Viagogo: "The Glastonbury resale process is fundamentally flawed"

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

http://www.gigwise.com/news/81104/Glastonbury-ticket-resale-process

The word is "gobshites". What they really mean is "we can't rip people off and that's why its unfair".

Edited April 21, 2013 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[fatyeti24]

fuck 'em

[gt3000]

I would rather go through the struggles I've been through to get my tickets, than see tickets end up on Viagogo at double the price.

[Mardy]

they really are theiving, lying c**ts. Morally bankrupt. Not sure how they convince themselves that what they do is right.

[fraserdrew]

^{£26M wasted = 130,000 tickets. I think their maths may be a bit wrong...}

[Superscally]

Fuck you Viagogo, if I could arrange a company to get cancer it would be you. If you were a male company I hope it would be malignant dick cancer.

[wilko8]

If there was a scarlet mist type solution where people who couldn't attend Glastonbury could pass their tickets on at face value (plus booking & postage etc) then I'm sure no one on here or to do with the festival would be opposed to it.

Problem is that anything other than the current solution would be abused by touts or scumbags like viagogo who just want to make a quick buck.

[rexclark]

We can't make a fortune off it therefore it's flawed. Money grabbing arseholes.

[wilko8]

^{£26M wasted = 130,000 tickets. I think their maths may be a bit wrong...}

[RoyC]

^{£26M wasted = 130,000 tickets. I think their maths may be a bit wrong...}

[Dead throne]

I sold a Rammstein ticket on Viagogo once for like £70 as I couldn't go...

It was a good day.

Edited April 21, 2013 by Dead throne

[Dead throne]

but ya, fuck 'em.

[Kyelo]

Gobshites!

Edited April 21, 2013 by Kyelo

[DeadAmos]

robbing bastards

[charl0tte90]

I think the system Glastonbury have in place at the moment is fair. If you really want to go to Glastonbury, you would know that you need to register your ticket in advance and when the ticket date/balance day is. It's just the luck of the draw on ticket day, and I've seen a lot of people moan about the system but it's either that or get your ticket for inflated prices from touts (Viagogo/ebay)

[fatyeti24]

The Glastonbury resale was the final opportunity for fans to book their place at the Worthy Farm festival, but those hoping to purchase tickets for this year’s event had to be registered even though registration for Glastonbury 2013 had already closed, meaning only those who had registered with the site in previous years could book tickets.

[GlastoSimon]

Viagogo discussing whether a ticket sale is 'fair for fans' is possibly the biggest joke I've ever heard in my life.

They buy hundreds, even thousands of tickets for big concerts in their offices, before selling them on at very high, over-inflated prices. How is that more fair than Glastonbury's system?

Half of the facts are wrong in the article too, brilliant.

[Digi]

which isn't true anyway

[verrymerry]

They said 26m was wasted last year.... Erm....

[GlastoSimon]

They said 26m was wasted last year.... Erm....

[zero000]

Utter scumbags. I won't forget the dispatches programme on them last year. What was underplayed however was that some of the artists gave an allocation directly to them. Thank god for Eavis!

[Homer]

Not read it but they can fuck right off.

[MissC]

At last a topic we all agree on!

[Kareneh]

What's flawed is companies like theirs being allowed to sell at such inflated prices! The comment about registration is just ludicrous.Anyone wanting a Glastonbury ticket knows well in advance that they have to register and if they just try to buy on the spur of the moment then they're not in a position to moan . The public need to stop buying from these greedy b******ds - the artistes don't profit by them! There's a lot of dubious press about this company such as staff members using company credit cards to purchase tickets and sell on! I always pay the insurance, an extra fiver for peace of mind is worth it.

[dan05delaney]

I dont see the issue, if you booked flights then fell ill on the day i doubt theyd let you cancel. Viagogo are c**ts