Crowded House fans who bought tickets at differing 'In Demand' prices will be refunded

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#279940 18-Nov-2020 13:34

Good on them its a pity more bands did not do the same.

The who ticket scheme is a complete rip off and should be regulated to stop all the gouging.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/123424379/crowded-house-fans-who-bought-tickets-at-differing-in-demand-prices-will-be-refunded

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#2605986 18-Nov-2020 13:53

I had no idea they did that with prices.

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#2606061 18-Nov-2020 14:23

I love how the article talks about promoter "Live nation" and ticket seller "Ticketmaster" as if one was not aware of what the other was doing....

The are all part of the same company... in 2010 those two entities merged to form "Live Nation Entertainment,"

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#2606216 18-Nov-2020 15:23

They say its a scheme to discourage scalpers. What a load of crap!

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#2606254 18-Nov-2020 15:47

I remember looking at Ticketmaster for U2 tickets last year when they went on sale. It wasn't possible to select tickets because the website was so bogged down, and around 2 mins after initial sales started they were all sold out - however immediately looking at Ticketmaster resale there were plenty of tickets on there.

It's all a big scam.

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#2606360 18-Nov-2020 16:07

They could solve many of the problems by simply making it illegal to on-sell tickets. It’s surely not beyond the wit of man to find a way of keying a sold ticket to an individual.

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#2606362 18-Nov-2020 16:10

The problem with that is some people have a legitimate need to on-sell tickets to recover costs if they can't attend. We need to make it illegal to on-sell at higher than face value.

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#2606365 18-Nov-2020 16:16

It's schemes like this that make the likes of Viagogo look good (and they aren't good in anyone's books)

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#2606622 19-Nov-2020 09:16

Senecio:

The problem with that is some people have a legitimate need to on-sell tickets to recover costs if they can't attend. We need to make it illegal to on-sell at higher than face value.

Just introduce a law requiring the ticket issuer to buy back tickets sold and no longer required. THEY can then resell them.

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#2606742 19-Nov-2020 10:28

Senecio:

The problem with that is some people have a legitimate need to on-sell tickets to recover costs if they can't attend. We need to make it illegal to on-sell at higher than face value.

This.

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#2606793 19-Nov-2020 10:45

Geektastic:

Just introduce a law requiring the ticket issuer to buy back tickets sold and no longer required. THEY can then resell them.

Should we just ban the resale of any goods or services at the same time? If not, why not?

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#2606795 19-Nov-2020 10:47

There were accusations that Ticketmaster or whatnot were moving "new" tickets, into the resale area to fetch a higher price for them as well.

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#2606806 19-Nov-2020 11:00

sbiddle:

Geektastic:

Just introduce a law requiring the ticket issuer to buy back tickets sold and no longer required. THEY can then resell them.

Should we just ban the resale of any goods or services at the same time? If not, why not?

Because fewer people complain about them?

Personally, I do not care if the tickets are a million dollars each; I am merely offering suggested methods of remediating an issue that many people seem to find to be in need of remediation.

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#2606809 19-Nov-2020 11:02

networkn:

Senecio:

The problem with that is some people have a legitimate need to on-sell tickets to recover costs if they can't attend. We need to make it illegal to on-sell at higher than face value.

This.

As I said above, requiring the ticket agency to refund the buyer and then having them onsell the returned tickets again at face value solves that issue.

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#2607355 20-Nov-2020 09:54

The solution is far more simple

I we all could all just Stop buying tickets for more than the original price.
Its market driven.

We are the issue, not the scalpers . Just say no .
I do like it when a concert doesnt sell out and scalpers get caught out with a mass of tickets they need to sell at a loss .

Its a good point mentioned above, if we make ticket scalping illegal, then why not ban profits on anything anyone ever sells ? I'd never considered that .

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#2607413 20-Nov-2020 10:22

1101:

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I do like it when a concert doesnt sell out and scalpers get caught out with a mass of tickets they need to sell at a loss .

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Takes me back to 4 July 1990. Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium. Just so happened that England - Germany world cup semi-final was on the same night. Face value tickets were about £20 - £25. My mate Boz and I went down at about 3 in the afternoon and got tickets off a tout for £12 each. 30 minutes before the start of the show they were trying to get rid of them for £2.50 a pop.

It was great.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?