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https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ty-reselling-tickets-peter-hunter-david-smith
Two of the UK’s most prolific ticket touts have been found guilty of fraud, in an important case that could have significant implications for people who buy tickets to sell them for profit.
Peter Hunter and David Smith, trading as Ticket Wiz and BZZ, used multiple identifies and bots to buy £4m worth of tickets to events including gigs by Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift as well as West End shows such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The pair sold them on secondary ticketing websites for £10.8m, jurors at Leeds crown court were told.
The two largest players, StubHub and Viagogo, are still trading despite multiple complaints from consumers, the condemnation of MPs and an abortive lawsuit against Viagogo from the consumer regulator.
Excellent news. Hopefully this means the days are numbered now for scum like Stubhub and Viagogo. I've long been AMAZED that they could apparently legally hoover up thousands of tickets to events, and then sell them on at a massive markup to the face value. Complete and utter rip-off.
I was mightily macked-off last summer at dipping out on the MLB tickets at the London Stadium. There was very little chance of buying them 'officially'. The only way was through these resale sites, and sure enough they were fasands of them on there, all selling at 3-4 times the face value. Sickening.
Stubhub and Viagogo should now be pursued with the full force of the law now, and permanently BINNED.
Two of the UK’s most prolific ticket touts have been found guilty of fraud, in an important case that could have significant implications for people who buy tickets to sell them for profit.
Peter Hunter and David Smith, trading as Ticket Wiz and BZZ, used multiple identifies and bots to buy £4m worth of tickets to events including gigs by Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift as well as West End shows such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The pair sold them on secondary ticketing websites for £10.8m, jurors at Leeds crown court were told.
The two largest players, StubHub and Viagogo, are still trading despite multiple complaints from consumers, the condemnation of MPs and an abortive lawsuit against Viagogo from the consumer regulator.
Excellent news. Hopefully this means the days are numbered now for scum like Stubhub and Viagogo. I've long been AMAZED that they could apparently legally hoover up thousands of tickets to events, and then sell them on at a massive markup to the face value. Complete and utter rip-off.
I was mightily macked-off last summer at dipping out on the MLB tickets at the London Stadium. There was very little chance of buying them 'officially'. The only way was through these resale sites, and sure enough they were fasands of them on there, all selling at 3-4 times the face value. Sickening.
Stubhub and Viagogo should now be pursued with the full force of the law now, and permanently BINNED.
