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Osem	11-03-2017 11:25

Unlimited fines for touts?

This has got to be a good thing and well overdue hasn't it?

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Online touts who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under government plans.
An amendment to the Digital Economy Bill means it will be illegal to use "bots" to bypass limits on the maximum amount of tickets that can be bought.
Tickets purchased by bots can appear on secondary websites at prices many times greater than their face value.
A Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) spokesman said the profiteering was "simply not fair".
High profile artists such as Adele and Ed Sheeran have previously criticised the touts and asked their fans not to buy tickets from secondary sites.
Last month, resale site Viagogo was accused of "moral repugnance" for selling tickets to an Ed Sheeran Teenage Cancer Trust gig for up to £5,000.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39239133

papa smurf

11-03-2017 11:28

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35889597)

This has got to be a good thing and well overdue hasn't it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39239133

but what kind of lug nut pays those prices :shrug:

Osem	11-03-2017 11:29

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35889598)

but what kind of lug nut pays those prices :shrug:

Those with shed loads of money and/or can put them on expenses?

Julian

11-03-2017 11:41

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

What would have been easier and fairer would be to make it illegal to sell event tickets for more than the face value.

papa smurf

11-03-2017 11:48

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

:clap:

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 35889601)

What would have been easier and fairer would be to make it illegal to sell event tickets for more than the face value.

denphone

11-03-2017 11:58

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 35889601)

What would have been easier and fairer would be to make it illegal to sell event tickets for more than the face value.

Taf	11-03-2017 14:43

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 35889601)

What would have been easier and fairer would be to make it illegal to sell event tickets for more than the face value.

Ken W

11-03-2017 15:20

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

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Originally Posted by Julian (Post 35889601)

What would have been easier and fairer would be to make it illegal to sell event tickets for more than the face value.

I agree but the problem is catching them.

Julian

11-03-2017 16:06

Re: Unlimited fines for touts?

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Originally Posted by Ken W (Post 35889611)

I agree but the problem is catching them.

Dear ebay, viagogo or whoever

If you allow an event ticket to be advertised on your site for more than its face value you face an unlimited financial penalty.

Lots of love

HMG

:)

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