Appointment Trader is secretly taking and selling restaurant reservations without the owners’ knowledge. The seats aren’t theirs to sell, yet people are selling (and buying) them. I’m strongly against any business that profits from creating false scarcity.
Portlanders Are Buying and Selling Restaurant Reservations Online — But Is It Actually Worth It?
A handful of Portland’s hottest restaurants have appeared on the app Appointment Trader, where users buy and sell hard-to-get reservations online. But are people actually interested?
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