To: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Stop Fat Cats ripping off Fans
Introduce a law that makes it illegal to sell entertainment and sporting event tickets for more than face value plus a nominal percentage, say 10%, and a reasonable postage charge.
Why is this important?
For many years there has been a legitimate but virtually uncontrolled trade in tickets for entertainment and sporting events. Event tickets are purchased at face value by individuals and companies with no desire to attend. They are then sold on at hugely inflated prices, often many hundreds of pounds above the face value, without the original purchaser adding any value what so ever. Or they sell the ticket as part of a package, perhaps including travel and accommodation, at a ridiculously inflated price, because it includes event tickets. This practice is immoral, these people/companies contribute nothing but take as much as they can possibly get and, in so doing, deny ordinary fans the joy of attending a live event.