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Tickets on Ebay bad idea.

[Deleted User] · 2006-08-02 20:58:08

Looking at tickets for electric picnic, something struck me. Whats to stop a determined forger from copying the barcode off the many legitimate tickets on ebay. For instance nearly every listing has a photo of their tickets, including the unique bar code. Pretty much all of those tickets could be rendered useless. Or even…

02-08-2006 8:58pm

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Looking at tickets for electric picnic, something struck me.

Whats to stop a determined forger from copying the barcode off the many legitimate tickets on ebay. For instance nearly every listing has a photo of their tickets, including the unique bar code. Pretty much all of those tickets could be rendered useless.

Or even ordering a ticket, cancelling it then sticking one of those ebay ticket's barcode on it...

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#2 02-08-2006 9:34pm

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Good point. There are also loads of people selling them there at the moment and going for way above face value.

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