Business secretary Sajid Javid should not repeal 2015 Consumer Rights Act reforms that police the reselling of concert tickets Should you be wanting tickets to One Direction’s final full concert (can’t say I’m tempted),ticket resale websites Seatwave, Viagogo and Get Me In! possess loads on sale for up to £1650 each.
It’s pricing like this that led to the government agreeing to change the law on ticket touting (oops, and I mean the secondary ticket market). The unique rules require anyone reselling tickets to provide details of the seat row and,crucially, the seat number, and as well as the face value and information approximately any restrictions. It will give artists and promoters the power to cancel tickets being sold at vastly inflated prices.
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Source: theguardian.com