Ethics of selling Live 8 tickets for profit

spor7y

soolin wrote:

However, since the sale of Live 8 tickets are now specifically allowed on ebay these scam busters may find their throw away accounts suddenly get thrown away by ebay.

Soo

Just noticed a lot of fake bidders have been Naru'd. Funny how Ebay can act fast when it suits them, yet the sammers are still live!!

soolin

If anyone is online at the moment to read this The news on BBC 1 now (1pm) has an article about live 8 tickets on ebay, might be worth watching.

Soo

soolin

soolin wrote:

If anyone is online at the moment to read this The news on BBC 1 now (1pm) has an article about live 8 tickets on ebay, might be worth watching.

Soo

Oh, it wasn't worth watching really. Sir Bob says people selling live 8 tickets are disgusting and ebay are disgusting for allowing it.

Oh, he just told ebay to stick their money where it belongs and Sir Bob is going to call the owner of ebay this afternoon...fight fight.

Soo

shrek101

Someones taking the Mick with those prices.

biblejohn

soolin wrote:

Oh, it wasn't worth watching really. Sir Bob says people selling live 8 tickets are disgusting and ebay are disgusting for allowing it.

Oh, he just told ebay to stick their money where it belongs and Sir Bob is going to call the owner of ebay this afternoon...fight fight.

Soo

So having got around 600quid per ticket from the text line, he is now turning down money from ebay which could further help those starving children. Rediculous.

cougar_3

I'm getting annoyed by Geldof, the whole thing is pointless because it's money they need, not awareness. Everyone knew about it before and the finance ministers reached a deal. Geldof should stop hyping and exaggerating everything. He's doing more of that than the politicians who will be / have been reaching the deals.

shrek101 wrote:

Someones taking the Mick with those prices.

Just noticed that awful, cheap pun.

FunkyFeet

It has to be!! either that or utterly disgusting i find!

FunkyFeet

Oops!! seems as tho one of the ebayer's heart is in the right place at least, see what they added to theyre sale description, good going



On 14-Jun-05 at 09:38:35 BST, seller added the following information:

I have been getting questions asking if the money will go to charity so I wish to clarify what I intend to do. The winning bidder will get their invoice as soon as the auction ends. In the "NOTES" section of the invoice the winner will then be asked to pick a charity from a list of 3. These are:

1) The Alzheimer’s Society

2) BLISS

3) The Heart Foundation

As you will notice Live 8 is NOT here and I wish to donate money to a cause that is close to me and where I can see a difference. If you wish to give to Live 8 please inform me along with a selection from above so that a proportion can go to Live 8. I hope this helps

shrek101

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4090774.stm

I think it is morally wrong to sell these tickets, these tickets are only to pay towards the running costs of the venue's and not to raise money. The whole live8 is about raising the awareness of poverty and to send a clear message to the G8 countries that poverty is wrong. Selling these tickets at vast inflated prices goes against the principles of live8 and only re-enforces the greed that some people have.

I hope the people who are selling these have a conscience.:(

shrek101

No pun unless I am missing something. Its an expression of someone is taking the pi** with the over inflated prices. Obviously some people are bidding to prevent a sale as they have no intention of purchasing them.

truscott_uk wrote:

I'm getting annoyed by Geldof, the whole thing is pointless because it's money they need, not awareness. Everyone knew about it before and the finance ministers reached a deal. Geldof should stop hyping and exaggerating everything. He's doing more of that than the politicians who will be / have been reaching the deals.



Just noticed that awful, cheap pun.