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Why not just insist as Glastonbury does that each ticket is personal and that the ticket holder's ID must match the name declared when buying the ticket when th

Why not just insist as Glastonbury does that each ticket is personal and that the ticket holder's ID must match the name declared when buying the ticket when they enter the festival grounds. Then a second hand ticket is worthless. "GLASTONBURY TICKET INFO ONLY SEE TICKETS ARE AUTHORISED TO SELL TICKETS FOR GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL No other site or agency will be allocated tickets. All tickets for the Festival are individually personalised to the named ticket holder and are strictly non-transferable. Security checks are carried out on arrival, and only the specified ticket holder will be admitted to the Festival." https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/tickets/ https://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/tickets/

sschueller 4y ago
Because money, the original ticket sale company like ticketmaster make money by selling out (scalper buying the tickets).
- m000 4y ago
  Ticketmaster is actually in bed with the scalpers [1]. Not only they make money because of the original sale to the scalpers, it seems they also get a second commission when a consumer buys from the scalper to "verify" the sale. [1] https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/09/19/we-went-undercover-as-ticket-scalpers-and-ticketmaster-offered-to-help-us-do-business.html https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/09/19/we-we...
izacus 4y ago
Because preventing people from giving their tickets to someone else is exceedingly shitty.
- throw_m239339 4y ago
  A small price to pay to get rid of the price gougers and other scammers.
- jen729w 4y ago
  With these tickets you can always sell them back to the venue/event, who will put them back in the sale pool. All at reasonable percentages of the original.
- Ekaros 4y ago
  I think full refund until reasonable time before event would be reasonable compromise. Let's say 24h hours. And maybe some extra insurance beyond that, for medical, accident etc.
alistairSH 4y ago
That’s exactly what the article says they’re doing… Further, fans’ full names must be displayed on their tickets, and they must display proof of identification to be admitted into the shows. What’s more, fans won’t be able to resell their tickets unless they go through the Eventim-distributed website fanSALE
raverbashing 4y ago
I guess they wouldn't want anything that involves giving names and checking IDs at concerts
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > I guess they wouldn't want anything that involves giving names and checking IDs at concerts But they are doing exactly that: > Further, fans’ full names must be displayed on their tickets, and they must display proof of identification to be admitted into the shows.
  - raverbashing 4y ago
    Oops my bad!
cortesoft 4y ago
Sucks if someone gets sick.

sschueller 4y ago

Because money, the original ticket sale company like ticketmaster make money by selling out (scalper buying the tickets).

m000 4y ago
Ticketmaster is actually in bed with the scalpers [1]. Not only they make money because of the original sale to the scalpers, it seems they also get a second commission when a consumer buys from the scalper to "verify" the sale. [1] https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/09/19/we-went-undercover-as-ticket-scalpers-and-ticketmaster-offered-to-help-us-do-business.html https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2018/09/19/we-we...

izacus 4y ago

Because preventing people from giving their tickets to someone else is exceedingly shitty.

throw_m239339 4y ago
A small price to pay to get rid of the price gougers and other scammers.
jen729w 4y ago
With these tickets you can always sell them back to the venue/event, who will put them back in the sale pool. All at reasonable percentages of the original.
Ekaros 4y ago
I think full refund until reasonable time before event would be reasonable compromise. Let's say 24h hours. And maybe some extra insurance beyond that, for medical, accident etc.

alistairSH 4y ago

That’s exactly what the article says they’re doing… Further, fans’ full names must be displayed on their tickets, and they must display proof of identification to be admitted into the shows. What’s more, fans won’t be able to resell their tickets unless they go through the Eventim-distributed website fanSALE

raverbashing 4y ago

I guess they wouldn't want anything that involves giving names and checking IDs at concerts

JadeNB 4y ago
> I guess they wouldn't want anything that involves giving names and checking IDs at concerts But they are doing exactly that: > Further, fans’ full names must be displayed on their tickets, and they must display proof of identification to be admitted into the shows.
- raverbashing 4y ago
  Oops my bad!

cortesoft 4y ago

Sucks if someone gets sick.