Take That 2007 Uk Tour tickets

kellyd

Tout_or_Businesswoman_? wrote:

:rotfl:

Sorry, but that did make me laugh !

was waiting for your chuckle !

comicmankev

I'm sure they would also have to offer a way that people without mobiles would be able to get the tickets. And we all know touts don't have mobiles don't we?

thom_yorke

Tout_or_Businesswoman_? wrote:

:rotfl:

Sorry, but that did make me laugh !

Sorry, but I don't consider exploiting someones desire to see their favourite band or artist a job. I don't feel it makes them a business person either, as no business skills are required. It's all in the luck of the ticket allocation and then using ebay. My 6 year old brother could do that.

comicmankev

I'm no tout, and have never sold a ticket, but if there's a custom for it, then it's a job in my opinion. The only people to blame are the people that pay ludicrous amounts for them! If people didnt buy them, then they would soon stop being sold!

Tallulah_2

I've just found this on the Ticketmaster website which probably explains (almost!!!) the difference between the £25.00 and £45.00 tickets although it's no excuse!!!!

UPPER TIER
£25.00 - £45.00


LOWER TIER
£45.00


SUITES
£45.00


FLOOR SEATED
£45.00


DISABLED
£25.00

ScratUK

thom_yorke wrote:

Sorry, but I don't consider exploiting someones desire to see their favourite band or artist a job. I don't feel it makes them a business person either, as no business skills are required. It's all in the luck of the ticket allocation and then using ebay. My 6 year old brother could do that.

Fully agree with you.
Those that buy tickets with the sole intention of reselling them on eBay are no different to the scum that resell tickets outside the venues.

It's illegal to resell football tickets, therefore it would take very little to extend that law to protect the honest fans & consumers.

I know of a couple of people who use throw away eBay accounts to Buy It Now tickets - get the sellers details, and hand them over to the Inland Revenue. Fair play to 'em

marky_p

thom_yorke wrote:

Sorry, but I don't consider exploiting someones desire to see their favourite band or artist a job. I don't feel it makes them a business person either, as no business skills are required. It's all in the luck of the ticket allocation and then using ebay. My 6 year old brother could do that.

If you knew anything you'd realise that the luck involved is minimal.

If your 6 year old brother could do it, you should put him to work!

thom_yorke

comicmankev wrote:

The only people to blame are the people that pay ludicrous amounts for them! If people didnt buy them, then they would soon stop being sold!

To blame the fans is ludicrous. The high prices are an effect brought about from the touts actions. I understand that if fans didn't buy them them touts wouldn't exist, but that's why I said in my fist post that they're exploiting a desire which people have to see their favourite band.

Quite simply if the touts didn't buy up huge amounts, then the fans wouldn't have to resort to competing against each other on the black market.

thom_yorke

marky_p wrote:

If you knew anything you'd realise that the luck involved is minimal.

If your 6 year old brother could do it, you should put him to work!

From Ticketmaster the luck is minimal, but from SeeTickets it's not. Their system is far from fair in terms of first come first served. For smaller events they're fine, but for larger events they're awful. Remember the Madonna situation?

And I'd rather not let me brother go into such a business. I don't want him growing up like 99% of the population where the sole purpose of your life is to get wads of paper in your back pocket.

knight-on-the-town

Have to disagree - Ebay is not the problem - most there simply utilise a system not of there making and which is designed to make record companies and those in the indusrty very weathy at the fan expense. Would a band interested in its fans charge £50 for a seat in the Attic of the MENA?
My post here may:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=394009

interest you