Yup! Both are leeches on society, but one is sucking from the jugular and the other is sucking from an extremity. That being said they are both sucking the same blood.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 41 points 2 years ago

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[–] hogunner@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

Landlords = Property scalpers

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Landlords do provide services: property maintenance and not having to worry about selling the place when you leave. Are landlords paid way too much for these services? Hell yes. That's more an issue of inadequate supply though, in my opinion.

Similarly, ticket scalpers provide a service, but not to concert goers. Scalpers absorb risk on behalf of the venue/performer. That's why venues, who could absolutely shut down scalpers, don't. Still scummy as hell, but don't absolve the venue of guilt too.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bruh the water fountain in the gym at my apartment complex has been broke for over a year, with 2 different owners who have both refused to fix it lmao. They provide a service that should be a human right, and i fail to see how increasing the supply would mediate this exploitation of something people need to survive. Lol

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Ours just has a sign that says "taken offline due to covid" and the gym was down for maintenance for a month and they only fixed one out of like seven issues.

These broken items have been broken for three years but the leasing office claims maintenance is done every six months.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If there were more available units, you could leave and go to one with better maintenance. There'd be actual competition between landlords to keep tenants.

Not ideal, obviously, since moving is a pretty big life event. I'm not saying increasing supply is the solution to every problem with landlords. Being allowed to withhold partial rent if common elements are broken would probably be a better solution in this particular instance.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Bruh I'm in a rent controlled unit, i had to jump through a shit ton of hoops to get approved for, I ain't goin Knowhere till I no longer qualify for this unit. What you are recommending is the equivalent of a bandaid solution for a wound that needs a tourniquet...

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

All the big venues near me have moved to non-transferable tickets.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Landlords derive profit from owning a scarce resource, not from providing any services.

A property maintenance worker does the same thing but is paid for their time like any other working class individual.

This is why you can have a terrible landlord just like any good one. It's not the quality of the landlord that's the problem, it's the exploitative relationship. Just like how slavery is bad despite their being "good" slave owners that didn't beat their slaves: it wasn't the treatment of the slaves that was the problem, it was the ownership of human beings.

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[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

Economically they are, both activities are rent seeking

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Those ticket scalpers and land lords are providing an economic service to you by taking the risk that they miss the show or have to pay their own mortgage! It's a very useful service for you!

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