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So touting has gone legit...

  • 18-08-2006 11:58AM
    #1
    blastman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭


    "Football supporters are crying foul over an online scheme launching today that enables Premiership club season ticket holders to resell unwanted match tickets to fellow fans. Supporters claim the 25% premium charged for the service is "disgusting" and "legalised touting".

    The company, Viagogo, has secured deals with Manchester United and Chelsea and wants to sign up other Premiership sides. It is the brainchild of Eric Baker, who started a similar business called StubHub in America. The company has financial backing from Lastminute co-founder Brent Hoberman and venture capital group Index Ventures, an early investor in online success stories Skype and Betfair."

    Story here


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  • #2
    Benedict XVI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭Benedict XVI


    blastman wrote:
    "Football supporters are crying foul over an online scheme launching today that enables Premiership club season ticket holders to resell unwanted match tickets to fellow fans. Supporters claim the 25% premium charged for the service is "disgusting" and "legalised touting".

    The company, Viagogo, has secured deals with Manchester United and Chelsea and wants to sign up other Premiership sides. It is the brainchild of Eric Baker, who started a similar business called StubHub in America. The company has financial backing from Lastminute co-founder Brent Hoberman and venture capital group Index Ventures, an early investor in online success stories Skype and Betfair."

    Story here

    Well not exactly, according to the BBC anyway. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/5262092.stm

    The buyer pays face value.
    The seller gets 85% of the face value, the other 15% going to the service provider.

    If I was a season ticket holder and had spare tickets I'd get rid of them for 85% of face value rather than have them sitting at home or selling to someone that I could not guarantee would not sell them on and on.


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