Scalping is illegal.
Terms and conditions from the official Sydney 2000 site:
2.1 You cannot sell or trade a ticket.
2.2 You cannot acquire a ticket on behalf of another person in the course of
trade or as part of a business.
2.3 You must acquire your ticket from SOCOG or someone whom SOCOG has
authorised to provide you with a ticket. If you acquire a ticket from anyone
other than SOCOG or someone authorised by SOCOG, the ticket may have been
lost, stolen, copied or obtained contrary to these terms and you may not be
allowed into the venue or may be asked to leave the venue.
2.4 These terms and the terms on the back of your ticket set out the whole
of your agreement with SOCOG. If these terms contradict the terms on the
back of your ticket, these terms will apply.
This has not stopped some from trying to trade or sell tickets via the net.
Buyer beware, I guess.
Regards - GT - http://homepages.go.com/~oztrack/
-Original Message-
From: Bettwy, Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2000 10:08 PM
To: Track List (E-mail)
Cc: Fiddes (E-mail)
Subject: t-and-f: Scalping Tickets in Sydney
Trackos,
I am hoping to get some information on acquiring tickets while in Sydney.
The question is, what are the laws on scalping?
I remember three distinct scenarios from recent events.
In Atlanta, ticket scalping was pretty rampant and tickets could be had at
"market prices".
Recently, in Sacramento, tickets could only be sold at face value. I recall
only one arrest for scalping in Sacramento.
Finally, in Barcelona (1992), no scalping was allowed whatsoever. In fact,
there were guards EVERYWHERE, as I recall, preventing any barter from
occurring.
Comments?
Thanks,
Bob Bettwy
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Director - Program Control
Washington Group
SRS Technologies
(703) 351-7266
