Ticket Trout

fryup · 17-01-2017 07:40PM #1

With the current controversy over the U2 concert i'm just wondering have any of you ever done it??

I did it once and i got my fingers burn't (you'll be glad to hear)

It was a few years back.. i bought tickets for Barbra Streisand's Castletown House concert, i was convinced they'd be a huge demand so i got online early in the morning on to the ticketmaster website..delighted with myself for getting a few tickets thinking i'll make a tidy profit.....BUT the concert wasn't a sell out

come the day of the concert there was still plenty of tickets available...so i had to go to the venue and stand outside with a sign saying tickets for sale and then eventually sell below face value..felt like a right numpty..learn't my lesson that day never again.

frozenfrozen · 17-01-2017 07:42PM

you should have called in a bomb threat, concert cancelled, full refund of ticket price

ScouseMouse · 17-01-2017 07:43PM

Ticket touting is just unfair and I hate it. Hopefully they make it illegal

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-01-2017 07:43PM

No but I can't stand all this whinging about not getting a ticket like someone's life depended on it. Yes it's annoying but if people didn't buy tickets from touts then it wouldn't exist. It's a concert at the end of the day, watch them on YouTube if it means that much to you

enzo roco · 17-01-2017 07:44PM

fryup wrote: »

i bought tickets for Barbra Streisand's Castletown House concert,

You stupid fcking cnut*

* In Al Pacino's voice from Glengary Glenross.

Turtyturd · 17-01-2017 07:48PM

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Hopefully they make it illegal

It is...seatwave, from the same scumbags that brought you Ticketmaster.

Hector Bellend · 17-01-2017 07:51PM

Shove your U2 ticket up your dirty touting hole

Badly Drunk Boy · 17-01-2017 08:13PM

I've often bought an extra ticket or two for things like the Electric Picnic but usually sell to friends for face value (or maybe face value and a lift to the event).

The Seatwave situation is ridiculous and I'd prefer to miss an event than make a profit for a tout.

KERSPLAT! · 17-01-2017 08:15PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

No but I can't stand all this whinging about not getting a ticket like someone's life depended on it. Yes it's annoying but if people didn't buy tickets from touts then it wouldn't exist. It's a concert at the end of the day, watch them on YouTube if it means that much to you

Watching someone on YouTube is definitely the same as seeing them live at a gig...

Turtyturd · 17-01-2017 08:18PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Watching someone on YouTube is definitely the same as seeing them live at a gig...

Just get a few mates around the record the screen, and a couple with no interest in the gig to talk amongst themselves for the full authentic experience.

KERSPLAT! · 17-01-2017 08:21PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Just get a few mates around the record the screen, and a couple with no interest in the gig to talk amongst themselves for the full authentic experience.

I can sell shyte overpriced pints to make it really authentic

I was at Bruce Springsteen during the the summer and one thing is for sure, nothing will compare to seeing that live. Unreal!

dresden8 · 17-01-2017 08:23PM

It's the capitalist system. How come everybody's a communist when it comes to concerts and sport?

namloc1980 · 17-01-2017 08:36PM

How would ticket touting legislation in Ireland deal with the Seatwave situation? Maybe a cap on how much above face value they can be sold for? Again dunno how you enforce it.

andekwarhola · 17-01-2017 08:38PM

Touters are scummy but people seem to loath to point the finger at the real culprits, namely the promoters and, implicitly, the artists.

One single half decent boycott would sort the matter out but too many mugs will pay Seat Wave or some spiv a fortune rather than miss their totally unique 10th time watching the same artist.

namloc1980 · 17-01-2017 08:48PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Touters are scummy but people seem to loath to point the finger at the real culprits, namely the promoters and, implicitly, the artists.

One single half decent boycott would sort the matter out but too many mugs will pay Seat Wave or some spiv a fortune rather than miss their totally unique 10th time watching the same artist.

