Ticket legislation

PTH2009

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0131/849067-new-law-proposed-to-tackle-scourge-of-ticket-touting/

If this new law comes in, will there actually be a lot more tickets available for concerts/sporting events as seatwave etc won't be getting there allocation ???

Love if the law came in but I think it may run into problems

rubadub

What problems do you foresee?

At least they have sense and are basing it on the Belgian one, I do not think seatwave operate there for that reason.

I think they will never be able to wipe it out, but could certainly greatly reduce it.

I wonder if any loopholes were found in Belgium, either legal ones or just illegal workarounds.

Shedite27

If bands/promoters get banned from using Seatwave, aren't they just gonna charge more for the regular tickets?

rubadub

Shedite27 wrote: »

If bands/promoters get banned from using Seatwave, aren't they just gonna charge more for the regular tickets?

it might, you should be able to simply look at what happened in Belgium, I cannot find any info though.

I always wonder why they do not charge a lot more anyway, I supposed they do not want to appear to be gouging themselves.

Yourself and the OP appear to think there is systematic business/scamming going on? that the bands are involved, or ticketmaster are "allocating" tickets to seatwave? Do you think that is happening?

My theory is that they just take a backseat and let the touts at it, and still clean up on the ridiculous percentages they get, hands in the air saying "its not our fault". They could have planned availability to suit touting etc or letting their own employees privately get access or something. But I do think there is a middleman tout making money, and it is stupid for artists to allow this.

scruff monkey

Shedite27 wrote: »

If bands/promoters get banned from using Seatwave, aren't they just gonna charge more for the regular tickets?

Pretty much, it's gonna have **** all of an effect, there's other things they can do such as

(a) banning bots/automated purchasing
(b) reducing the number of tickets that can be sold as a batch (8 tickets a go for U2, ffs, that's asking for trouble)
(c) force the promoter / act to disclose just how many tickets are actually going on sale (that would pucker their holes so tight you could start a diamond farm)

I don't think you can ban them being re-sold at a higher price, it will just turn into a "ring this number for a price" or ticket@cost + 500% handling fee etc..

rubadub wrote: »

Yourself and the OP appear to think there is systematic business/scamming going on? that the bands are involved, or ticketmaster are "allocating" tickets to seatwave? Do you think that is happening?

https://theringer.com/how-u2-fans-are-getting-squeezed-by-ticket-sellers-c049f88fabbd#.79p20d6te

https://theringer.com/ticket-industry-problem-solution-e4b3b71fdff6#.gyosavk29

RayCon

scruff monkey wrote: »

https://theringer.com/how-u2-fans-are-getting-squeezed-by-ticket-sellers-c049f88fabbd#.79p20d6te

https://theringer.com/ticket-industry-problem-solution-e4b3b71fdff6#.gyosavk29

2 Goods reads .... thanks monkey