{"id":89957,"date":"2018-05-30T23:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-viagogo-one-of-the-worst-businesses-in-britain\/"},"modified":"2018-05-31T00:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:03:13","slug":"is-viagogo-one-of-the-worst-businesses-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-viagogo-one-of-the-worst-businesses-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Viagogo one of the worst businesses in Britain?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSecondary ticketing site faces investigation after criticism of its sky-high mark-upsViagogo was founded by Eric Baker, a Harvard graduate from a wealthy business dynasty, who had previously set up another ticketing firm, StubHub. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Is Viagogo one of the worst businesses in Britain?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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