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gwen
Dan, I understand your point of view, thing is that there is not really a primary market anymore.
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Naturalust
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told us: "Fans are demanding better access to tickets, with greater levels of choice and flexibility; recent research having shown that 80% of the British public want the right to resell tickets."
Wtf? Sounds like total BS to me. The British public want to resell their tickets? I'm pretty sure most of them just want to be able to buy decent seats at face value.
It would be great to take one Stones concert and have total visibility over who got all the tickets on the day of sale. Some estimates are that 80+% of them go to resellers. If true that is absurd! peace
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grzegorz67
Keep on it Paulywaul, I'm woth you 100% I refuse to use these 2mdaty sites, even if it means missing a show.
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Naturalust
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told us: "Fans are demanding better access to tickets, with greater levels of choice and flexibility; recent research having shown that 80% of the British public want the right to resell tickets."
Wtf? Sounds like total BS to me. The British public want to resell their tickets? I'm pretty sure most of them just want to be able to buy decent seats at face value.
It would be great to take one Stones concert and have total visibility over who got all the tickets on the day of sale. Some estimates are that 80+% of them go to resellers. If true that is absurd! peace
Well they would come out with statements like that, wouldn't they ? The irrefutable fact of the matter is quite simply this, the secondary market has cooked its own goose, and is now going to get reined in a little bit. Had to happen ... and it now finally has. It was a long time coming but it was inevitable.
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grzegorz67
Keep on it Paulywaul, I'm woth you 100% I refuse to use these 2mdaty sites, even if it means missing a show.
I'm a bit more pragmatic, I use the secondary market because regrettably I occasionally have no choice ...... in other words I've not been successful at getting what I wanted in the first 30 seconds (typically) of when things go on sale with the primary vendor.
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gwen
Dan, I understand your point of view, thing is that there is not really a primary market anymore.
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Naturalust
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told us: "Fans are demanding better access to tickets, with greater levels of choice and flexibility; recent research having shown that 80% of the British public want the right to resell tickets."
Wtf? Sounds like total BS to me. The British public want to resell their tickets? I'm pretty sure most of them just want to be able to buy decent seats at face value.
It would be great to take one Stones concert and have total visibility over who got all the tickets on the day of sale. Some estimates are that 80+% of them go to resellers. If true that is absurd! peace
Well they would come out with statements like that, wouldn't they ? The irrefutable fact of the matter is quite simply this, the secondary market has cooked its own goose, and is now going to get reined in a little bit. Had to happen ... and it now finally has. It was a long time coming but it was inevitable.
Unfortunately, I don't see any changes happening in time for this summer's tour. It will interesting to revisit the issue and see just how many of us had to bite the bullet to get decent seats. It almost seems like poising over the keyboard on the secondary websites is more likely to produce results that the primary seller websites. I'm not giving in yet and thanks paulywaul for sharing your well intended passion on this issue. peace
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Naturalust
A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told us: "Fans are demanding better access to tickets, with greater levels of choice and flexibility; recent research having shown that 80% of the British public want the right to resell tickets."
Wtf? Sounds like total BS to me. The British public want to resell their tickets? I'm pretty sure most of them just want to be able to buy decent seats at face value.
It would be great to take one Stones concert and have total visibility over who got all the tickets on the day of sale. Some estimates are that 80+% of them go to resellers. If true that is absurd! peace
Well they would come out with statements like that, wouldn't they ? The irrefutable fact of the matter is quite simply this, the secondary market has cooked its own goose, and is now going to get reined in a little bit. Had to happen ... and it now finally has. It was a long time coming but it was inevitable.
Unfortunately, I don't see any changes happening in time for this summer's tour. It will interesting to revisit the issue and see just how many of us had to bite the bullet to get decent seats. It almost seems like poising over the keyboard on the secondary websites is more likely to produce results that the primary seller websites. I'm not giving in yet and thanks paulywaul for sharing your well intended passion on this issue. peace
Yes, the Rolling Stones are going to be scalping their own tickets. What legislation is going to prevent that?
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grzegorz67
Keep on it Paulywaul, I'm woth you 100% I refuse to use these 2mdaty sites, even if it means missing a show.
I'm a bit more pragmatic, I use the secondary market because regrettably I occasionally have no choice ...... in other words I've not been successful at getting what I wanted in the first 30 seconds (typically) of when things go on sale with the primary vendor.
Which is actually the worst time to be buying tickets
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A spokesperson for Ticketmaster told us: "Fans are demanding better access to tickets, with greater levels of choice and flexibility; recent research having shown that 80% of the British public want the right to resell tickets."
Wtf? Sounds like total BS to me. The British public want to resell their tickets? I'm pretty sure most of them just want to be able to buy decent seats at face value.
It would be great to take one Stones concert and have total visibility over who got all the tickets on the day of sale. Some estimates are that 80+% of them go to resellers. If true that is absurd! peace
Well they would come out with statements like that, wouldn't they ? The irrefutable fact of the matter is quite simply this, the secondary market has cooked its own goose, and is now going to get reined in a little bit. Had to happen ... and it now finally has. It was a long time coming but it was inevitable.
Unfortunately, I don't see any changes happening in time for this summer's tour. It will interesting to revisit the issue and see just how many of us had to bite the bullet to get decent seats. It almost seems like poising over the keyboard on the secondary websites is more likely to produce results that the primary seller websites. I'm not giving in yet and thanks paulywaul for sharing your well intended passion on this issue. peace
Yes, the Rolling Stones are going to be scalping their own tickets. What legislation is going to prevent that?
I doubt they are personally involved since their guarantees are so high to begin with. But I suspect the promoters are heavily involved and that the Stones have chosen to look the other way, possibly even contracted to do so.
It would be nice to see them take a stance on the issue, their involvement could really make a difference. It would be a GREAT addition to their legacy if they were able to help stop the madness. peace
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Nate
A step in the right direction but im cautious.I would like to see it made law that you can only resell tickets at face value I think that's the only way to get rid of these disgusting rip off touts.
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Nate
A step in the right direction but im cautious.I would like to see it made law that you can only resell tickets at face value I think that's the only way to get rid of these disgusting rip off touts.
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For those of us that think this entire phenomenon needs legislation of some sort to curb its excesses and promote greater transparency, it is definitely a step in the right direction. I personally don't think we'll get to where we either need to be or want to be overnight, I think it will be a series of successive "further constraining measures" over a period of time ..... a "gradual tightening of the noose" if you wish to think of it like that
We'll get there .....
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paulywaul
VICTORY !!
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odean73
Great news.
No doubt there will be a way around it, but fingers crossed that its heading in the right direction for us punters.
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Nate
A step in the right direction but im cautious.I would like to see it made law that you can only resell tickets at face value I think that's the only way to get rid of these disgusting rip off touts.
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