After tickets for popular performances are grabbed by software and resold at higher prices, it becomes very difficult for ordinary audiences to buy tickets normally.票怎么一秒就没了 - How Did the Tickets Sell Out in One Second? [HSK 5]Download the app here:Chinese Short Dialogue | App StoreChinese Short Dialogue | Google PlayAvailable in 8 languages on the app:Chinese Listening | 중국어 리스닝 | 中国語リスニング | Аудирование по китайскому языку | Nghe tiếng Trung | Mendengarkan bahasa Mandarin | Escucha en chino | การฟังภาษาจีน | Chinesisches Hören | Écoute du chinois | Ascolto cinese | Audição em chinês | चीनी सुनना | الاستماع إلى اللغة الصينية《English Translation》优子: Teacher Liu, I wanted to buy a ticket for a concert last night, but it sold out as soon as sales opened.刘娜: Popular performances are often like that. Did you see any tickets on other platforms afterward?优子: Yes, but they were much more expensive. I was also wondering how some people could buy so many tickets.刘娜: Some of them are ticket scalpers. They don't necessarily click manually; some use ticket-grabbing software, also called 'plugins'.优子: So it wasn't because they were faster, but because they used software? No wonder ordinary people can't compete.刘娜: That's right. Recently, some ticket-grabbing groups were penalized for using software to obtain tickets and then reselling them at higher prices.优子: That doesn't sound like ordinary buying and selling anymore. It affects a lot of people trying to buy tickets.刘娜: Exactly. If they also secretly obtain data from ticketing websites, and the circumstances are serious, it may even be illegal.优子: Then I'll stick to buying from official platforms. If I can't get a ticket, so be it. I don't want to support scalpers by paying inflated prices.

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