The NSW Authorities is warning NRL followers in search of finals tickets to keep away from coping with reselling platforms who're auctioning off tickets for revenue, in violation of the state's legal guidelines.
Latest knowledge collected by NSW Honest Buying and selling revealed a single ticket to the Nationwide Rugby League grand closing in Sydney on October 2, 2022 was being provided at 49 per cent above the unique worth of a ticket in the identical part on a reselling web site.
NSW Honest Buying and selling Commissioner Natasha Mann is asking on Aussies to seek out different methods of securing tickets to widespread occasions.
"In NSW, ticket sellers are prohibited from reselling a ticket for greater than 10 per cent above the unique worth for an occasion held within the state," Mann stated.
"Firms discovered breaching ticket reselling legal guidelines will be fined as much as $110,000, whereas people will be fined as much as $22,000.
"If a ticket is bought for greater than the allowed cap, the occasion organiser could cancel the ticket and refuse entry to the one that holds it."
The main Australian ticket reselling web sites to keep away from are Viagogo, TicketmasterResale and StubHub, which are likely to promote tickets for lots of of dollars greater than the unique worth.
In a single instance of a current transaction made by way of a ticket reselling web site, a client had paid $977 for 2 tickets to Robbie Williams when the face worth of the tickets had been $198.
"Annoyed customers have additionally contacted NSW Honest Buying and selling with complaints about fraudulent or pretend tickets, of tickets being bought however not delivered and delays receiving a refund for cancelled occasions," Ms Mann stated.
"NSW Honest Buying and selling conducts common compliance actions in relation to the reselling of tickets for occasions in NSW.
"Shoppers ought to keep away from coping with ticket resellers to be able to keep away from disappointment."
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