'Benefit' gig and ebay

Grant · 05-12-2005, 11:16 AM

Yes, I am gutted to have missed out on tickets for the gig at the Palladium, but if there are to be further shows around Europe then that's great as i'll catch one of them.

But what really angers me is the amount of tickets on sale on ebay I stumbled across this morning - and at as much as £60 a ticket and rising! As if this form of fan exploitation didn't boil my blood enough, it's the fact people are cashing in on what is supposed to be a benefit concert, isn't it? Considering the proceeds are to go to the AAPPB, will the obscene profit makers on ebay also donate their proceeds to them? Probably not i'm guessing.

For some reason I feel like apologising in case anyone on this board has bought tickets and then listed them on ebay, but no chance, if you've gone and done this, I bloody hope you're going to use the money you make to put it back into the AAPPB.

Not that i'm bitter about not getting to the gig, of course

cille · 05-12-2005, 11:36 AM

grrr, bloody ebay bloodsuckers

SilentNight · 05-12-2005, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grant

if you've gone and done this, I bloody hope you're going to use the money you make to put it back into the AAPPB.

Not that i'm bitter about not getting to the gig, of course

well said. otherwise, money will bite you

Grant · 05-12-2005, 01:47 PM

Paris has been added to the dates now on June 30, very convenient as that's where i'll be on that date as part of my trek around Europe. So i'm happier now, albeit still bitter at the ebayers.

cille · 05-12-2005, 03:00 PM

aw good for you!

dana · 05-13-2005, 02:56 PM

Completely agree with your post Grant. But I doubt any of the profits made on ebay will benefit anyone except the touts who've listed them on there. Makes me so mad!!

Gatsby · 05-13-2005, 05:11 PM

dont worry they are all going to ticket tout hell... where they can only buy one ticket and its to see david hasslehoff do a stand up comedy show

05-12-2005, 11:16 AM	#1
Grant Scottish Eskimo Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 73	'Benefit' gig and ebay Yes, I am gutted to have missed out on tickets for the gig at the Palladium, but if there are to be further shows around Europe then that's great as i'll catch one of them. But what really angers me is the amount of tickets on sale on ebay I stumbled across this morning - and at as much as £60 a ticket and rising! As if this form of fan exploitation didn't boil my blood enough, it's the fact people are cashing in on what is supposed to be a benefit concert, isn't it? Considering the proceeds are to go to the AAPPB, will the obscene profit makers on ebay also donate their proceeds to them? Probably not i'm guessing. For some reason I feel like apologising in case anyone on this board has bought tickets and then listed them on ebay, but no chance, if you've gone and done this, I bloody hope you're going to use the money you make to put it back into the AAPPB. Not that i'm bitter about not getting to the gig, of course

05-12-2005, 11:36 AM	#2
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	grrr, bloody ebay bloodsuckers __________________ Yeah

05-12-2005, 03:00 PM	#5
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	aw good for you! __________________ Yeah

05-13-2005, 02:56 PM	#6
dana Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 144	Completely agree with your post Grant. But I doubt any of the profits made on ebay will benefit anyone except the touts who've listed them on there. Makes me so mad!! __________________ "As long as she remains under arrest, none of us is truly free." Desmond Tutu Free Aung San Suu Kyi

05-13-2005, 05:11 PM	#7
Gatsby Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,809	dont worry they are all going to ticket tout hell... where they can only buy one ticket and its to see david hasslehoff do a stand up comedy show __________________ "Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further…And on fine morning - So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." https://www.twitch.tv/simonjmusic

05-12-2005, 01:47 PM	#4
Grant Scottish Eskimo Join Date: May 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 73	Paris has been added to the dates now on June 30, very convenient as that's where i'll be on that date as part of my trek around Europe. So i'm happier now, albeit still bitter at the ebayers.