Metallica ticket scalpers infuriate fans

17 May 2010 09:55p.m.

Chris wrote:

Most scalpers are breaking Trademe's terms and conditions. If the tickets are not in your possession at the time of listing, the listing is breaking the rules and if you report it Trademe will remove it. The tickets are not being posted out until September like it says in the video.

17 May 2010 12:46a.m.

Brenda wrote:

It is a bad buzz that some of us fans don't have credit cards and still have to line up with all the others in the same position. However, I'm not too fussed just a little envious of missing out on going to a good concert. To those who do actually go the show ROCK ON AND ENJOY!!

16 May 2010 08:02p.m.

Grant wrote:

I agree scalping should be illegal, but in trademe's aspect, shouldn't they be able to take a moral high ground and not allow reselling tickets... that would pretty much take the bottom out of that wouldn't it? It might hurt a little bit in terms of revenue - but atleast it would stop the scalpers from doing this?

16 May 2010 05:30p.m.

Glocks wrote:

I'm always amused by those scalpers who try to justify their actions by suggesting it is no different to selling any other item for a profit, and that its the market that sets the price....BULL$HIT! By buying up bunches of tickets at a time, these guys are creating a shortage, which ARTIFICIALLY inflates the price.

Then there is the issue of refunds: If I bought my tickets through ticketmaster, and then the concert was cancelled, I could quite rightly expect a refund. But what would happen if I had purchased my tickets from a scalper at a massively inflated price? Would this decent person who is "just tring to make a living" do the right thing? Somehow I doubt it.

Trade Me have, if not a legal, then at least a moral obligation to stamp this out, and could easily do so by only allowing tickets to be listed at their original purchase price, with a 'Buy Now' option. But, as with most rorts in this country, no one has the stones to get tough on these parasites.

16 May 2010 06:17a.m.

Gerard Kelly wrote:

I'm not a Metellica fan either but come on TV3 can't you make that girls dream come true! You know the one that rallied all the fans in Christchurch etc to egt Metallica to do another concert and now she can't afford a ticket! I can't afford to buy her one either but I bet TV 3 Can, come on be the heroes,buy her a ticket, a isyt class flight to Auckland etc, make her dream come true and end this drama with a good news story. Be the ONE!(or is it the 3)

15 May 2010 09:56p.m.

Me wrote:

i think this practice (scalping) should be illigal!!! it makes me sick to think that real fans of any event (not just this one) miss out just because some smuck wants to make a quick buck! shows you what this world is really coming too! good on you John for running this story..and YOU Trademe.. get some balls and stop letting these people sel them on your site! then maybe this practice would stop

15 May 2010 04:05p.m.

sneha narayan wrote:

Rachel Blackett - Where do you get off calling Scalping a living???? Your moronic idea of scalping & making a living off it is boderline fraud. ANY profit money made in NZ should & must be taxed!!! the fact that these people are making a profit off tickets they purchased for an eight of the price is SICK & it must be stopped. Some countries have a rule that you are not legally allowed to sell tickets for more than 10% of their worth. It's about time NZ did something like this!

15 May 2010 01:50p.m.

its not that bad wrote:

Metallica sold about 25K tickets to the two auckland shows. From the looks of things, there were/are less than a few hundred listed on line. So maybe 1-2% of tickets were scalped. Its only because of the public nature of sale its turned into such a big deal, when really its effected a tiny amount of people. My advice is stop with the waiting outside of shops for 8hours in the frost, join the fan club for $60 and get access to tickets before they go on sale anywhere.$150 + $60 is cheaper than any scalped ticket you will find. Since people still seem to refuse the existence of the internet and still practice this lining up for hours for something you can do on the web, promoters should secure a quota of tickets that can ONLY be bought in stores. I think that would be a fair way fo doing things. Im going to 8 shows across NZ and Oz. SEE YOU THERE! \w/

15 May 2010 02:13a.m.

maybel wrote:

here's a tip, i missed out on tickets but was lucky enough to score some tickets on a ticket exchange site. google marketprice metallica tickets.

14 May 2010 10:56p.m.

Um wrote:

@Scalpers are good You do realise the people queueing are in competition with the people online? How is a few hours queueing worth hundreds of dollars anyway? Fact is, there are useless, pointless middlemen being introduced, scamming their way into massive profits (note not a single scalper admits they are a scalper) and preventing fans from seeing their favourite band. Tickets are a one-off, very limited supply - normal rules of supply and demand, when taken out of control of the suppliers, don't apply.