Roger Ramjet
Vital Reserves Team
Tickets on sale today for their concert at London Stadium in May for around £90. As I saw them at their peak many years ago I don't really want to go see a bunch of septugenerians on stage but you've got to hand it to them still touring when they could be causing havoc on a mobility scooter in suburban English towns like most of their generation now do.
But that's not my point.
Also today I received a bargain offer of a ticket, a buffet meal and an open bar for 4 hours before and after the concert. Maybe 200/250 you'd think. No, 700 quid. How much "free" wine and beer can you drink to justify that price?
Corporate hospitality supposedly. Scalping by any other name I call it. In that there are rules preventing profiteering on reselling event tickets at a heavy premium, how can these companies get away with it?
It will be the same for all major sports events this year, but no matter how much you dress up the package with a "free" gift etc (wow a cheap quality tee shirt and biro) it's still scalping.
But that's not my point.
Also today I received a bargain offer of a ticket, a buffet meal and an open bar for 4 hours before and after the concert. Maybe 200/250 you'd think. No, 700 quid. How much "free" wine and beer can you drink to justify that price?
Corporate hospitality supposedly. Scalping by any other name I call it. In that there are rules preventing profiteering on reselling event tickets at a heavy premium, how can these companies get away with it?
It will be the same for all major sports events this year, but no matter how much you dress up the package with a "free" gift etc (wow a cheap quality tee shirt and biro) it's still scalping.