Facebook Buy/Sell Group Closing After Being Threatened With Prosecution.

[Danizen]

Just seen the status today. Even though the closed group is strictly face value sales, the club have put the pressure on and said the admin of the group are liable and responsible for unauthorised ticket sales. 

 

Just wondering where it leaves this forum if the club are putting pressure on the Facebook group, surely it won't be long until they get in touch with the administrators. 

 

Link to the post https://www.facebook.com/groups/1103103376432444/permalink/1880924425316998/

[jammie82uk]

It doesn’t matter really if it face value or not 

Whether it’s liked or not the re-selling of football tickets is illegal

 

[lcfc278]

This is a real shame. I've used that group twice to get hold of a ticket and both times the people have been great, real Leicester fans who have wanted to help out other fans. 

If the group were making money off it i'd understand but soon they'll just end up with empty seats and less revenue at the kiosks if people have no outlet to sell on tickets they can't use.

[TheUltimateWinner]

What happened to that 'Official' ticket exchange the club were going to launch? If that was out there you wouldn't need alternate means to exchange tickets at face value. 

[Lovejoy]

The club should already be doing something like what Bayern do: https://tickets.fcbayern.com/internetverkaufzweitmarkt/eventlist.aspx

Officially done and easy to use.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 hours ago, jammie82uk said:

It doesn’t matter really if it face value or not 

Whether it’s liked or not the re-selling of football tickets is illegal

Unless it's via an approved re-seller! ££££££££££££££

Edited 30 August 2018 by Sol thewall Bamba

[Matt_Lcfc]

But the reselling of tickets isn’t illegal. The selling of tickets with no license on the street is but surely if you send them through the post that isn’t illegal 

[rn9013]

10 minutes ago, Matt_Lcfc said:

But the reselling of tickets isn’t illegal. The selling of tickets with no license on the street is but surely if you send them through the post that isn’t illegal 

It is. The resale of football tickets is outlawed by seperate legislation to other ticket reselling laws. 

In short, any unauthorised resale of football tickets in the UK, face value or not, is illegal. 

[TeePee]

1 hour ago, rn9013 said:

It is. The resale of football tickets is outlawed by seperate legislation to other ticket reselling laws. 

In short, any unauthorised resale of football tickets in the UK, face value or not, is illegal. 

This. I always figured it was to stop those with banning orders circumventing the system.

[ajthefox]

If the club bring in a formal platform and there's a small fee it wouldn't be the worst thing, especially if that means it's 100% secure.

If that's not the case then it's lose fvcking lose for mostly genuine fans - selling tickets means less empty seats.

But y'know, rules and that.