Petition Stop ticket sites selling direct to partner sites before the public get a chance

Ticket sites are selling to partner 3rd party sites before the public get a chance to buy, the tickets are then sold at inflated prices meaning it's difficult for people to get to see events they want to go to, it's time the government stepped in and put a stop to it

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U2 tickets this morning being sold as soon as they were realeased on sale, on seat wave for £300 each, this isn't the first time but this has made me start this petition as it's time the government put a stop to it, modern day touting electronically is worse then the man on the street touting

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103 signatures

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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