8 tickets per customer is too many

bargainhunter1980

if you really want tickets for the o2 arena then go out and buy an "O2" pay as you go sim card. you then top it up with £5 or £10 credit and use that to register for o2 priority tickets! you can then buy tickets usually 2 days in advance of general release, also chose your seats and get a chance to buy them at the face value prices instead of the over inflated priced rates on ebay!

good luck to everyone!

whatmichaelsays

The problem of touting stems from the fact that promoters / performers do not put on enough shows to meet demand. If they did, then there would be no need for touts or ticket restrictions.

The promoters and acts don't want to stop touting, no matter how much they might claim otherwise, until it actually starts hitting them in the pocket (such as the disorder at previous Glastonbury festivals).

bargainhunter1980

thats true. there was also a program on tv regarding ticketmaster selling to users and not allowing anyone to resell unless they use ticketmasters partner website. not only do ticket master earn from the initial sale but also another 10% from the reseller (or as they call them unwanted tickets).

so unfair. best is to register with the o2 sim. that way you get them before anyone. i doubt they will ever stop this system unless people stop buying form third party companies. which obviously ill never happen. its a viscious circle!!

7891368

whatmichaelsays wrote: »

The problem of touting stems from the fact that promoters / performers do not put on enough shows to meet demand. If they did, then there would be no need for touts or ticket restrictions.

Also people want 'good seats' not everyone can sit on the front 10 rows, people forget this. There is a whole venue to sell potentially 10,000s of seats. The tickets which are most desirable are nearer. Not everyone can have these.

greytroot

I agree it should be one per person and that is it! In the interest of fairness - couples well that would be turmoil!

moneypooh

"bargainhunter1980 so unfair. best is to register with the o2 sim. that way you get them before anyone"

That would work if there was a limited number of sim customers but there isn't. O2 priority days are just as bad if not worse. They have a limited number for sale and these are all over the venue.

Two cases recently meant the priority didn't work, Usher & Capitalfm's Jingle Bell Ball. On both occasions the tickets sold out in minutes and weren't always the better seats. I managed to get some Usher tickets but they were about the furthest away you could get, then on general release day managed to get right near the stage. So as a group of friends we'll need binoculars to communicate being so far apart.

It's very easy to be a priority customer so unfortunately that status is a little weak these days.

shortchanged_2

ellay864 wrote: »

It's illegal to sell tickets for football matches so although touting does happen, they cant block sell on ebay. So at least honest fans get a decent chance to get tickets. While I can understand that sometimes people genuinely buy tickets but then can't go (my mate was praying for her baby to arrive 2 weeks early like his sister had so she could be 'recovered' enough to see Bon Jovi - instead while Jon was belting out Living on a Prayer she was on her knees in labour!!) and they might use ebay then, if they banned tickets being sold up to a month before the gig then the touts wouldnt have the immediate outlet to recoup the money they spent on them

Simple answer to this is to allow resale of tickets but by law they can only be sold at face value.

I can't abide ebay sales where people put a description on there saying 'I am a genuine fan not a tout' and then add hundreds of pounds to the price of the tickets!

If there was legislation in place that tickets can only be sold at face value then there would be scope to take action against sites that promote sales above face value.

7891368

shortchanged wrote: »

If there was legislation in place that tickets can only be sold at face value then there would be scope to take action against sites that promote sales above face value.

It's normally against the terms and conditions of the tickets and they may be cancelled.

But it's obviously difficult to police.

greytroot

....and all you have to do is give a can of coke and a sausage roll - there you go a hospitality package including tickets.........and thats how it does work!!! or even saw on ebay buy and envelope and get free tickets......

fitshase

whatmichaelsays wrote: »

The problem of touting stems from the fact that promoters / performers do not put on enough shows to meet demand. If they did, then there would be no need for touts or ticket restrictions.

Sorry but do you seriously think that is the problem?! More events mean more tickets for touts to buy! If demand for tickets is high and as long as there is a demand, touts will buy the tickets to sell on at a profit. Some people will happily pay tout prices and some do not - it's personal choice.

However, there is no surefire way of stopping the touts without incurring additional costs for all parties and those costs passed on to the customer.

I've mentioned on another thread that I managed to get tickets for Take That. My wife decided against going so I sold the tickets to friends and covered my costs. It made their day/week/month/year to get the tickets and I was no worse off (I was feeling good as well so I could say I was better off).

I understand the need for a ban on football tickets being sold on as there are 2 different teams at the event and they don't want them mixing (it's a shame football couldn't be like rugby when fans mix in the stands and there is no trouble). However, I don't see the point in banning other tickets as it is a necessary marketplace for people who cannot go but have tickets. I know friends who frantically tried to get tickets to Take That and succeeded, only to find out their other half also secured tickets and now they have more than they need. What would happen then? The tickets go in the bin?