Get Me In.com. Blatently a tout site. How do they get away with it?
???? I thought touting was illegal? I was looking for a v festival ticket as missed the sale, and ticketmasters own site referred me to this
http://www.getmein.com/
And people on there who have purchased tickets are charging what they like! How is this right? And how can they get away with it?
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Jump to unread Post a CommentEdited By: nicster08 on Mar 31, 2011 17:54
Got tickets last year to see Noel Gallagher at the Albert Hall for the teenage cancer trust charity and the tickets sold out within 2 minutes. The funny thing their was quite a few touts on the night and they couldn't shift the tickets as no-one was buying spares as everyone had tickets that turned up and no passing people to sell to.
Was a piece on watchdog about it the other month as T&c's state tickets must not be sold on yet ticketmaster were running a site to sell tickets on. And they also take a cut of the price from get me in after also charging there service charge.
But this is what happens when one company is allowed to dominate the market unchecked
As long as idiots are prepared to pay over the odds for tickets these practices will continue
Edited By: Marty1981 on Mar 31, 2011 19:05
Was a piece on watchdog about it the other month as T&c's state tickets must not be sold on yet ticketmaster were running a site to sell tickets on. And they also take a cut of the price from get me in after also charging there service charge.
But this is what happens when one company is allowed to dominate the market unchecked
As long as idiots are prepared to pay over the odds for tickets these practices will continue
Or unless the government get off their backsides and implement legislation banning it. Not gonna happen any time soon though unfortunately..
Edited By: oldmanhouse on Mar 31, 2011 19:09
http://www.musiclawupdates.com/articles/ARTICLE%2008TheFightAgainstTicketTouts.htm
Edited By: slamdunkin on Mar 31, 2011 19:15
Or unless the government get off their backsides and implement legislation banning it. Not gonna happen any time soon though unfortunately..
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People are far more to blame than the government i refuse to pay over the ticket price for anything and would simply not go if i had to pay more, if everyone did the same there would be no market for it
Little the government could do as any legislation could and would be worked around as long as people are willing to pay.
Simple practice to stop it would be picture on the ticket(glasto do this i think) or produce the card you paid with especially as most places scan you in now anyway would not be dificult to do this
Edited By: Marty1981 on Mar 31, 2011 19:14
People are far more to blame than the government i refuse to pay over the ticket price for anything and would simply not go if i had to pay more, if everyone did the same there would be no market for it
Little the government could do as any legislation could and would be worked around as long as people are willing to pay.
Simple practice to stop it would be picture on the ticket(glasto do this i think) or produce the card you paid with especially as most places scan you in now anyway would not be dificult to do this
That sounds like a good system and probably easier to bring in than outlawing touting - although I bet Ticketmaster and the like would drag their heels over it to try and preserve the touting arm of their business. It's illegal to sell rail tickets, and because of that, there's hardly any out there for sale. In theory, I think the same could be done for concert tickets too..
Edited By: oldmanhouse on Mar 31, 2011 19:21
35 years, f*** all!