Re-selling tickets for a profit, known less politely as scalping in America or touting in Britain, is booming. In America alone, the "secondary market" for tickets to sought-after events is worth over $10 billion, reckons Jeffrey Fluhr, the boss of StubHub, an online ticket market. Scalping used to be about burly men lurking outside stadiums with fistfuls of tickets. Cries of "Tickets here, tickets here" still ring out before kick-off. But the Internet has created a larger and more efficient market. Some Internet-based ticket agencies, such as tickco. com and dynamiteticketz, corn act as traditional scalpers, buying up tickets and selling them on for a substantial mark-up. But others like StubHub have a new business model—bring together buyers and sellers, and then take a cut. For each transaction, StubHub takes a juicy 25%.
Despite its substantial commission—far higher than those charged by other online intermediaries including eBay or Craigslist—StubHub is flourishing. The firm was set up in 2000 and this year's Rose Bowl was its biggest event ever. The Super Bowl in early February will bring another nice haul, as have U2 and Rolling Stones concerts. Unlike eBay, which is the largest online trader in tickets, StubHub guarantees each transaction, so buyers need not worry about fraud. The company's revenues, now around $200 million, are tripling annually (despite its start in the dotcom bust). And there is plenty more room to grow. Mr. Fluhr notes that the market remains "highly fragmented", with tiny operations still flourishing and newspaper classified not yet dead.
But there are risks. Some events are boosting prices to cut the resale margins; others are using special measures to crack down. This summer, tickets to the soccer World Cup in Germany will include the name and passport number of the original purchaser and embedded chips that match the buyer to the tickets.
Then there are legal worries. In America, more than a dozen states have anti-scalping laws of various kinds. New Mexico forbids the reselling of tickets for college games; Mississippi does so for all events on government-owned property. Such laws are often ignored, but can still bite. In Massachusetts, where reselling a ticket for more than $2 above face value is unlawful, one fan brought a lawsuit last autumn against 16 companies (including StubHub) over his pricey Red Sox tickets.
UK is mentioned in the text with the intention to______.
A.define re-selling tickets for profits
B.stress the prosperity of the industry
C.shed light on the booming of scalping
D.cast doubt on the profits of online ticket market
第2题
现金流量表补充资料中的“固定资产折旧”项目是指()。
A.“累计折旧”科目的贷方余额
B.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额
C.“累计折旧”科目的借方本期发生额
D.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额中属于本期计提的折旧额
第3题
现金流量表补充资料中的“固定资产折旧”项目是指()。
A.“累计折旧”科目的贷方余额
B.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额
C.“累计折旧”科目的借方本期发生额
D.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额中属于本期计提的折旧额
第4题
现金流量表补充资料中的“固定资产折旧”项目是指()。
A.“累计折旧”科目的贷方余额
B.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额
C.“累计折旧”科目的借方本期发生额
D.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额中属于本期计提的折旧额
第5题
现金流量表补充资料中的“固定资产折旧”项目是指()。
A.“累计折旧”科目的贷方余额
B.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额
C.“累计折旧”科目的借方本期发生额
D.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额中属于本期计提的折旧额
第6题
现金流量表补充资料中的“固定资产折旧”项目是指()。
A.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额
B.“累计折旧”科目的贷方余额
C.“累计折旧”科目的贷方本期发生额中属于本期提取的折旧额
D.“累计折旧”科目的借方本期发生额
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