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title: "Timeline photos I wish Burning Man would adopt Dutch Auctions for…"
date: 2019-04-12
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos I wish Burning Man would adopt Dutch Auctions for…

*April 12, 2019 · Facebook*

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I wish Burning Man would adopt Dutch Auctions for ticket sales, as detailed by Brad Templeton:\
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[https://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=73111](https://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=73111){target="_blank"}\
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Advantages:\
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\* Encourages people to enter the amount at which they truly value their tickets\
\* Almost all value goes to the org, not to scalpers\
\* No rush to bid\--everyone can enter their bids at their leisure over say, a week, with an equal chance of getting a ticket. People who have jobs that don\'t let them hover at their browser window aren\'t discriminated against\
\* Everyone who buys a ticket pays the same price\
\* You can assure that either you and your friends all get tickets or not by bidding the same price\
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Disadvantages:\
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\* It allocates by willingness and ability to pay, instead of willingness and ability to stand in line (the current system). This annoys/outrages a lot of hippies.\
\* Most people don\'t have a lot of experience with Dutch Auctions, so there will be a learning curve.
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