Petition · past parliament
Ban the third party resale of music venue events and make it a criminal offence.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
I want venue event tickets to be sold directly to fans from ticket selling websites.The introduction of the buyers name to be included on the ticket. And valid I.D to be used when accessing the event venue. I want this to stop such websites such as viagogo from reselling tickets at 200% profit.
http://www.viagogo.co.uk/Concert-Tickets/Rock-and-Pop/Ed-Sheeran-Tickets
Ed sheeran tickets. Face value £44-£77. Resale price £150-£450
Ed sheeran tickets. Face value £44-£77. Resale price £150-£450
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
This petition is similar to yours:
Stop the resale of concert tickets at inflated prices on secondary websites.
Stop the resale of concert tickets at inflated prices on secondary websites.
Timeline
| 2 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Feb 2017
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