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Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket

Reselling tickets for profit is to be outlawed under plans due to be announced this week, the Guardian has learned, as the government goes ahead with a long-awaited crackdown on touts and resale platforms such as Viagogo and StubHub.

Ministers had been considering allowing touts – and ordinary consumers – to sell on a ticket for up to 30% above the original face value, as part of a consultation process that ended earlier this year.

However, the Guardian understands that reselling a ticket at anything more than the price at which it was originally bought will be banned.

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[–] know_your_place@eviltoast.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What in the fuck are you saying. The increased cost of the ticket in secondary markets never reaches the artist LMFAO.

Are you dumb?

[–] ideonek@piefed.social -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you have a habit of insulting people that provide you something you didn't know?

That's exactly what I'm saying. Part of the reason why "tickets disappear" at the moment there are available for sale is because the people related to the artist or venue "buy" the portion of tickets before it even start to resale them in 2nd market for what closer to their real market value.

It's not uncommon that popular artist don't get a cut of the ticket, only a flat fee... that is higher than a total sell value of the tickets. Because other people in the distribution funnel would take their loses back during the resale phase.

But let's assume it's not a case. Just for a kick. You still have an artist that sell the tickets below their market value... and no way to close the gap. How sustainable do you think it is?