Is it right to do this?

metalgal

Please note I don't actually do this i just want peoples opinion on this.

I don't work and so people are always getting me to order tickets for them from ticketmaster etc. Cos i don't work i can be on the computer logged in at 9am when the go on sale. There are sometimes when im booking tickets for things i know will sell out. I am always tempted to but a ticket or two and then sell them on ebay closer to the time. For example i booked tickets for peter kay which cost approx £65 each. It sold out and the tickets are currently going for over £100 on ebay at the minute and the gig isn't even until december!

Would buying tickets with the sole purpose of selling them for profit later be wrong?

custardy

metalgal wrote: »

Please note I don't actually do this i just want peoples opinion on this.

well thats an interesting question.........

GetRealBabe

custardy wrote: »

well thats an interesting question.........

Hi

Yes, the best ever.:rotfl::rotfl:

So what's the question?

GRB

missmontana

Plenty of people do it already!

geordie_joe

GetRealBabe wrote: »

Hi

Yes, the best ever.:rotfl::rotfl:

So what's the question?

GRB

Would buying tickets with the sole purpose of selling them for profit later be wrong?

Last line of the OP, did you not read that far :rotfl::rotfl:

bigpound

It's illegal, as nearly all tickets are not allowed to be resold. Also people will hate you for doing it.

geordie_joe

bigpound wrote: »

It's illegal,

What makes you think that? Serious question, what proof do you have that it is illegal?

bigpound wrote: »

as nearly all tickets are not allowed to be resold.

What about the ones that are not included in "nearly all"? If it's illegal to resell tickets then it's illegal to resell them all, not "most of them"

Also, who says they are not allowed to be resold, the people who sell them or the law makers of the UK?

There's a big difference between a ticket seller/venue saying "we will not let you in if we think you are not the original ticket purchaser" and the legal system saying "You will be punished if you resell a ticket".

bigpound wrote: »

Also people will hate you for doing it.

Not the ones who buy the ticket, those who would not have got one any other way.

The way I see it, it's no different to buying a house then selling it when the price goes up.

skintdragon

:eek:

here's my 2p worth...

as a regular gig- goer i'd be miffed if people bought tickets solely for touting interests. you've got people trying to obtain tickets for the retail price and touts bump the prices up and that to me is grossly unfair. we can't all afford to pay overly- inflated tout prices.

i have on the odd occasion had to sell tix on ebay because of work commitments but i always sell it for the price i paid (ticket price, admin/ booking fee, postage), so i don't gain any profit. that's fair, and it gives someone else an opportunity to go and enjoy themselves without paying over the odds.

clairibel

I'm with skintdragon on this one....those extra tickets that you resell for £100 could have been left with ticketmaster and potentially bought by people who actually want to see the show.

We had this with WWE tickets as my son is mad on them couldn't get tickets and had to pay over the odds, but if they all didn't get swooped up by sellers we might have had a chance and not be skint :eek:

Sore subject for me, but feel free to do as you please...

custardy

geordie_joe wrote: »

What makes you think that? Serious question, what proof do you have that it is illegal?

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well the OP would need to declare that income from selling the tickets
if they didnt they could be in a sticky situation with the DWP/HMRC

geordie_joe

custardy wrote: »

well the OP would need to declare that income from selling the tickets
if they didnt they could be in a sticky situation with the DWP/HMRC

That just means you get into a sticky situation for not declaring what you are earning. I asked how it was illegal to resell tickets.