Ticket Touts

[frostypaw]

.... unless it's a nuclear power station.

[russycarps]

I fucking love touts.

Edited October 21, 2013 by russycarps

[bsolxiv]

As much as you love mocking handicapped people?

[Yesiamaduck]

Hey guys have I got a hot dinner deal for you,

For a limited time only get a pair to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the lovely Brighton Dome!!! That's right, get tickets to see where Nick Cave calls home.

These bad boys are HOT and in high demand, because I bought all the tickets, but don't worry I am a good person and will only charge you lovely people £100 for the pair!!!

Thats right, only £100 for the pair!!!! I'll even meet you at a place of YOUR convenience because I value my customers

Call me on 08006887286 or to make it easy for you to remember its toutscum with 3 zeroes thrown in! Ain't I clever, I paid big bucks for that phone number... but that's okay because I sold a bunch of Paramore tickets to some crying 15 year olds and their distraught looking parents last month for only £75 a head!!

[bsolxiv]

Hey guys have I got a hot dinner deal for you,

For a limited time only get a pair to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the lovely Brighton Dome!!! That's right, get tickets to see where Nick Cave calls home.

These bad boys are HOT and in high demand, because I bought all the tickets, but don't worry I am a good person and will only charge you lovely people £100 for the pair!!!

Thats right, only £100 for the pair!!!! I'll even meet you at a place of YOUR convenience because I value my customers

Call me on 08006887286 or to make it easy for you to remember its toutscum with 3 zeroes thrown in! Ain't I clever, I paid big bucks for that phone number... but that's okay because I sold a bunch of Paramore tickets to some crying 15 year olds and their distraught looking parents last month for only £75 a head!!

[Yesiamaduck]

What's Paramore?

[eFestivals]

Writers of the best pop song of the year 'Still Into You'

can I suggest an ears upgrade to version 2 of Ears?

[Wooderson]

Writers of the best pop song of the year 'Still Into You'

CHOON

[Yesiamaduck]

can I suggest an ears upgrade to version 2 of Ears?

[Ed209]

If that means I start appreciating Pink Floyd and Oasis then I'd rather not!

[LondonTom]

Writers of the best pop song of the year 'Still Into You'

Edited October 21, 2013 by LondonTom

[Sofa]

As much as you love mocking internet bell ends .

[chrislfc]

all part of the service I s'pose

they don't have to do anything. It's what they choose to do? all in the name of providing a service ?

as has been pointed out, some venues do offer a refund service (sort of). But it only works for sold out shows. anything less than sold out, you're on your own.

If you have a spare ticket, you can hang around the box office waiting for people who want a ticket. If there's no demand, then maybe you could offer it to a legit punter for less than face value instead of the touts. If you just want to spend as much time in the bar as possible and couldn't give a fuck how you get the minimal amount, then yes, the tout's your friend.

I'd rather give the ticket away, and on occasion have done that. The gratitude of the punter is worth much more to me than anything a tout might offer

Edited October 22, 2013 by chrislfc

[Guest]

So if your mate said "see if you can me half my money back on that spare ticket" you'd just give it away to someone instead of selling it to a tout?.

[frostypaw]

I knew a crack addict single dad who got done for murder - but he did us a good deal on some hash so he must be OK. Right? Is that the logic we're doing today?

[chrislfc]

I knew a crack addict single dad who got done for murder - but he did us a good deal on some hash so he must be OK. Right? Is that the logic we're doing today?

[mrtourette]

You do know you're comparing someone who kills people to someone who buys and sells concert tickets there don't you?

Some heavy logic that like.

[pjadnoo]

I knew a crack addict single dad who got done for murder - but he did us a good deal on some hash so he must be OK. Right? Is that the logic we're doing today?

[Sofa]

This is crazy .

It's making me really uneasy ....

[frostypaw]

Bloody hell! I hope you're just trolling.

It's also odd that you describe the guy as 'single dad' as though this adds to what an asshole he is.

[Barefooted_raver]

_{Touts were selling seated Arctic Monkeys tickets at the MEN last night for £150 each. Me and the missus live nearby and really wanted to see The Strypes doing the warm up. We had hoped that we could maybe get the tickets for under £70 each, but we didn't get anywhere near negotiating with these muppets.}

_{What was interesting, was standing there and watching how the touts work the MEN. They all swarm around the Guestlist window and they hassle the VIP type folk who are clearly given a larger allocation of tickets than they need. Pay a VIP £30 for a ticket, then turn around to groups of kids, keep them hanging on, and then sell them for £100 plus....}

_{Horrible business in my opinion, but there is a slight respect for the tactics and salesman skills of these touts who actually attend the arenas.}

_{On a happier note, got to meet Guy Garvey, The Chinese shopkeeper from Top Boy and some tall fella from Misfits.}

[brandycoke]

That's proper sized font that is.

According to Wikipedia, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor.)

[jeffie]

That's proper sized font that is.

According to Wikipedia, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor.)

[Guest]

Horrible business in my opinion, but there is a slight respect for the tactics and salesman skills of these touts who actually attend the arenas.

[Mardy]

hehehe, the thing about absolute c**ts is you have to respect them a bit