Does anyone know if I am allowed to sell at FACE VALUE to the general public?

sammonp

Hi, I purchased tickets for the football @ Old Trafford 29/07, and have just won 4 Judo finals tickets for the same day.
I cannot attend both events, so have decided to still attend the football.
Reading Martin's Olympic tickets Q&A, I am allowed to sell the Judo tickets to friends and family at FACE VALUE
Unfortunately I do not have any takers in my friends and family.
Does anyone know if I am allowed to sell at FACE VALUE to the general public?
If so, does nayone know the best vehicle to do this?

Cheers
Paul

bazzyb

No, unfortunately they are illegal to resell other than to friends and family.

dawyldthing

but how are the olympic people going to know if you are their friend or not? Surely if you 'friend' them on facebook that should be sufficient?

mynameisclare

dawyldthing wrote: »

but how are the olympic people going to know if you are their friend or not? Surely if you 'friend' them on facebook that should be sufficient?

They say they might phone the ticket holder to check, though god knows how often that will actually happen in practice.

bazzyb

dawyldthing wrote: »

but how are the olympic people going to know if you are their friend or not? Surely if you 'friend' them on facebook that should be sufficient?

Good idea, pretend somebody's your friend and hope that is sufficient to avoid the £20,000 fine...

tescobabe69

bazzyb wrote: »

Good idea, pretend somebody's your friend and hope that is sufficient to avoid the £20,000 fine...

Or pretend someones your flatmate rather than your lover to access benefits.

duchy

I'd try your local judo club-they'll probably bite your hand off and be your best friend........although as you WON them so they cost you nothing maybe you could donate them ?

barbarawright

duchy wrote: »

I'd try your local judo club-they'll probably bite your hand off and be your best friend........although as you WON them so they cost you nothing maybe you could donate them ?

Couldn't you do a workplace raffle for charity for them, since they didn't cost you?

emg

Sorry if I am missing something obvious but if you bought them youself then can't you resell them through the LOCOG ticket website? If you log into your account there should be an option next to the tickets to list them for resale.

duchy

The OP didn't buy them he WON them in a competition.

lushlifesaver

Just to be cynical for a second OP...you won these tickets but want to make a profit by selling them on? Or by won do you mean you got them through an additional allocation? If you won them in a competition which you had no addition expenses in entering then I would suggest you either contact those who ran it and see if they would wish/be willing to allocate them to another entrant.
Alternatively it is possible to find out about the rules of reselling tickets and to resell through an account on the LOCOG ticket site (http://www.tickets.london2012.com/about_resale.html).

Since you won them I would suggest you either contact the administrators and see about them going to another entrant OR inquire about passing them on to a local school/college/sports club for them to use as a prize or similar.