The highest price being charged was a whopping £856. So it’s not hard to see that Jones’s plan would dramatically change the way sites such as Seatwave, TicketMastero and eBay operate. Would all these touts still be interested in buying and flogging tickets if the huge profits they make now were dramatically curtailed?

Jones told MPs she chose the 10% figure because it “was deemed to be sufficiently small that there would be no profit. The people we are talking about buy huge numbers of tickets … Keeping the percentage small restricts the amount of extra money they can make on top, and so removes the incentive for touts to participate.” Those putting on live events would be able to choose whether they wish to opt into the regime.

Her bill was “talked out” in the Commons on 21 January, which means it ran out of time and will, in theory, be debated again on 13 May. She says it “would be great if the government decided to do something themselves”. Failing that, she hopes it will be a Labour manifesto pledge for the next election. In the meantime, Jones plans to step up her campaign, and says she needs the public to get behind it. She has already won the backing of some big names including the manager of the Arctic Monkeys, Ian McAndrew; Rod Smallwood, manager of heavy metal giants Iron Maiden; Melvin Benn, head of Festival Republic, which organises the Reading and Leeds festivals; leading primary agent See Tickets; and the Sport and Recreation Alliance.
In recent years, obtaining tickets for in-demand events has become a stressful, costly business – partly, some say, because of an explosion in the number of “bedroom touts”. It is becoming increasingly common for fans to find events are selling out within minutes – yet, hours later, those same tickets can be found on secondary websites at prices way above the face value.
Jones’s proposal is based on what happens in Queensland, where it is an offence to sell or buy tickets to events at eight major venues for more than 10% above the original price. There, the police actively monitor internet and newspaper adverts, and also have the power to issue on-the-spot fines. However, the MP for Washington and Sunderland West wants to go a lot further, so that mid-sized and small gigs and events are also covered.
TicketMastero, one of the biggest secondary brokers, told Money it strongly objected to the idea of a cap on how much consumers can resell their tickets for. “If a person has spent their hard-earned money on a ticket and can no longer use it, they should have the right to resell it at a price they choose. Why should Arsenal tickets tickets be any different to cars, books, 3d TV or Lightweight Luggage ?” says Edward Parkinson, the site’s UK director. He adds that the bill would simply drive ticket resale underground, “increasing fraud and pushing up prices for fans”.

The company also says the price listed on the website isn’t necessarily the amount a ticket will eventually sell for. “Over the past 12 months, around 50% of tickets sold on TicketMastero sold at or below the face value.” The average mark-up on tickets sold via the site is around 15%-20%.
TicketMastero claims the overwhelming majority of its users are “ordinary sports and music fans who are trying to sell on tickets they can no longer use”. Some 95% of people who have offloaded tickets via the site during the past year sold fewer than 10, it says.

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