Report: AC/DC Scalpers Reap Massive Profit On eBay
May 25, 2009, 15 years ago
Watoday.com.au is reporting:
The mad scramble for AC/DC tickets has continued on the internet, with passionate fans paying scalpers hundreds of dollars for the chance to attend.
Two tickets, which this morning sold for $150 each through Ticketmaster, attracted bids of $850 only hours after they went on sale this morning.
The legendary rockers' first Black Ice show at Subiaco Oval on March 6 sold out in seven minutes this morning, prompting the band to announce a second Perth show, which has now also sold out.
Two extra concerts have been added in both Sydney and Melbourne after the first sold within 10 minutes.
Promoters said about 500,000 tickets were sold by 2pm today, and sales were continuing. It is the fastest-selling concert tour ever offered in Australia, the promoters say.
Tickets to see the legendary Aussie rockers' first Australian show in eight years found their way onto eBay less than two hours after going on sale.
Bidding is already well underway, and less than three hours after the first Perth performance went on sale, one scalper had already made nearly $4000 via the auction website.
A spokesman for eBay, Daniel Feiler, said it was not the auction site's responsibility to clean up after concert promoters released thousands of tickets onto the market at one time.
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