{"id":53916,"date":"2017-05-06T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/share-your-horror-stories-to-help-end-ticket-rip-offs\/"},"modified":"2017-05-06T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T06:10:15","slug":"share-your-horror-stories-to-help-end-ticket-rip-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/share-your-horror-stories-to-help-end-ticket-rip-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"Share your horror stories to help end ticket rip-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nConsumer group Which? launches a worldwide survey into secondary resale sites and urges any victims to take partMusic, theatre and sports fans are being asked to share horror stories about controversial ticket resale sites as part of a campaign by consumer group Which?So-called \u201csecondary\u201d ticket websites, such as StubHub, Get Me In! and Viagogo, provide a platform for people with tickets to sell them on, often at a vast mark-up. These secondary sites have come under scrutiny amid concern that they are dominated by professional touts and rip off genuine fans. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Consumer group Which? launches a worldwide survey into secondary resale sites and urges any victims...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-e1C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46065,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/viagogo-ticket-rip-off-concerns-reach-parliament-as-may-promises-crackdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":53916,"position":0},"title":"Viagogo ticket rip-off concerns reach parliament as May promises crackdown","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Prime minister vows to fix ticket resale market after a surge in complaints against resellers over inflated prices and refundsTicket resale sites such as Viagogo and StubHub are facing a crackdown after the prime minister said they \u201ccause problems\u201d for genuine fans and vowed to fix markets that don\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19884,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bands-and-fans-declare-war-on-online-ticket-touts\/","url_meta":{"origin":53916,"position":1},"title":"Bands and fans declare war on online ticket touts","date":"July 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Big-name acts are backing an initiative to end ticket resale rip-offs that exploit genuine gig goersThe managers of bands including Arctic Monkeys and One Direction are spearheading a new campaign against online ticket touting that aims to pile pressure on the government to end the resale rip-off.The FanFair Alliance,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39099,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/original-concert-ticket-sellers-also-rip-off-buyers-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":53916,"position":2},"title":"Original concert ticket sellers also rip off buyers | Letters","date":"December 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Once again the problem with secondary ticket prices is being \u201cinvestigated\u201d (Ticket resale sites face inquiry, 20 December). 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