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the_doctor wrote:

mickey1975 wrote:Are pubs that sell beer for £5 a pint you can get for £1 a can utter lowlife. Or any shopkeepers or traders?

That's completely different.

A pub that has to pay higher rent/rates, more staff, more equipment/upkeep, higher insurance is obviously going to have to mark up higher than a bloke selling cans in a corner shop.

Its a distortion of supply and demand - there is no shortage of, say, Fosters Lager. If you want to sit at home and drink out of a can then good for you, yours for a quid. If you want to sit in a building someone else is paying for on furniture someone else has paid for and drink out of a glass someone else has paid for, pulled by bar staff someone else is paying then you're going to have to pay more than a quid for it.

Profiteering from very limited supply (in this case, tickets to a one-off event) is considerably more questionable than someone marking up beer, milk or fruit & veg.

davie wrote:

ste1983 wrote:

Supremo wrote:Folk that profit by buying up tickets and selling them at inflated prices are utter lowlifes.

Mate the odd bit of touting is the least low life thing I get upto

Let me know if you need a ticket for anything I'll do you a good price

So, what you're telling us is, you're a bit of a scumbag?

ste1983 wrote:

Supremo wrote:Folk that profit by buying up tickets and selling them at inflated prices are utter lowlifes.

Mate the odd bit of touting is the least low life thing I get upto

Let me know if you need a ticket for anything I'll do you a good price

the patriot wrote:

ste1983 wrote:

Supremo wrote:Folk that profit by buying up tickets and selling them at inflated prices are utter lowlifes.

Mate the odd bit of touting is the least low life thing I get upto

Let me know if you need a ticket for anything I'll do you a good price

Wish I'd known this.... Bought two tkts outside the ground for the Wales England match yesterday for €500

mickey1975 wrote:I met my buyers with my name printed on the ticket. It was still worthwhile.

ste1983 wrote:

the patriot wrote:

ste1983 wrote:
Mate the odd bit of touting is the least low life thing I get upto

Let me know if you need a ticket for anything I'll do you a good price

Wish I'd known this.... Bought two tkts outside the ground for the Wales England match yesterday for €500

Touting football is illegal my friend.......I would never dream of doing anything illegal

Hope you had a good time and those nasty Russians didn't get you

King Tubby wrote:

mickey1975 wrote:I met my buyers with my name printed on the ticket. It was still worthwhile.

Do they check the names. Mickey? I've bought a couple of tickets for my niece for a concert for her and her mate. Will I have to go to the door with them?

King Tubby wrote:Cheers Mickey. Does it depend on the venue?