Real-life MMD: Should I sell gig tickets for a profit?

Minerva69

I don't really see the problem in a fan selling tickets for an event they genuinely cannot go to. I am a carer for my disabled husband and over the years I've had to sell a few tickets on Ebay for things that we'd booked and then he wasn't well enough to go to. Some tickets I've bought have been on sale a year in advance and there's no way we'll know if he can go or not so I just buy them and hope for the best.

I've never made a profit on them and most of the time make a loss, but I'm just glad to get a bit of our money back. Last time I did it the person who bought them contacted me afterwards to say thanks for the great seats. Some bands (such as Muse) have a facility on their own forums for members to sell or swap tickets with each other. I'd prefer it if I could return the tickets to the ticket agent or venue for the face value, but as most places won't do that I don't think there's anything wrong in people like myself trying to sell them and get some of the money back?

darren_lane

Offer them to friends at face value.
If no takers-eBay them.
If you make a profit-all credit to you!

Gavin83

If I was buying tickets to a gig I knew would be popular I'd generally buy a few extra to sell on. I often ended up going to gigs for free this way while I actually made a profit on some. This was back when ebay didn't charge a fortune in fees and there was real profit to be made in tickets, I don't think the same increase is there anymore, although I haven't done it for years.

I really don't see a problem with this. I don't buy into the whole 'your denying another person their ticket' theory. If you want the ticket just buy it ASAP, I've never failed to get tickets to a gig I want.

I've done this with other items in the past as well. If you can made a bit of cash and aren't taking the !!!!, whats the issue?

JayD

My son bought tickets for a concert but found afterwards that he would not be able to attend (work commitments sent him abroad), so I sold them for him at a profit.

I agree with all those who say to put them up on ebay( stubhub) and any other ticket selling sites at a price that covers the cost of the tickets plus all the fees those sites will hit you with, and not forgetting the cost of sending them by recorded signed for. You will find that this soon knocks the price up quite a bit already!

However, if you really want to make a fair profit then I think you should use an auction system rather than Buy it Now and let the buyers decide what they are worth - but again remember to have a starting price that covers all your costs in doing this.

I don't think you are being a scalper by doing this.

DKLS

I had 4 tickets for the stone roses, heaton park concert last year, and couldn't go due to my salad dodging colleague, who had broken her over-sized ankle.

2 I sold to mates for £60 each (face value), the other two went for the price of 3 days in Barcelona.