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   Only matters in America

   

   John Leghorn, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:14pm

   
   

   This is only a concern in America where diaper wearing adults (football fans) see a better seat than what they have being sold at the front gates when they get there.
   
   Thanks to American cry babies, this mentality has spread across the world.
   
   Please do us all a favor here in the states, show that we don't actually have that much influence through our crappy game of Football and all the losers that come associated with it. Please show us you ARE better than that. Thanks.

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   Free market...

   

   MrPaladin, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:30pm

   
   

   Sell the tikets at the price you think they will sell at... if someone buys them and resells for more then your obviously not pricing them right...
   
   either way you shouldn't care, you got paid the price you were expecting for your tickets...

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   Re: Only matters in America

   

   Anonymous Coward, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:30pm

   
   

   what the hell are you talking about? There are laws against ticket scalping in the US.

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   Re: Only matters in America

   

   mbrim, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:31pm

   
   

   That has to be the most ridiculous comment I have ever seen. So ridiculous I almost didn't want to waste my time replying.

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   Re: Re: Only matters in America

   

   John Leghorn, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:35pm

   
   

   But you know I'm right.

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   Good timing

   

   Dom, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:37pm

   
   

   I just found out I'll be traveling overseas when Big Day Out hits Sydney...looks like I'll be eBaying my ticket, I should make a tidy profit.
   If someone is willing to pay double, triple the selling price for a sold out festival, who am I to deny them?

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   Re: Re: Only matters in America

   

   Jay Hammer, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:47pm

   
   

   Yes there are laws against ticket scalping, however, selling a ticket at an online auction is not scalping, as the seller is not setting the price, the market [buyer] dictates what he/she is willing to pay for the ticket.

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   Here's another example...

   

   Wizard Prang, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 2:52pm

   
   

   ...of a corporate interest trying to control the free market.
   
   http://tinyurl.com/ybu2bd
   
   While I don't like the idea of ticket scalpers, the idea that they can control something after it has been sold is asinine.
   
   If they really want to do something about this problem, perhaps they should start offering refunds on tickets...

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   Re: Only matters in America

   

   DittoBox, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 3:00pm

   
   

   Yes, our football is sooo bad.
   
   I mean, what kind of morons are we Americans when we openly riot in the streets when team X loses...
   
   Oh, wait, that's the other football. Across the pond.

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    Re: Re: Only matters in America

    

    John Leghorn, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 3:11pm

    
    

    They only riot across the pond huh? I seem to remember MANY news stories of rioters in America over their football teams that WON.
    
    Explain that to me? The fans are so stupid and childish that they have to tear apart whole city blocks because their team won?
    
    Gee, you must be right. Our football is much more civil. At least the people across the pond USE THEIR FEET...

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    Re: Re: Re: Only matters in America

    

    Oliver, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 3:42pm

    
    

    I don't know which moronic post of yours is more deserving of this response, but let me be the first to point out that debating the validity of "our" football versus "their" football has very little to do with the story.

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    Re: Re: Only matters in America

    

    William, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 3:43pm

    
    

    The bad thing about scalping is that fans always lose out. They have to pay more or camp out to get tickets. But of course that is the free market at work maximizing the value of things that have high demand.

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    My Bad, Sorry!

    

    Oliver, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 3:48pm

    
    

    After re-reading the posts I noticed John wasn't the one to "start" this argument over who's football is "right".
    
    I'm a moron and so is DittoBox. Sorry for the confusion!

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    STJ, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 4:22pm

    
    

    The whole reason Ebay's involved is because they have the deepest pockets

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    This is not a good decision

    

    Anonymous Coward, Dec 18th, 2006 @ 5:02pm

    
    

    This is good how? You might have noted that the judge called the decision "unfortunate". I think banning the reselling of tickets outright would be good for consumers and performers.
    
    It's not as if reselling makes tickets cheaper, performers more money or helps the underprivileged get access to events they otherwise wouldn't. It creates artificial scarcity, raises prices, locks out poorer fans, encourages fraud and puts money into the pockets of people who deserve it the least.

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    No so clean cut...

    

    TechNoFear (profile), Dec 18th, 2006 @ 8:37pm

    
    

    It is disturbing that the creator of the event (Promoter) can not set the conditions on the product they sell.
    
    EBAY refused to withdraw tickets when asked to by the promoter.
    
    This case is all about the change from 'MAY' to 'WILL'.
    
    If you buy a ticket from EBAY to the Big Day Out it 'may' be canceled at the gate. My feeling is, that after/because of this ruling, it is going to be 100% of tickets re-sold on EBAY will be canceled.
    
    As it was bought with the scalpers details (CC) the refund goes to the scalper, not the ticket holder.
    
    So I would be VERY wary of buying a BDO ticket from EBAY.

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