That means there's a market for them. If people didn't pay for tickets on the secondary market, there wouldn't be touts.

griffin100 · 17-01-2017 09:11PM

I had two tickets for the first Ireland - England ruby match in Croke Park. I paid about €120 for the pair. A fiend of a friend offered me €2,500 for them. I sold them and brought the family on holiday.

razorblunt · 17-01-2017 09:16PM

No, I've often had someone pull out or not end up making a gig / game myself but I've always sold them on for face value.
Biggest kick in the stones at the moment is the Scottish Rugby Union, openly encourage you to go to viagogo to get tickets. It's an absolute racket.

donkeykong5 · 17-01-2017 09:18PM

griffin100 wrote: »

I had two tickets for the first Ireland - England ruby match in Croke Park. I paid about €120 for the pair. A fiend of a friend offered me €2,500 for them. I sold them and brought the family on holiday.

Some friend. !

liz lemoncello · 17-01-2017 09:21PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

No but I can't stand all this whinging about not getting a ticket like someone's life depended on it. Yes it's annoying but if people didn't buy tickets from touts then it wouldn't exist. It's a concert at the end of the day, watch them on YouTube if it means that much to you

Or, see if there is a good Periscope link.

awec · 17-01-2017 09:21PM

Touts are scum.

namloc1980 · 17-01-2017 09:27PM

donkeykong5 wrote: »

Some friend. !

It was only a fiend so it's alright.

Donal55 · 17-01-2017 09:29PM

In 1990 I bought a ticket from an Italian cop for the Ireland v Romania game in Genoa for face value.
The police had confiscated the tickets from touts and were just passing them on whilst checking bags, passports etc.

endacl · 17-01-2017 09:31PM

donkeykong5 wrote: »

Some friend. !

S'OK. Not a friend. A fiend.

PTH2009 · 17-01-2017 09:32PM

Go too gig's on my own most of the time as I don't want to buy extra tickets and then can't get rid off. If I didn't become a loner I would of not seen as many great gig's as I have (some people are afraid to go to the bathroom in a pub on there own lol)

Not a fan of touts, some are dodgy as **** and are not nice people. Never bought a touted ticket but at almost every gig/match i go too there are fellas there shouting 'anyone buying or selling tickets'.

I wonder are touts and people who sell the knock off merchandise affialied ???

The touts must sell the tickets eventually as there's never any empty seats in the arenas/stadiums ???

Commotion Ocean · 17-01-2017 09:36PM

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Ticket touting is just unfair and I hate it. Hopefully they make it illegal

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Shove your U2 ticket up your dirty touting hole

andekwarhola wrote: »

Touters are scummy but people seem to loath to point the finger at the real culprits, namely the promoters and, implicitly, the artists.

One single half decent boycott would sort the matter out but too many mugs will pay Seat Wave or some spiv a fortune rather than miss their totally unique 10th time watching the same artist.

awec wrote: »

Touts are scum.

Should get up earlier and buy the tickets !! N'est pas ?? It's capitalism. Someone has a commodity that you want, swap money for the item. Win win.

SkinnyBuddha · 17-01-2017 09:38PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

No but I can't stand all this whinging about not getting a ticket like someone's life depended on it. Yes it's annoying but if people didn't buy tickets from touts then it wouldn't exist. It's a concert at the end of the day, watch them on YouTube if it means that much to you

or show the same iniative as the touts in getting tickets.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-01-2017 09:43PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Watching someone on YouTube is definitely the same as seeing them live at a gig...

It solves the problem of "missing out" more than being outraged U2 won't release more dates.

KERSPLAT! · 17-01-2017 09:50PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

It solves the problem of "missing out" more than being outraged U2 won't release more dates.

What? It doesn't solve anything. People missed out on tickets and want to see the band, of course they'd love another date if it meant getting to see them. This is hardly rocket science.

Herb Powell · 17-01-2017 09:54PM

dfeo wrote: »

Should get up earlier and buy the tickets !! N'est pas ?? It's capitalism. Someone has a commodity that you want, swap money for the item. Win win.

You're leaving out the part where they have teams/bots buying out tickets giving actual fans no chance. I'm talking about stadiums selling out in seconds. Not exactly this fair utopian solution you seem to be hinting at.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 17-01-2017 09:58PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

What? It doesn't solve anything. People missed out on tickets and want to see the band, of course they'd love another date if it meant getting to see them. This is hardly rocket science.

? I realise that but it's hardly a national catastrophe that someone else got the tickets you wanted and are selling for a higher price

suicide_circus · 17-01-2017 10:01PM

****ing trouts

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