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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 433134" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>Okay the thread is three years old but the problem remains. </p><p></p><p>Marg is confusing scalpers with ticket brokers.</p><p></p><p>Here in Australia (and I believe many other parts of the world) <strong>scalping</strong>, that is selling tickets obtained in various ways for above the face value is illegal, as well as immoral. When I worked for the Sydney Olympics I often saw free/complimentary tickets allocated to National Olympic Committees sold off for their usual face value, high demand events often went for way over the odds.</p><p></p><p>Ticket Brokers, unfortunately, ARE legal. These are the companies that are commissioned to sell tickets for a particular event and they take their cut. What really ticks me off is there is no way to cut them out of the operation. Even if you go to the Box Office and buy the tickets for cash over the counter from the venue you still charged these vultures' 'fee'. For what? They have done NOTHING.</p><p></p><p>Grrrrrrrrrrrr</p><p> </p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 433134, member: 4085"] Okay the thread is three years old but the problem remains. Marg is confusing scalpers with ticket brokers. Here in Australia (and I believe many other parts of the world) [B]scalping[/B], that is selling tickets obtained in various ways for above the face value is illegal, as well as immoral. When I worked for the Sydney Olympics I often saw free/complimentary tickets allocated to National Olympic Committees sold off for their usual face value, high demand events often went for way over the odds. Ticket Brokers, unfortunately, ARE legal. These are the companies that are commissioned to sell tickets for a particular event and they take their cut. What really ticks me off is there is no way to cut them out of the operation. Even if you go to the Box Office and buy the tickets for cash over the counter from the venue you still charged these vultures' 'fee'. For what? They have done NOTHING. Grrrrrrrrrrrr Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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