Hi,
Interesting.
yeah, people actually make a living from selling tickets etc this way....
Not a new way doing things. People will do it if there is money to be made.
There was someone at work trying to seel L8 tickets, geez, like they paid for them, what was it £1.50 per text, yep just typical of capitalist modern world.
At the end of the day, it's his or hers ticket. The price of the ticket was £1.50. If people want to pay more for the ticket, when they sell it, that's their business.
Never buy tickets of touts ever, they are basicaly crinimals who use the money to fund drugs and other serious crimes.
All of them? Are you sure all touts are druggies or crimimals? No they are not. People sell tickets for many reasons. One of the main reasons are to make money.
Also touts can lose money. If the artist or show doesn't sell out, you can see the touts selling tickets for less than ticket price.
One downside with buying off a tout is the possiblity of false or forged tickets.
touts make money because people are more than prepared to buy their tickets. Venues and promotors can do a lot more to stop it but they don't as a rule.
I think ebay should ban all ticket sales not just charity ones.
Why? Ebay is a selling venue. Tickets have always been sold on ebay. If people want them, they will pay for them. If the tickets are the property of the seller, I can't see the problem.
hmmm,
not sure about this - the L8 thing is a special case and profiteering from it is just taking the piss.
however if you've shelled out for tickets and then find that you cannot attend the event, selling them via e-bay should be allowed.
I'm not sure that it is taking the piss. If the people running L8 didn't see this coming then it shows great naivety on their part. If you put on an event with bands that people want to see and have limited numbers tickets, then there is going to be a big demand.
You will get people prepared to pay well over the odds for a ticket. Charity or no charity. There was a bloke who sold his ticket on ebay with a £1200 buy it now. It sold within 10 minutes.
True, you will have people who can't go and want to sell their ticket. But it would be hard to turn down big money if many people are offing it. It down to supply and demand. Also if the seller wants to sell it at £1.50, they can.
the thing that get's my goat is the record co's using the L8 episode to stick the boot in on general ticket selling with all their waffle about 'black marketeering' - if that's not trying to boost THEIR profits off the back of L8 then i don;t know what is - and i find it as objectionable as those selling their tickets for profit.
agreed. there are lots of worms crawl out of the woodwork, record companies are some of them seedy dirty people monkies
At the end of the day, a big world event. Any artist that appears is going to benefit. It is excellent promotion for them. The main benefit is going to incresed sales. This will mean record companies will make more money. Making money is and has always been a big part of the music business. L8 will boost that amount of money.
Artists will be giving their time for free but the other side of the coin will be money made from increased sales. An arguement is that a cut of the money from the sales could go to the charity. Sales from the following week or month would do.
At Liveaid, 20 years ago, every artists that appeared on the bill have increased record sales. In some case it was many hundred fold. artists were finding old material jumping into the charts due a big sales boost.
I don't mind giving money, but I do object to mega millionaires who goto to pacific islands and have houses in the caribbean telling me to give what little I have.
Why? You need people in the public eye to promote these events. The pop stars will have more weight than you or I. A lot of Pop stars and actors give to various charities. Both with time and money. A lot you don't hear about.
Pop stars can earn big money. For example, Elton John has had a very good career. He has been playing in the music world since the 60s and sold millions of records. He has played and sold out concert halls and stadiums around the world. His music has given pleasure to millions. He is in an industry that can allow you to make big money. What he does with his earning is his business.
Elton John does a lot of work as patron or director of many charities. He even set up his charitiable trusts. He has donated his single sales to charity. I remeber he even sold his record collection for a large amount of money and this went to charity.
I have chosen Elton John not because I'm a big fan but because he is a good example of a big earner, big spender who gives and does charity work. Because he is in the media, he can help to push change.
At the end of the day, it is up to the individual to decide if they want to give money.
SCIDB
