Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Ticket Site Cartel

  • 28-07-2017 8:53am
    #1
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭


    An very well known ticket site who will remain nameless due to obvious defamation concerns manages to sell out for gigs in under a minute and within one minute these tickets are for sale at vastly inflated prices on their sister site who is meant to be totally unrelated and is for third party sellers.

    This is not physically possible without some underhand practices going on.

    Obviously this is a breach of the Competition Act 2012 and other Cartel restraining behaviour but who is the person to investigate this?

    The revised Competition and Comsumer Protection Authority or the Guards?


Comments

  • #2
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #3
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    This particular site indemnifies all the tickets sold on its sister third party site.

    Why would it do that for third party ticket providers it is not connected with?


  • #4
    lifeandtimes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭lifeandtimes


    Same could be said for other sites that sell things that have to be a done deal before the sale has be finalised. Same applied to them but as it's 3rd parties selling it there is no need for an investigation until the legislation is passed for it to be an offence to sell tickets above face value.

    However if there was some under handed tactics,depending on the scale of it going on i would say it's a joint effort with all of them


  • #5
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,628 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    An very well known ticket site who will remain nameless due to obvious defamation concerns manages to sell out for gigs in under a minute and within one minute these tickets are for sale at vastly inflated prices on their sister site who is meant to be totally unrelated and is for third party sellers.

    This is not physically possible without some underhand practices going on.

    Obviously this is a breach of the Competition Act 2012 and other Cartel restraining behaviour but who is the person to investigate this?

    The revised Competition and Comsumer Protection Authority or the Guards?
    Imagine how scandalous it might be if the world's largest liver entertainment company negotiating with bands and artists happened to own such a ticket site which in turn owned a secondaries ticket site. Imagine how further scandalous it be if such a. Company controlled many live music venues around the world.


Advertisement