Investigations into “dirty” Italian resale market
Italian ticketing sites have come under fire from consumer rights groups over the "absurd" secondary prices for Coldplay's shows in Milan next July
News By | 12 October 2016
Two consumer organisations have lodged official complaints with Italian authorities after tickets for Coldplay’s two dates in Milan next July sold out within minutes of going on sale.
Codacons, which says – despite the TicketOne website crashing “at the opening of pre-sales” – many resellers “managed to grab thousands of tickets”, which were listed instantly on secondary ticketing sites, has complained to the Milanese public prosecutor about what it describes as the “dirty and illicit” ticket resale market.
The organisation noted…
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