Originally posted by Timk68:I managed to get Europa league final tickets this year as I'm on FIFA mailing list , cost me $90, sold for £1500 , don't mind mugging Man Utd "fans" off
However would never do that to u2 fans , I've 2 spares for London Sunday which will go face value or less as to u2 family
Originally posted by dougman23:How can I sell a ticket that requires my debit card to enter the venue?
Originally posted by drumhead30:Ticket scalpers are alive and well on Stub Hub etc for these shows..This policy does not stop anything. Which makes it even more annoying. This is for fan club members pre sale. Any other purchase can sell for whatever they want. The Grateful Dead did mail order ticket sales for years. Avoided a lot of hassles. They should start their own ticket sales via mail order.
Originally posted by ahn1991:As I said, there's an easy way to combat scalpers. Enforce a strict non-transferable ticket policy. If you buy a ticket and can't go, too bad. The very fact tickets can be resold under any circumstances means scalping will always be a problem.
Originally posted by blueeyedboy:[..]
I agree with you. I just think TM should place a ceiling on resale prices on their site. This would (in theory, anyway) help further regulate artificially inflated prices. If you create a ceiling at 30%,40%, even 50% the seller is still making a reasonable profit (even after you hit him with your resale fees) and the buyer isn't getting completely fleeced either. It's other sites that make this difficult, which is why the paperless ticketing works. You'd think they would be able to regulate by allowing transfers through their resale site.
My simple mind is still trying to figure out how this is working for U2, unless the resellers (on TM or scalpers on Craigslist and StubHub are arranging to meet the buyers at venues)