the killers - pre-sale
- Thread starter Fletch
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Yes. But you have a brain made of blancmange
parm
Striker
photos on tickets has to be the way
Fred Army
Striker
That's not practical, for a variety of reasons.
There's no perfect solution, but making the resale of tickets for more than face value illegal would be a good start. If there's no profit to be made then that frees up more tickets to genuine fans.
errant
Striker
i recall the arctic monkeys debut academy tour being the first time i'd come across a situation where there were more buying tickets to sell - than to actually see them.
Make tickets non-transferrable, take names at time of booking, print them on the ticket and make people show ID when entering the venue. Charge £20 for a name change but must be requested in writing. Will never eliminate it but would reduce it significantly.
WASTID
Striker
These type of things have already been tried but it isn't fool proof and isn't all that practical.
Credit Card entry has been brought in for some gigs so its ticketless and you just turn up with confirmation email for seat numbers etc and the credit card is scanned to allow entry. But even this has been worked around by the online touts just ordering tickets on pre-pay credit cards then passing that on when selling (as crazy as that sounds!).
Major problem are the ticket companies themselves. Most of them now have their noses in too many troughs. Its not in their interest to actually make the process fair as a lot of them skim a fee from the original sale and then make even more when its resold on their "alternative" sources.
Fred Army
Striker
I'm sure I saw an article somewhere claiming that a certain well known ticket company employed people to buy up their own tickets so they could then resell them on their sister site at vastly inflated prices.
At the moment it's just too easy for touts.
I buy tickets frequently, mostly for myself, but sometimes for others as presents. Things like names on tickets, photos, showing ID etc aren't practical in a lot of cases and shouldn't be necessary. This is why I think if you can get the law changed to restrict the resale of tickets to them being sold at face value or below then you'll put off a lot of people who want to buy for profit, but you'll still enable people to shift tickets for events they can no longer attend without them losing money. Tickets being non refundable is another gripe of mine, if you could return tickets then that would help remove the need to use resale sites who again add on sky high service fees.
Then there's booking fees: if we must have them there should be a cap or standard charge as I'm sure these prices are just plucked out of the air, and seem to range from "thieving bastards" to "total and utter robbing c**ts!"
At the moment it's just too easy for touts.
I buy tickets frequently, mostly for myself, but sometimes for others as presents. Things like names on tickets, photos, showing ID etc aren't practical in a lot of cases and shouldn't be necessary. This is why I think if you can get the law changed to restrict the resale of tickets to them being sold at face value or below then you'll put off a lot of people who want to buy for profit, but you'll still enable people to shift tickets for events they can no longer attend without them losing money. Tickets being non refundable is another gripe of mine, if you could return tickets then that would help remove the need to use resale sites who again add on sky high service fees.
Then there's booking fees: if we must have them there should be a cap or standard charge as I'm sure these prices are just plucked out of the air, and seem to range from "thieving bastards" to "total and utter robbing c**ts!"
WASTID
Striker
Sadly though governments aren't interested in laws that protect customers from being ripped off. Especially when it's going to put some companies out of business effectively.
PTR
Striker
Works brilliantly for Glastonbury. I can't think why it's not a valid reason for everyone else.
Just make ticket sellers accept cancellations like Wimbledon do.
T
The Exile
Guest
Playing a gig at the Brixton Academy on the 12th of September.
Tickets on sale from Thursday at 09:00 on Ticketmaster.
One of the rare chances that you'll get to see them in an intimate venue.
Sold out at ten to nine with every ticket available on Viagogo at three times the price at 09.00.........
