Submitted on Saturday 4th March 2017
Rejected on Saturday 11th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make re-selling event tickets for a profit a criminal offence
Like many people I have found that although tickets sell out within minutes of release they are instantly available at over twice the price on resellers websites.
This secondary selling only serves to make profit for a few with no added benefit for music fans.
Tried to get tickets to Arcade Fire. Payment failed twice and then the tickets were no longer available. Out of interest clicked on the links on the site to see if I could get them somewhere else. Available on both StubHub and Heatwave at a minimum of £129 per ticket, face value price £55.
It seems obvious that either companies or individuals are buying tickets with the express intention of reselling them at a huge profit. This prevents all but the very wealthy from seeing the bands they love.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/177071
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