Selling tickets for concerts to people who are desperate for them

PizzamanIRL

I was thinking of buying a few Eminem tickets next week just for the sole purpose of selling them online a few days before the concert. Do people actually pay a few hundred for an €80 ticket.

Anyone any experience?

Larianne

For Eminem? Yeah, maybe about 8 years ago.

Max Power

I fucking hate touts!!!

Shane-KornSpace

People who do that are scum.
Leave the tickets to the people that actually need them. The fans.
Dont rip people off for your own gain.

NegativeCreep

Sold a red hot chillis ticket for a hundred quid a while back even though the concert didn't even sell out! People are dumb.

PizzamanIRL

That horse is very high.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I was thinking of buying a few Eminem tickets next week just for the sole purpose of selling them online a few days before the concert. Do people actually pay a few hundred for an €80 ticket.

Anyone any experience?

Illegal activity promoted on AH? This will end... quickly.

Professey Chin

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I was thinking of buying a few Eminem tickets next week just for the sole purpose of selling them online a few days before the concert. Do people actually pay a few hundred for an €80 ticket.

Anyone any experience?

Do it! Then I hope it doesnt sell out and youre screwed

PizzamanIRL

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Illegal activity promoted on AH? This will end... quickly.

Oh no.

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Do it! Then I hope it doesnt sell out and youre screwed

Then I'll go myself because I like Eminem.

orestes

You're looking for advice on how to rip people off? Classy

franktheplank

I'll offer three fiddy per ticket.

wyndham

Shane-KornSpace wrote: »

People who do that are scum.
Leave the tickets to the people that actually need them. The fans.
Dont rip people off for your own gain.

Ticket touting is a business like any other. Don't know why people have such a dislike of touts. If those without tickets were such fans, perhaps they would have gotten off their asses earlier to buy the tickets. Touts take a risk and can be left with tickets quite often, dumping them below face value when the event has begun/ is about to begin.

Tea_Bag

GTFO :mad:

franktheplank

I'll up that offer with some bellybutton fluff and a spoon.

PizzamanIRL

Reserve a ticket here.

Where To

I'll offer you face value for them, if you want more you can go jump.

Procrastastudy

Why even bother buying the tickets. Just do what 90% of people do advertising tickets, just say you have them and take the money. :pac:

wyndham

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Illegal activity promoted on AH? This will end... quickly.

Ticket touting is not and never has been illegal.

PizzamanIRL

OP is a scumbag for trying to make money. Ban him.

orestes

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

OP is a scumbag for trying to make money intentionally rip people off. Ban Burn him.

Post edited to remove self-righteous shoite

Skid

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I was thinking of buying a few Eminem tickets next week just for the sole purpose of selling them online a few days before the concert. Do people actually pay a few hundred for an €80 ticket.

Anyone any experience?

I hope you lose your shirt doing it.

Touts are scum.

PizzamanIRL

orestes wrote: »

Post edited to remove self-righteous shoite

You must hate every business then. They buy for cheap and sell with a mark up. The little devils. How dare they.

Where To

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

OP is a scumbag for trying to make money. Ban him.

Post reported for personal attack on the OP.

Wacker The Attacker

I'd rather go without than overpay.

PizzamanIRL

Skid wrote: »

I hope you lose your shirt doing it.

Touts are scum.

How would I lose a shirt by buying tickets? Solid logic.

orestes

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

You must hate every business then. They buy for cheap and sell with a mark up. The little devils. How dare they.

I don't consider touting to be a business. Businesses have to operate in correspondance with codes of ethics, trade laws, etc. Touts are oppertunistic leeches.

GoodisonPark

The way to stamp out touting is for the promoter to issue e-tickets.
Entry to the venue is then by the Credit Card used to purchase the tickets.
Ticket master have already trialled this at the last Robbie Wllams concert at the O2 and it was a great success.

PizzamanIRL

orestes wrote: »

I don't consider touting to be a business. Businesses have to operate in correspondance with codes of ethics, trade laws, etc. Touts are oppertunistic leeches.

You seem to be very naive when it comes to business. They're all honest and decent people.

Professey Chin

GoodisonPark wrote: »

The way to stamp out touting is for the promoter to issue e-tickets.
Entry to the venue is then by the Credit Card used to purchase the tickets.
Ticket master have already trialled this at the last Robbie Wllams concert at the O2 and it was a great success.

Glastonbury have your photo on your ticket. Works really well too.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

Supply and demand peeps, supply and demand!

franktheplank

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Glastonbury have your photo on your ticket. Works really well too.

Cept all the hippies look the same, big beard, dirty, dreads....

orestes

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

You seem to be very naive when it comes to business. They're all honest and decent people.

You're looking to manipulate the market (by buying a product and removing it from the market place) in order to later sell that product at an inflated to price to people who are desperate (your word, from the title of the thread).

