Tickets on Ebay again !

[Ponyegg]

Has anyone desperate or curious (or greedy (sorry tories I mean entrepreneurial))...

[Sam.]

Think this say's it all...

Edited May 8, 2010 by Sam.

[markeee]

I got one of these (non-photo) tickets off ebay for 2007, with about 4 days to go.

Honest guy selling at face-value, couldn't believe my luck. He even emailed me after to apologise for the rain

[scudetto_boy]

I just reported the listing to ebay

hope there off soon

[scudetto_boy]

We should all cast our minds back to the bad old days when we had to spend all day pressing refresh on ticket day while half the tickets were being snapped up by touts who sold them back to us at exhorbitant mark ups. The Glasto ticket system - and eBay policing - has stopped all that. Anything that gives people the idea that GF have taken their eye off the ball will be seen as a green light for the touts to come flooding back. There is a danger of that anyway because the photo ID system is very casually policed at the gate - I know several people who have used the tickets of people they look nothing like (a different race in one case!) and had no problem getting in. It's only a matter of time before this stops being mates swapping tickets and reverts back to touting.

I'm sure GF - which, lets remember, puts its profits into good causes, unlike any other festival - did not hand out tickets to performers for them to sell to others at inflated prices. Not for them to cock a snook at - and hence jeapordise - their no-eBay policy.

I say hang the bastard LOL

[LondonTom]

Nice try but i don't know if there's much point. If spomeone doesn't want to go, they're entitled to sell their ticket im afraid.

[rexclark]

What about all the other festival tickets that aren't being sold by people just wanting rid of there tickets? Mostly at best they'll be getting sold by touts trying to make a healthy profit, at worst it'll be crooks selling non existant tickets.

The Glastonbury ticket system is excellent and I'm glad it seems to work so well.

[George Saguna]

maybe thats an other reason why Glasto is a sold out concert and others are not. You pay one price and nothing more. When you see that clip the american guy was trying to convince us that we need to get tickets from him so that he makes his profit off Micaels and our backs. I am grateful to how the system has become, and its all due to people like that american money greedy bustard that things have changed to how they are now, so thank you bustard.

[philipsteak]

Before i started chainsaw carving for a living i used to be a full time unicyclist (anyone remember "Gerald, the Unicycling Camel?")

[al_coholic]

Nice try but i don't know if there's much point. If spomeone doesn't want to go, they're entitled to sell their ticket im afraid.

[Mackem]

Given the success that the festival has had in curtailing touting, I find it surprising that they are now allowing people to openly flout the registration process.

There are quite a few tickets up on eBay at the moment. All have descriptions of the ticket holder - some even show the picture itself - and it's clear there's no will to have them removed. Compared to Reading, V etc the number is tiny - and they do seem to be genuine people who just missed the deadline (although almost evey one of them is looking to make a profit). But it sends out a clear signal that will not have been lost on the touts: the Festival organisers aren't going to come after you any more.

Expect the touts to start buying up armfuls of tickets again next year and the purchase process to be a lot more stressful for the rest of us as a result.

[al_coholic]

Expect the touts to start buying up armfuls of tickets again next year and the purchase process to be a lot more stressful for the rest of us as a result.

[LittlemissC]

I just checked and a girl is selling for £300 with 4 bids! She states its foe a brunette but if you wear sunglasses and a hat you'll be fine!

And people are selling car park passes for £25+ - you can still buy them from SEE!

Unbelievable... :angry:

[toffeemax]

I just checked and a girl is selling for £300 with 4 bids! She states its foe a brunette but if you wear sunglasses and a hat you'll be fine!

And people are selling car park passes for £25+ - you can still buy them from SEE!

Unbelievable... :angry:

[T.Funster]

The main thing that annoys me about all these peole with tickets for sale is that they've got their tickets & I'm still waiting for mine!

[Spindles]

I'm bidding on one of these tickets. My mate missed out on the resale and I figured, what the hell.

I am a massive supporter of the anti-touting measures. I have always lived on an income of less than 10k and as a result have never had much money to spare. Touting kept me out of glastonbury for many of the years and the current system really works.

Last year I saw obvious cases of people with someone else's picture at the gates, I saw stewards who were tipping a wink on these occasions.

There is a big difference between touting and selling on a single or couple of now unusable tickets. At least in my eyes.

[Twinkle_14]

The main thing that annoys me about all these peole with tickets for sale is that they've got their tickets & I'm still waiting for mine!

[Mackem]

Dont see how this will happen, based on the other restrictions in place, such as tickets limited to 6 per order, only paying by debit card and pre-registration with photos. It makes it a lot of hassle for the proper ebay touts, especially when its so much easier to concentrate on T & V.

[Mackem]

I'm bidding on one of these tickets. My mate missed out on the resale and I figured, what the hell.

I am a massive supporter of the anti-touting measures. I have always lived on an income of less than 10k and as a result have never had much money to spare. Touting kept me out of glastonbury for many of the years and the current system really works.

Last year I saw obvious cases of people with someone else's picture at the gates, I saw stewards who were tipping a wink on these occasions.

There is a big difference between touting and selling on a single or couple of now unusable tickets. At least in my eyes.

Edited June 8, 2010 by Mackem

[farewellandgoodnight]

I'm bidding on one of these tickets. My mate missed out on the resale and I figured, what the hell.

I am a massive supporter of the anti-touting measures. I have always lived on an income of less than 10k and as a result have never had much money to spare. Touting kept me out of glastonbury for many of the years and the current system really works.

Last year I saw obvious cases of people with someone else's picture at the gates, I saw stewards who were tipping a wink on these occasions.

There is a big difference between touting and selling on a single or couple of now unusable tickets. At least in my eyes.