Ticket Tout Stung

[Catfood]

This is for everyone who couldn't get tickets due to touts, just a little evidence that they don't always get their own way.

This year, me and my happy little group are headed to Leeds. When the tickets went on sale on Monday, my friend Adam brought 6 Reading tickets which he hoped to sell on for a tidy sum and 6 Leeds tickets for him and his group. Yesterday, I was told that the ticket company counted Reading/Leeds as the same thing and wouldn't let him have that many tickets, but not to worry as he can still have the 6 Reading tickets.

So not only has his evil money making scheme gone tits up, he is also stuck with tickets to the wrong festival. Just goes to show that sometimes the touts get fucked too.

[Digsy]

well, as we say in newport "AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH `ave some of that" haha ;D

[DaveyC]

He's still taken 6 Reading tix from those desperate to go... may he burn in hell.

MF are now doing quite a bit re touts.

www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage.asp?ArticleID=2931&URLID=16

[T8]

good to see they are doing something about it all....

[Fat Reg]

None of what they're doing will have any effect at all. The only thing that will make a difference will be to make it illegal to sell over face value. And even then, touts will still do it. And people who want to go will still pay what they ask. Maybe Glastonbury has the right idea with photo-tickets?

[T8]

but then it just gets confusing if a mate cant go and they give their ticket 2 a mate then wot? i duno how glasto are getting past this kinda thing

[Fat Reg]

I suspect they don't and won't care once they've got the ticket money! There's no perfect solution...

[T8]

indeed there is not sadly...well im sure they will come up with more ideas

[Nik]

Making it legal to kill touts would surely sort the problem out rather quickely....

[T8]

that wud be great id sign a petetion 4 that lol