tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post116234973991449898..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Another ban...Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162498794979183542006-11-03T09:19:00.000+13:002006-11-03T09:19:00.000+13:00I just don't understand why the Government needs t...I just don't understand why the Government needs to involve itself in what is otherwise a deal between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser ... unless of course the Government is more interetsed in the the affairs of other parties not related to the deal. The limitation of the ban to "major events" belies in who's interests the Government is acting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162447230784675552006-11-02T19:00:00.000+13:002006-11-02T19:00:00.000+13:00OK, next move- ban retailingSame thing...OK, next move- ban retailing<BR/><BR/>Same thing...Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162422218227036712006-11-02T12:03:00.000+13:002006-11-02T12:03:00.000+13:00It's not difficult for ticket issuers to use marke...It's not difficult for ticket issuers to use market mechanisms to combat scalping. The solution is in staged ticket sales, with two or three stages of progressively expensive tickets available prior to the event, and a large proportion of ticket sales at the venue on the day of the event.<BR/><BR/>If a third of tickets were available on the day of the event, there would be no room for scalpers to extract a monopoly margin.Insolent Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438163323894858558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162358255026245392006-11-01T18:17:00.000+13:002006-11-01T18:17:00.000+13:00If this is at the request of event organisers, and...If this is at the request of event organisers, and that is the only plausible motive, why do they need legislation? Can't they issue conditions on the ticket to that effect?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com