Tickets for AJ v Parker snapped up by the Touts Again

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Jurgen, Jan 23, 2018.


  1. ZiggerZagger

    ZiggerZagger Active Member Full Member

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    This still doesn't work and is rarely enforced anyway according to someone I know who makes a VERY healthy living doing this.
     
  2. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Isn't this monopolistic behavior?
    Where are the handcuffs for StubHub and Hearn.
     
  3. londonboxingess

    londonboxingess Active Member Full Member

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    Agreed surely it is anti-competition, borderline price fixing
     
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  4. tdf1974

    tdf1974 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    IT STINKS!!!

    If Matchroom cant handle the volume of calls/orders for tickets they should just hand over ALL tickets to Stubhub who in return sell them for a nominal booking fee of say 10%...

    a 10% mark up on 70,000 tickets is more than enough to be making from 1 event

    What Stubhub are charging now it nothing but extortion ,i cannot believe the prices i am seeing..

    What i cannot understand is why Hearn doesnt just charge double the price himself ??although i suppose he is in a roundabout way as Stubhub are a Matchroom sponsor!!! I would like to see the contract between them both,it really does STINK
     
  5. Shrewd_dude

    Shrewd_dude Active Member Full Member

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    It is a pisstake. It's one thing a promoter/fighter/artist/group being unable to do anything about the secondary ticket market but it's a completely different thing for a fighter/promoter/group/ artist to be in a partnership with a company that's existence is based on scalping money from fans.
     
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  6. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    Very good post - StubHub Eh Day is his name, shafting genuine fans is his game
     
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  7. Pez

    Pez Active Member Full Member

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    Waited in the queue and got tickets quite easily and know a few people who had the same experience as me. I haven't had a problem getting tickets at face value on Stub Hub but of course I've seen loads of tickets on resale too but I think a lot of that comes from people trying to take advantage of demand and make some money out of it.
     
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  8. STEPHEN1990

    STEPHEN1990 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Its hearn and mr humble robbing the fans lol
     
  9. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    They had 90,000 at ringside for Vlad/ Joshua, why only 70,000 for Joshua/Parker?
     
  10. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cardiff is a smaller stadium
     
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  11. wibble wobble

    wibble wobble New Member Full Member

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    What I really struggle to understand is who pays the overinflated tout fees to watch boxing from miles away in a stadium? Mugs!
     
  12. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    You problem think smack dealing is alright too. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Doing something you know is wrong because you can says a lot about the person's character IMO.
     
  13. Fhaggis

    Fhaggis Active Member Full Member

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    Would I do it? No. But you can't complain when idiots pay the prices. Simple as don't be but them and they will stop.
     
  14. im sparticus

    im sparticus There Ye Go. Full Member

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    Its not just the tickets...we tried booking hotels the other day and the cheapest we could get was £225. Now thats scandalous
     
  15. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I think I can complain. I understand why it happens but that doesn't make it right.
     
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