By Andy McCue
Published: Tuesday 09 November 2004
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Name
Steve Ringham
Location
Chertsey
Occupation
Project analyst
Comment
Damned if you do, damned if you don't!
I'm a regular gig-goer, about 20 gigs and festivals a year. And I am fed up with the traditional ticket agencies, the touts, the venues, promoters AND e-bay!
Ticket agencies; because a ticket is never sold at face-value
Venues; for oppressive security and bad beer (Wembley is one of the worst I know - on both counts!)
Promoters; for picking crap venues
E-bay; for not being able to tell the difference between a regular punter (someone who is selling a ticket they can't use) and a tout (someone who has 50 different tickets to sell).
And as per usual, it's us the paying crowd that suffer, especially in London. But what's the alternative? open your own venue?
Wembley etc should not sell to touts in the first ...
Anonymous
This is different to T*cketM*ster how?
These da...
Diarmuid Mallon
I think they're very cheeky to try and shift blame...
simon
Damned if you do, damned if you don't!
I'm a re...
Steve Ringham
I am totally sick of the tout situtation lately. T...
J. Dixon
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