Ticket scalpers -
Discussion
So at 0900.01 today I pressed the button and joined the queue for Louis Tomlinson tickets at Wembley Arena next year. My two teenage daughters are big fans (and although I say this shamefully - the One D guys have actually matured into good musicians)
Got through to payment - crashed! Try again and now none available, unless you want to buy from other fan sites at £300 a ticket on a £32 face value.
Really hate this - and it really should be stopped - they should be for fans and not for resale.
Got through to payment - crashed! Try again and now none available, unless you want to buy from other fan sites at £300 a ticket on a £32 face value.
Really hate this - and it really should be stopped - they should be for fans and not for resale.
It should be stopped, but who is going to stop it? The artists don't care, the event organisers don't care, they all get paid regardless.
It isn't just limited to event tickets. Sneakers, trading cards, games consoles, graphics cards all spring to mind as being scalped/flipped for a quick buck.
It isn't just limited to event tickets. Sneakers, trading cards, games consoles, graphics cards all spring to mind as being scalped/flipped for a quick buck.
Frenchda said:
So true.
It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
They've got their bit, which after all is the only reason for doing it. It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
Frenchda said:
So at 0900.01 today I pressed the button and joined the queue for Louis Tomlinson tickets at Wembley Arena next year. My two teenage daughters are big fans (and although I say this shamefully - the One D guys have actually matured into good musicians)
Got through to payment - crashed! Try again and now none available, unless you want to buy from other fan sites at £300 a ticket on a £32 face value.
Really hate this - and it really should be stopped - they should be for fans and not for resale.
With the outdoor concerts last year in Newcastle run by Virgin all ticket purchasers had to present and attend themselves with a valid form of photo-ID to stop reselling / scalpingGot through to payment - crashed! Try again and now none available, unless you want to buy from other fan sites at £300 a ticket on a £32 face value.
Really hate this - and it really should be stopped - they should be for fans and not for resale.
Seemed to be very effective and the tickets didn't sell out super-fast because of this - that was across a mix of music, comedian and other performers too.
cobra kid said:
Frenchda said:
So true.
It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
They've got their bit, which after all is the only reason for doing it. It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
Add to this that promotors own venues, ticket agencies and resell agencies, it all makes Bernie Ecclestone's past management of F1 look positively generous and transparent.
StevieBee said:
cobra kid said:
Frenchda said:
So true.
It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
They've got their bit, which after all is the only reason for doing it. It should be relatively easy to stop, if you cannot make the concert your tickets are refunded and go back on sale - there is always a big queue for big events.
The Artist does not make anything out of it so I am surprised they are not doing something about it.
Add to this that promotors own venues, ticket agencies and resell agencies, it all makes Bernie Ecclestone's past management of F1 look positively generous and transparent.
not to mention how many people would actually be trying to get tickets in the first place.
dont get me wrong, it’s crap and I get annoyed when trying to get tickets for big gigs, it just seems to be the way of it these days.
As already said, easily stoppable with making them named tickets with an ID requirement for admission.
Goes on with so many other things now with scalpers trying for a fast buck. I buy a lot of lego, to build and play with it, but the "investors" and speculators are now driving the prices up on so many of the models. To try and reduce this, lego often have purchase limits to stop people buying loads of the same model.
I'm all for people making a fair profit for a decent days work but many take the piss nowadays. Joys of capitalism sadly.
Goes on with so many other things now with scalpers trying for a fast buck. I buy a lot of lego, to build and play with it, but the "investors" and speculators are now driving the prices up on so many of the models. To try and reduce this, lego often have purchase limits to stop people buying loads of the same model.
I'm all for people making a fair profit for a decent days work but many take the piss nowadays. Joys of capitalism sadly.
TEKNOPUG said:
Simple supply and demand. Tickets are clearly too cheap in the first place if people are able to flip them quickly for a big profit. I'm surprised that promoters don't simply operate an auction or sealed bids. Highest 10,000 get a ticket.
To a certain degree yes, have no issues at not getting ticket's but I do get annoyed that 10 mins later they are everywhere at 8 x face value. Clever buyers with bots etc will scoop up a good percentage of tickets just to earn a turn. I understand economics as well, but when you price out the fans not lucky enough to get tickets then its just a shame. I am passionate about live music, as my girls are, and this "scalping" is just so normal now.I am so annoyed I actually tweeted @louis_tomlinson registering my displeasure, that'll teach him!
I don't understand why concert tickets can't be sold in the same way as flight tickets - when they go on sale initially,a price is set at the amount they think is the highest amount that they can get away with that will just fill the venue. If they are more popular than expected, the price increases and if less popular the price decreases, and this is readjusted all the time until the concert date.
TEKNOPUG said:
Simple supply and demand. Tickets are clearly too cheap in the first place if people are able to flip them quickly for a big profit. I'm surprised that promoters don't simply operate an auction or sealed bids. Highest 10,000 get a ticket.
From ‘The Apprentice’ school of business. It’s not true supply and demand at all. A scalper buying thousands of tickets to create artificial scarcity is not ‘supply and demand.’
Psycho Warren said:
As already said, easily stoppable with making them named tickets with an ID requirement for admission.
Goes on with so many other things now with scalpers trying for a fast buck. I buy a lot of lego, to build and play with it, but the "investors" and speculators are now driving the prices up on so many of the models. To try and reduce this, lego often have purchase limits to stop people buying loads of the same model.
I'm all for people making a fair profit for a decent days work but many take the piss nowadays. Joys of capitalism sadly.
You could use your Covid vaccination card. Goes on with so many other things now with scalpers trying for a fast buck. I buy a lot of lego, to build and play with it, but the "investors" and speculators are now driving the prices up on so many of the models. To try and reduce this, lego often have purchase limits to stop people buying loads of the same model.
I'm all for people making a fair profit for a decent days work but many take the piss nowadays. Joys of capitalism sadly.
The irony is that if you have parked in a car park, it is probably against the rules to pass on your ticket to someone else - non transferable. Why doesn't the same apply to the ticket for the show?
Roofless Toothless said:
You could use your Covid vaccination card.
The irony is that if you have parked in a car park, it is probably against the rules to pass on your ticket to someone else - non transferable. Why doesn't the same apply to the ticket for the show?
Because with a car park I think the argument is that you are depriving the owner of further payment (ie.. the next person would have gone and paid for a new ticket)?The irony is that if you have parked in a car park, it is probably against the rules to pass on your ticket to someone else - non transferable. Why doesn't the same apply to the ticket for the show?
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