MSE News: Olympic tickets can be re-sold to friends or family

Former_MSE_Helen · 24 June 2011 at 5:51PM

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"The second batch of London 2012 tickets went on sale today - but you can also re-sell tickets to friends & family ..."

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Olympic tickets can be re-sold to friends or family

Arthurian · 24 June 2011 at 5:59PM

Why on earth say they are non-transferable, then say you can re-sell them to 'friends'? And without photo ID, which concert promoters are now starting to insist upon? The article says you can't re-sell online for a profit and you can't re-sell at an online auction site - so what about re-selling offline for a profit, via a newspaper or magazine? Or by writing to a corporate hospitality organisation? Lots more to uncover, I think.

nedski · 24 June 2011 at 7:16PM

"You should not, however, sell tickets online for a profit as this is a criminal offence. It is also illegal to sell tickets via online auction sites"

Under what law is this illegal? I know that the resale of Football tickets is illegal under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, but I wasn't aware that this covered the Olympics too.
Sounds like scare tactics to me...

ashleypride · 24 June 2011 at 7:50PM

nedski wrote: »

"You should not, however, sell tickets online for a profit as this is a criminal offence. It is also illegal to sell tickets via online auction sites"
Under what law is this illegal? I know that the resale of Football tickets is illegal under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, but I wasn't aware that this covered the Olympics too.
Sounds like scare tactics to me...

London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 Section 31.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/12/section/31

"(1)A person commits an offence if he sells an Olympic ticket—
(a)in a public place or in the course of a business"

D_Dickenson · 24 June 2011 at 10:54PM

Does anyone understand section 2 (c) & 3 from the above link. Does it mean if we say we didn't know then it is ok?

(2)(c) a person shall (without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(a)) be treated as acting in the course of a business if he does anything as a result of which he makes a profit or aims to make a profit.

(3)A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) by advertising that a ticket is available for purchase if—

(a)the sale of the ticket if purchased would be in the course of a business only by reason of subsection (2)(c), and

(b)the person does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to discover, that subsection (2)(c) would apply to the sale.

Le73Uq86Uv · 26 June 2011 at 10:24AM

I guess they don't give a (insert what you like) about security.

What if those tickets came into the hands of terrorists?

mynameisclare · 26 June 2011 at 11:11AM

What was stopping terrorists buying tickets through the official channels?

DCFC79 · 26 June 2011 at 10:17PM

For those who didnt get tickets you have saved yourself some money and you could buy a tv and invite your friends over to watch the games

Percy1983 · 27 June 2011 at 10:10AM

I wish stricter laws where in place with all tickets, every concert which will be big leaves many fans without tickets and half the tickets on ebay and such like.

beagle · 6 January 2012 at 8:36PM

Anybody know what happens when you've got childrens' tickets which were priced at their age in pounds? If we've got 2 adult tickets and one 8 year old and one 6 year old, could we only sell the childrens tickets to friends/family who had children of that age or younger?

goody2 · 7 January 2012 at 10:25AM

We re in the same boat..we need to sell our tickets......

my wife whose bought a ticket for is disabled, I go free as a carer and we got another ticket for my daughter, how do we sell them correctly?

'The Olympic games is there for everyone in the UK' ...my foot it is!

MSE News: Olympic tickets can be re-sold to friends or family

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