Submitted on Thursday 13th July 2023
Rejected on Tuesday 18th July 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban the resale of event tickets on secondary ticket sites
Sites such as Viagogo allow 'affiliates' to resell tickets, often to sold out events, on their site for an inflated price. This encourages ticket scalpers (people who buy tickets with the sole purpose of reselling) to purchase multiple tickets, pricing out real fans.
This issue was raised on 13th July by Kevin Brennan MP.
The government should legislate that tickets can only be resold through the site they were originally purchased from, with the max resale value being the face value that the ticket was originally sold for (as is the case on some sites). This would completely eradicate ticket touting whilst allowing fans the opportunity to resell the tickets for any events they can no longer attend.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/640450
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