No Glastonbury tickets on eBay

by Chris Dawson

This post was written in April 2007; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

It’s a day and a half since the initial allocation of 137,500 tickets for this years Glastonbury festival went on sale. They sold out in well under two hours on Sunday morning, but not a single Glastonbury ticket has found it’s way onto eBay. Although unprecedented this is due to the pre-registration required and printing of the ticket holders photo onto each individual ticket.

There are countless event organisers who are complaining about resale of tickets. Whilst I honestly can’t see why someone shouldn’t be allowed to resell for as much as a willing buyer is happy to pay in the future other venues have no room to complain. Glastonbury have shown if promoters want to restrict resale of tickets it’s perfectly possible. If promoters don’t take similar steps to Glastonbury then they should accept tickets will change hands and a profit will be made by the middle man because that’s how trading works.

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Author: Chris Dawson
Posted at: Monday, April 2nd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
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2 Responses to “No Glastonbury tickets on eBay”

  1. Glastonbury festival survival essentials : TameBay on June 12th, 2007 8:08 am

    [...] Are you going to Glastonbury this year? If so you need a Shelter Festival Survival Kit and PayPal are coughing up a discount on it for you. [...]

  2. Glastonbury tickets on eBay after all : TameBay on June 15th, 2007 12:59 pm

    [...] The BBC report that Glastonbury tickets have found their way onto eBay, despite organisers’ efforts to stop the secondary market. Festival owner Michael Eavis introduced photographs onto this year’s tickets in an attempt to stop their resale, but has admitted that he is “disappointed” with the quality of the printing. He said, though, that anyone buying the tickets was taking “a huge risk”, as any ticket thought to have the wrong details will be rejected and the holder not allowed in to the Festival: “I have people watching eBay so we will have their information”. [...]

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