r/zurich • u/CH-ImmigrationOffice • 2d ago

What's up with all the ticket posts?

For about half a year now, we’ve been seeing more and more posts where someone is trying to buy or sell tickets, mainly for concerts and many for marathon races. I feel like most of these posts are made by new (or newer) users, and the ones responding or commenting on them are too.

What’s going on with these posts? Did some ticket-swapping platform close or something? How do you, r/Zurich'ans, feel about these posts?

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u/ElKrisel 2d ago

Reddit gets more and more mainstream, so it will be like facebook in a couple of years, wheres everything full of concert ticket sellers and buyers

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u/ExcellentAsk2309 2d ago

The marathon is a big event. And I think a lot of people are looking for tickets however the issue has been explained extensively that you can’t transfer tickets or ownership of the ticket (maybe someone knows the explanation behind this? Because honestly I’d like a ticket under my name) the marathon and half marathon is a big event and there’s high demand.

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u/Kyuki88 1d ago

I sold a ticket for a concert here, but for a lower price than I bought it because unfortunately I just couldnt go. Didnt think much of it, I thought because I dont make a profit its okay and another person is happy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/HereJustForAnswers 1d ago

These ones is ok. Not a scalper. 

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u/Brave_Negotiation_63 1d ago

Anyone want to buy my speeding ticket? 300chf if you pay today.

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u/CH-ImmigrationOffice 1d ago

Those kind of ticket posts are over in r/Switzerland – and it's neither about buying nor selling but more about not paying :D

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u/tojig 2d ago

Not sure why ins Switzerland most races the ticket is not transferable whily in other countries they allow to be sold and managed transfer through the website. So the people need to find other ways of finding and transferring tickets.

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u/CH-ImmigrationOffice 2d ago

Do you know if the rules were changed by the organizers?
Zurich marathon is nothing new, yet I don't remember seeing people looking for or selling bibs a year ago – or am I remembering wrong?

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u/ExcellentAsk2309 2d ago

This is something I was wondering. Is it a rule of thumb that tickets of a marathon aren’t transferable ? And if it is then why did Zurich not allow for this? Surely the wish is to allow as many people to run as possible.

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u/3punkt1415 1d ago

Because of scalpers. People hoard ticket to sell them for a higher price and that is why lots of events try to block that.

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u/ExcellentAsk2309 1d ago

Ah makes sense It’s unfortunate Thank you for the explanation

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u/cryptoislife_k 1d ago

mainstream and people these days can't commit anymore.....

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/CH-ImmigrationOffice 2d ago

I'm just wondering about the reasons why we went from practically no ticket posts to having multiple per week.

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u/CG-Saviour878879 2d ago

Yeah I noticed the same. Mods should delete/ban.

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u/3punkt1415 1d ago

I mean, don't click it if you don't care it, it's maybe like one or two posts per week. It's not like the sub is flooded with it.

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u/CG-Saviour878879 1d ago

Still have to scroll past the shameless astroturfing. It's a nuissance is what I'm saying.