Submitted on Wednesday 9th November 2016
Rejected on Thursday 17th November 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Regulate secondary selling ticket websites to prevent excessive resale values
Genuine fans of groups, sporting clubs or events miss out on tickets at the intended price due to individuals or organisations using computer software to "harvest" tickets as soon as they go on sale. Individuals make excessive profits from fans because they have the technology to buy tickets first.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ticket-tout-andrew-newman-rakes-9216425
This article highlights an example of secondary website offering tickets for a sold out gig far in excess of the face value.
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