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Telegraph | News | 'Bedroom touts' want right to sell tickets on net
Nine out of 10 people want the right to buy and sell tickets to pop concerts, cricket matches and rock festivals on the open market, according to a new poll.
Buying and selling second-hand tickets is not illegal, accept for football games in England and Wales.
However, re-selling tickets is usually in breach of the terms and conditions laid down by the event organiser.
Venues can refuse admission to someone they know has bought a ticket second-hand.
In a survey of 1,000 people, carried out by ICM, 87 per cent of people said they should be able to re-sell tickets.
Nearly half of people surveyed who said they had tried to secure a refund had found it "impossible".
Eighty-four per cent believed that a ticket was their private property and that they should have the right to buy and sell it.
Funny how people actually recognise the importance of the principle of private property when it is something they might actually own - how unlike our dear leaders who have a distinctly cavalier attitude to the principle when they think they can get away with it.