Coldplay - Dublin 2024 - Update Post 1 on Toutless

A small mortgage payment, cost of living crisis went out the window

I've been saying this all week and have reported scammers on both Toutless and Adverts and warned loads on Facebook and Twitter yet people ignored my advice particularly on Adverts.

No talking to some people.

I get what you are saying but if people used simple common sense then most scamming would be stopped instantly.

That's it really. A fool and their money...

The way ticket sales are handled currently is such a mess that the government have to take some responsibility for it and make ticket master operate in a better way. Their legislation on ticket reselling has created many problems and not solved any, instead of touts getting paid over the odds for tickets the promoters are making tickets available over the odds because the demand still exists. So the buyer still gets fleeced.

Ticketmaster should have to make the official resale platform available within a specific period of time from the event, 6 or 9 months out and the seller can receive the ticket cost minus their first charges with the purchaser paying only the booking fee extra above the face value. This can stop people using reseller sites and dodgy dealings.

If people still want to pay 1k per ticket then thats their own business, supply and demand.

The only way to stop touts is not allow transfers, which isn’t a feasible option.

if transfer option open this allows touts to transfer a ticket to someone. If not open they can’t.

also some artists don’t want the transfer window open until week of as this only makes life easier for touts as they have more time to offload and transfer the tickets.

for a small number of shows demand will exceed supply and for shows like this people will always pay over the odds. It’s just human nature.

government can’t legislate for people wanting to pay silly money for a ticket to anything. as you said yourself it’s their own business.

as for legislating against vip tickets or platinum. Artists/promoters will say they have right to charge more for better seats and they have assign how many to eat.

Same as airline charging more for first class.

Agree with all of this. Would there be value in outlawing Premium / dynamic pricing where there is no appreciable difference between one seat for €120 and the seat next to it going for multiples of it? Define a section as Premium (up in front of the stage for instance) and it cannot change price for the duration of sale.

Also could Premium be better defined in law so that the value would amount to something reasonably approaching the price paid rather than a plastic lanyard and a programme? Not easy I know.

That's ridiculous. The really sad thing, though, is how unsurprising it is

I never said touting is common.

I literally said a small number of shows a year demand is greater than supply.

“for a small number of shows demand will exceed supply and for shows like this people will always pay over the odds”

yes there is tons of online scammers on twitter, adverts, Facebook, TikTok etc again never denied that.

there isn’t really strict legislation against it. I could set up Instagram/Facebook account in minutes and start selling EP/Coldplay tickets for 2x face value if I want. And I’m sure someone would buy them in minutes, pay to Revolut etc.

And yes there is still touts out there selling tickets for multiples of face value for a handful of big shows. They just have be buried under exponential number of scammers.

My friend's sister is living in Seattle and just stood outside the concert for Taylor Swift, sharing videos of her and her friends singing at different vantage points to see the screens as they didn't have tickets. Looked like they had a great time

I've noticed since yesterday on Ticketmaster the Music of Sphere portals that they now have it changed to.

Full Price Ticket

€60.45–€186.00 each

My experience is Ticketmaster only open resale and not the transfer option so they can pocket more ridiculous service charges.

Oh they also restrict resale and transfer of tickets for some events if selling poorly to ensure they sell their inventory first!

All Ticketmaster care bout is bleeding people try.They couldn't care less about the fans!

I could have bought 1 ticket for €987.50 last night. So I'm gonna spend nearly €1k to sit on my own surrounded by people who probably paid far less for their tickets. Absolutely crazy prices, the boom must be back lads!

Je$us Chri$t ...................

Whats next...

Leave the doors of the venue open , and you can stand in the car park ... €100 -

Sit in your car with the windows down ....€120

Fcuking scandalous gougers, and getting away with it .....

People pay the prices, it will always happen................