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Thread ID: 146120 2018-04-26 02:20:00 ticketek presale , huh ?? and ticket scalping 1101 (13337) PC World Chat
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1448888 2018-04-26 02:20:00 Just what is Ticketek presale option ?
It seems like another scam. Why have 'presale' a week before normal ticket sales ?

Theres a concert just announced I wanted to go to, but just as with last time, ticket scalpers will get in first and buy up most of the tickets only to resell
on Ticketechs own ticket scalping scheme (Ticketek Resale) and on trademe at double or triple the price

I cant understand why concert promoters allow scalpers to resell via official channels on Ticketech etc
And how is it when concerts are 'sold out' , I see so many empty seats when Im at the venue . Somethings not quite right, is there some official ticket scalping going on , tickets being held back from sale to be offered up on the official reseller site ??
1101 (13337)
1448889 2018-04-26 08:52:00 There was a segment on Fairgo a short while back. Apparently steps are being taken to stop, or at least cut down on ticket scalping, but like everything it wont happen over night.

Its a total rip off, as they pointed out everyone loses, the performers, the promoters and poor bastards taken for a ride ( consumers buying over priced and often fake tickets). :(
wainuitech (129)
1448890 2018-04-26 09:36:00 Just the marketplace working as it will/should with no or little government regulation and at maximum efficiency, you pay high prices get very little the company concerned gives you as little as possible at the highest price possible, now what's wrong with that? zqwerty (97)
1448891 2018-04-26 22:24:00 The presale number of tickets is limited, they don't put the whole lot up for grabs.
Ticketmaster's resale is a rort, they double dip on fees.
Beav (17610)
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