MPs call for action on ticket prices
Thursday 22 May 2008
Christian Democrat and Socialist MPs have introduced a draft bill to ban the way agencies and ticket touts add hundreds of euros to the price of concerts and major sporting events.
The sale of tickets via third-party traders is putting up prices out of the reach of ordinary people, the parties say. The bill would rule out prices 'such as €1,250 for a ticket for a Euro 2008 football match or €150 for a ticket to see Marco Borsato,' SP MP Arda Gerkens told news agency ANP.
The draft bill would allow people to claim the ticket tout's top-up back through the courts.
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Good luck on this one! In the state in the US where I was born, it is legal to sell tickets for one dollar above the face value of the ticket. What people do is to sell something else and give the tickets away. I remember one ad from years ago where someone was selling a magic pencil for $500 and with this magic pencil you got a free pair of tickets to a sporting event.
By Tim Lee | May 22, 2008 1:09 PM