Ticket touting... Do or Dont?

Trust me, these tickets wont sell out for at least 2 weeks.

There will always be people who dont manage to get a ticket...

Say for example the tickets sell out 1 by 1 at face value... there will be someone who wants a ticket, who would be willing to pay above face value to go.

I'll just provide a few tickets.

The money is going towards a one way ticket to NZ.
 
If people buy tickets with the intention of going but then can't and have to sell them, that's fine. Buying up limited tickets just to make a quick profit off true fans is scummy.
 
mp3kla said:
Trust me, these tickets wont sell out for at least 2 weeks.

There will always be people who dont manage to get a ticket...

Say for example the tickets sell out 1 by 1 at face value... there will be someone who wants a ticket, who would be willing to pay above face value to go.

I'll just provide a few tickets.

The money is going towards a one way ticket to NZ.
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For me, if it takes two weeks to sell out, the demand doesn't strike me as high enough to a) make particularly much money and b) guarantee selling all the tickets you purchase.
 
I disagree with it.

Many a festival/gig I would have liked to have gone to but were sold out- I would have to had paid over double just to get hold of some tickets but could not afford to do so.

The tickets I have sold on ebay before were at the price I bought them for + postage etc. Its just a lot fairer thing to do - its not all about making money !
 
I disagree with it, I can see the wrong, but "middle men" legal or not are in most aspects of things that involve money, its life.
 
Scam said:
It's a scummy and horrible thing to do. What if someone really wants to go but cant get the tickets bang on 9am the day they go on sale?
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then they need a tout....

who will charge a premium for the service as he is running a business

If there was no demand for last minute ticket purchases then there would be no requirement for touts to exist - fact is there is and they do
 
Get em on Fleabay my son :)

Like many others here say, if you don't do it, someone else will.

And of course there might (just might) be someone out there that has not had the opportunity to purchase a ticket early and just so happens to have the money spare when your tickets are going.

Their happy and so are you. Job done!!!
 
dowie said:
then they need a tout....

who will charge a premium for the service as he is running a business

If there was no demand for last minute ticket purchases then there would be no requirement for touts to exist - fact is there is and they do
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Touts make the tickets sell out quicker. It takes a tenth of the time for a tout to buy up ten tickets, than it does for 10 people to buy a ticket each. The touts make them sell out quicker which mean that the guy who can only buy them in his lunchbreak is much more likely to lose out.

You make a decent argument, but pretending that touts are there to provide a 'service' is just laughable. They're in it for the money, and in doing so they manage to screw the artist out of money which is rightfully theirs, as well as people who end up paying the premium when they really shouldnt have to.

I think all tickets for gigs and the like should come with your name/address etc. stamped on them. To get in you need the matching ID. This would make it impossible (or much harder) for people to tout tickets at all. If you find out you cant go to a gig, you send the tickets back and they can be sold on the door by the venue (maybe even a few days before). I really cant see any major problem with this, besides it taking a bit longer for people to get into the venue due to the ID checks.
 
Scam said:
You make a decent argument, but pretending that touts are there to provide a 'service' is just laughable. They're in it for the money, and in doing so they manage to screw the artist out of money which is rightfully theirs
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The artists are making their money when I buy the tickets, I don't see how you get the idea that the artist is losing out on money. If the artist wasn't getting enough cash, the tickets would cost more and the artist would be getting a bigger cut.
 
dowie said:
then they need a tout....

who will charge a premium for the service as he is running a business

If there was no demand for last minute ticket purchases then there would be no requirement for touts to exist - fact is there is and they do
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A tout adds absolutely no value to the product he is selling...
 
mp3kla said:
The artists are making their money when I buy the tickets, I don't see how you get the idea that the artist is losing out on money. If the artist wasn't getting enough cash, the tickets would cost more and the artist would be getting a bigger cut.
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Because of the argument that people are willing to pay more for their ticket. Regardless of what price the tickets face value is, if there is someone out there willing to pay £50+ for a ticket than that is potential revenue/profit for the artist/management.

How would you like it if you were selling a guitar and advertised it in the paper for £50. The buyer comes to see it and says "cool i'll take it, i could get £75 for that easily". Dont you think you'd want to change your mind and re-advertise it the next day for £75? The point is, if there's someone out there willing to pay £75 for your guitar, you should be the one to get that.

I'm sorry, but whatever way you put it, buying tickets with the intent to sell them on straight away is just a horrible practice.
 
Did you know shops like Tesco buy stuff and sell it on for a profit :) yes they do.
and I've bought tickets for less than the original price so go for it nothing wrong with.

:) Whinging lefties
 
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