Submitted on Thursday 8th February 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 13th February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it illegal for tickets to any live UK event to be sold at above face value.
It is increasingly difficult to buy tickets for popular events due to tickets being purchased with the express intention of reselling at a higher price. Ticket agencies endorse this behaviour by establishing companies that allow above face value resale, e.g. Ticketmaster and Getmein.
An example of this is that Ticketmaster sold tickets for a 1 July 2018 show by rock band Queen + Adam Lambert in advance of the official announcement of the show, even before it was on the venue (SSE Arena, Wembley) website. Currently, two hours after the sale started, there are 96 tickets selling for almost twice the face value: https://www.getmein.com/tickets/queen-adam-lambert-tickets/london-323825.html.
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