would you ban ticket touting?

[the truth]

tickets for boxing at 1000s each, football tickets all over the place, cricket over inflated, Wimbledon debenture mens final sold for £8000 a ticket? concerts selling at hugely infated prices all over the UK and the US...rugby sells at huge prices too

is it right these people are allowed to profit from this or would you make it illegal?

[Ammi]

...yeah, in an ideal world I would make it illegal truth....these things are ridiculously high prices from ticket sites and should be available and affordable for everyone...

[waterhog]

I am sure the providers of tickets are in on this and give the doubts so many.

[bots]

They wouldn't charge those prices unless people were prepared to pay them :shrug:

[Ammi]

They wouldn't charge those prices unless people were prepared to pay them :shrug:

...yes of course but as truth said, it creates an exclusion so in an ideal world etc...yes I would make it illegal ...

[bots]

...yes of course but as truth said, it creates an exclusion so in an ideal world etc...yes I would make it illegal ...

There will always be exclusion in everything, it is part of human nature and will never be eradicated. Laws can be put in place to make certain aspects illegal, but this will always be overcome one way or another. Theatre land in London thrives off of last minute tickets that can be purchased legally. For me that type of service is the ideal solution.

[arista]

tickets for boxing at 1000s each, football tickets all over the place, cricket over inflated, Wimbledon debenture mens final sold for £8000 a ticket? concerts selling at hugely infated prices all over the UK and the US...rugby sells at huge prices too

is it right these people are allowed to profit from this or would you make it illegal?

Bound to be Touted
as its a BBC event

[arista]

Anyway it is banned
in most places

But goes on outside of Any Poilice eyes

[kirklancaster]

There will always be exclusion in everything, it is part of human nature and will never be eradicated. Laws can be put in place to make certain aspects illegal, but this will always be overcome one way or another. Theatre land in London thrives off of last minute tickets that can be purchased legally. For me that type of service is the ideal solution.

So true.

The disgusting element of this, is that ordinary bona fide boxing/sports/theater goers of average means, are being deprived of seats for venues by the practice.

As WaterHog says, it is beyond all doubt that the ticket issuers are "in on this" because there are numerous examples of tickets being allocated in certain ways that facilitate the touts securing huge numbers to the detriment of the General Public.

Banning 'Ticket Touting' may well prove to be an impotent gesture but it is - at least - a token step in the right direction.

[the truth]

its only banned for the Olympics, Wimbledon (ballots banned debenture all legally sold) and football but everyone sells football regardless
everything else its legal to sell

[Niamh.]

Yeah definitely, it's really unfair that they buy up all the tickets just to sell them to the people who actually want to see an event at ridiculous prices

[the truth]

not sure a total ban could ever work, it would also make the market too inflexible with people needing to sell off unwanted or last minute tickets......people who buy them are taking the gamble of being able to sell them...BUT there must be enormous corruption with the box offices holding back tickets for the black market

[Northern Monkey]

I used one once for an Oasis concert that my mates went to when there was no tickets left.Only paid a tenner over the price after haggling for abit.Would'nt pay way over the odds though.I don't think you can stop it tbh.

[JoshBB]

I mean.. tickets aren't a necessity and I don't think I would make it illegal for people to resell their tickets, like in the rare example that the ticket-owner falls ill and sells it to their neighbour or something.. but it's definitely wrong when people resell the tickets for much higher than their original price.

[the truth]

I mean.. tickets aren't a necessity and I don't think I would make it illegal for people to resell their tickets, like in the rare example that the ticket-owner falls ill and sells it to their neighbour or something.. but it's definitely wrong when people resell the tickets for much higher than their original price.

is it any worse than buying and selling anything else?

[the truth]

England v wales best pairs selling at £10,000 a pair online according to bbc?

[Ammi]

England v wales best pairs selling at £10,000 a pair online according to bbc?

..is that rugby/World Cup tickets..?...

[the truth]

..is that rugby/World Cup tickets..?...

yes. its a middle class sport in England and the demand is phenomenal

[Livia]

Yes I bloody would ban it. You're not allowed to stand outside venues and tout tickets for hugely inflated prices, but if you've got a website it's okay, it seems. No one should be able to sell a ticket for more than a 10% profit. It usually means true fans of the sport/artist/whatever are priced out of events. Artists themselves should speak out against it.

[Niamh.]

Yes I bloody would ban it. You're not allowed to stand outside venues and tout tickets for hugely inflated prices, but if you've got a website it's okay, it seems. No one should be able to sell a ticket for more than a 10% profit. It usually means true fans of the sport/artist/whatever are priced out of events. Artists themselves should speak out against it.

I agree, infact I don't think you should be allowed to resell tickets for more than they were bought for at all

[Iceman]

Yeah Dublin are playing Mayo in the all Ireland semi final and tickets ar going for 6 times face value.

[bots]

its always going to be a problem when demand outstrips supply. Its standard economics in every single item that is bought and sold across the world.