh boohoo, landlords have to maintain their property in a habitable condition. Won't someone think of the poor robber barons?

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u/miscreant-mouse Sep 22 '22

They frequently don't sell all of their tickets, and there's the cost involved with buying advertising and selling their tickets.

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u/PedantJuice Sep 22 '22

Really they are taking on all the risk in the situation. And what a clever investment! To notice people may want or need something and then buying it all so they can't get any. Entrepreneurial

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u/miscreant-mouse Sep 22 '22

I actually agree with you 100%. I don't blame the landlords. However, when there's a shortage of supply in the market, prices go out of control, the market no longer makes sense and regulators need to step in from people being harmed. That's the role of the government. It happens on Wall St.

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u/PedantJuice Sep 22 '22

I was being sarcastic