The Bot Wars: why you can never buy concert tickets online

[Meanderer]

Enterprising programmers are creating bots that can reserve, and in some cases buy, everything from restaurant tables to eBay goods before humans can even get a look in. Where will the bot wars end?

http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/08/bot-wars-why-you-can-never-buy-concert-tickets-online

 

[JustBonee]

Oh the good ole days ... when someone would answer the phone to take your restaurant reservations, and Ticketmaster had ticket booths.
And camping for concert tickets was a fun experience..

 

[Meanderer]

Oh the good ole days ... when someone would answer the phone to take your restaurant reservations, and Ticketmaster had ticket booths.
And camping for concert tickets was a fun experience..

There's nothing like the human interaction. I haven ever camped out for tickets.