0 someone who buys things, such as theatre tickets, at the usual prices and then sells them, when they are difficult to get, at much higher prices: --
1 a person who sells tickets at increased prices without official permission: --
2 someone who buys things, such as theatre tickets, at the usual price and then sells them when they are difficult to get at much higher prices: --
3 someone who buys small quantities of shares, bonds, etc. and then sells them quickly in order to make a small profit --
Because of the worsening nature of the problem, the government has issued many warnings and began various campaigns to crack down on the scalpers.
Wandering among ticket scalpers, he tries to haggle but ends up paying an exorbitant price to finally gain entry.
When scalpers wait until the final days before an event to resell tickets, it is sometimes called a scalp seeding.
Other scalpers like to trade in less liquid markets, which typically have significantly larger bid-ask spreads.
Public anticipation of their match was immense, resulting in high scalper ticket prices.
By 1997, ticket scalping was a persistent problem, with scalpers getting from $5 to $50 a throw.
Scalpers were selling tickets for seats on the train at even higher prices.
Additionally, while scalpers hardly existed in 1956, by 1963 they regularly received $25 for a $5 ticket.
