Reselling train tickets for profit is scalping

SPRING FESTIVAL TRAVEL always makes headlines with the competition for train tickets a focal point of media attention. This year, some of the e-commerce platforms have launched ticket reselling services to profit from people's wish to return to their hometowns. China Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

Train tickets during the Spring Festival holidays are always in short supply and the demand is always huge. The recent participation of internet companies in the fierce competition for train tickets has only made the situation worse.

Every major online platform is trying to profit from people's desperation to get a ticket, which distorts the normal market order, harms people's right to buy tickets through the normal channels and even ruins the public property of train tickets.