Whatever about businesses being honest and decent (see my previous post about businesses having to operate within ethical boundaries, and why I dont consider touting a business) you can claim to be neither.

PizzamanIRL

TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »

Supply and demand peeps, supply and demand!

Exactly. I really don't see why people are so butt hurt about it.

Procrastastudy

TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »

Supply and demand peeps, supply and demand!

Yes supply and demand not supply and profiting and demand.

o1s1n

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

You seem to be very naive when it comes to business. They're all honest and decent people.

Concert tickets are limited. Touts take limited tickets from fans and sell them at exploitative prices. Its profiteering and scummy.

PizzamanIRL

orestes wrote: »

You're looking to manipulate the market (by buying a product and removing it from the market place) in order to sell that product at an inflated to price to people who are desperate (your word, from the title of the thread).

Whatever about businesses being honest and decent (see my previous post about businesses having to operate within ethical boundaries, and why I dont consider touting a business) you can claim to be neither.

I'm not forcing anyone to by the ticket at whatever price I say. It's their choice. If they're desperate (i like that word) enough to go to the concert and want to pay extra then that's their choice.

PizzamanIRL

o1s1n wrote: »

Concert tickets are limited. Touts take limited tickets from fans and sell them at exploitative prices. Its profiteering and scummy.

I'm all about the profit.

Procrastastudy

To be totally honest I don't have a massive issue with it as as long as the OP pays VAT declares it to the revenue and isn't claiming state benefit... hmm what are the chances? :pac:

Turtyturd

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I'm all about the profit.

You're all about the other one too.

PizzamanIRL

Procrastastudy wrote: »

Yes supply and demand not supply and profiting and demand.

LOL. That's all.

You think when you go to the shop to buy something, you're not paying extra and making them a profit?

PizzamanIRL

Procrastastudy wrote: »

To be totally honest I don't have a massive issue with it as as long as the OP pays VAT declares it to the revenue and isn't claiming state benefit... hmm what are the chances? :pac:

Oh yeah like I'm going to give more money to the real scumbags in this country.

You think I could afford tickets if i was on state benefit?

wyndham

orestes wrote: »

You're looking to manipulate the market (by buying a product and removing it from the market place) in order to later sell that product at an inflated to price to people who are desperate (your word, from the title of the thread).

Whatever about businesses being honest and decent (see my previous post about businesses having to operate within ethical boundaries, and why I dont consider touting a business) you can claim to be neither.

Equally you are providing a service to those who don't wish to queue and can afford to pay an inflated price for the benefit of not having to do so.

Procrastastudy

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

LOL. That's all.

You think when you go to the shop to buy something, you're not paying extra and making them a profit?

Do you think Tesco would be allowed to buy up all the bananas and be the only place you could buy them or do you think we have laws in regard to that?

As I say crack on as long as you pay the relevant taxes and aren't on the dole.

Where To

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

LOL. That's all.

You think when you go to the shop to buy something, you're not paying extra and making them a profit?

Ok, I got a business idea for you.
Go down your local Tesco bright and early Monday and buy all the bread. All of it.
Then set up a stall outside and sell it at double the Tesco price.

o1s1n

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I'm all about the profit.

Profit and scum. You missed the scummy part.

Procrastastudy

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Oh yeah like I'm going to give more money to the real scumbags in this country.

You think I could afford tickets if i was on state benefit?

So in addition to being a tout you're a potential tax cheat. Nice one.

PizzamanIRL

Where To wrote: »

Ok, I got a business idea for you.
Go down your local Tesco bright and early Monday and buy all the bread. All of it.
Then set up a stall outside and sell it at double the Tesco price.

No because people are not desperate for the bread. They can just go into Tesco and buy it.

2 days before a concert when there are no tickets left, where they gonna go? Scumbags like me.

dmc17

Where To wrote: »

Ok, I got a business idea for you.
Go down your local Tesco bright and early Monday and buy all the bread. All of it.
Then set up a stall outside and sell it at double the Tesco price.

Tesco will have another delivery arriving before you've set up your stall

franktheplank

dmc17 wrote: »

Tesco will have another delivery arriving before you've set up your stall

Oh Tesco, swoon.

fryup

its not worth it,

i got my fingers burnt a few years back with the Barbara Streisand concert...bought a pair of tickets with the intension of making a killing, but the concert never sold out...so i ended up selling them outside the venue on the day at a loss

learnt my lesson that day, never again

(before you say it...yes i know serves me right)

Max Power

fryup wrote: »

its not worth it,

i got my fingers burnt a few years back with the Barbara Streisand concert...bought a pair of tickets with the intension of making a killing, but the concert never sold out...so i ended up selling them outside the venue on the day at a loss

learnt my lesson that day, never again

(before you say it...yes i know serves me right)

Serves you right