Rugby World Cup Tickets on eBay
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ebay said this
Attention Acheteurs!
Vous êtes peut être sur le point d'acheter un billet pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007.
Nous vous informons que la vente de billets pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007 est interdite sur le site eBay.
Pour en savoir plus, veuillez consulter la page relative à la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007
Translates roughly to
You are can be about to buy a ticket for the World cup of Rugby 2007. We inform you that the sale of tickets for the World cup of Rugby 2007 is prohibited on the site eBay. To know some more, please consult the page relating to the World cup of Rugby 2007
Do you think they will do you for it?
BH
Attention Acheteurs!
Vous êtes peut être sur le point d'acheter un billet pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007.
Nous vous informons que la vente de billets pour la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007 est interdite sur le site eBay.
Pour en savoir plus, veuillez consulter la page relative à la Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007
Translates roughly to
You are can be about to buy a ticket for the World cup of Rugby 2007. We inform you that the sale of tickets for the World cup of Rugby 2007 is prohibited on the site eBay. To know some more, please consult the page relating to the World cup of Rugby 2007
Do you think they will do you for it?
BH
grumbledoak said:
No point - they are not transferable.
That is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
The tickets I get for Twickenham through the England Rugby Supporters' Club are not transferable either. I've been a dozen times or so, and not once have I ever been asked to prove that I was the person to whom the ticket had been issued.That is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
As for the RWC, did you notice that the Stade de France looked and sounded like an England home game last night? Now I may be wrong, but I reckon it's fair to assume that was as a result of London-based Antipodeans of both variety selling off their tickets to what they had expected would be an Aus vs NZ semi when they bought them.
With something like the 6 Nations where you know who will be playing the game you're going to see before you buy the tickets then I am all for stringent policing to avoid touting, but with a knockout tournament like the World Cup, surely the organisers would expect to see a trade of tickets once the results have played out differently to the expected?
Plenty of heartbroken Kiwis here would have sold at cost to let an Englander watch the Poms get revenge by proxy. But AFAIK the French are checking ID at the gates. I agree that it makes little sense for a knockout like the RWC. Ticket touts might be a minor pain, but it seems like throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
Maybe it is all just PR?
Maybe it is all just PR?
Not sure about this not transferable stuff. I went to one match and had two tickets so took my brother, at no time did I have to tell them who the other ticket was for, the tickets never had any names on them, the ticket collectors just ripped off the stub and sent us in and on top of all that I dont think they cared. However I am sure there are some out there that do have names on them so beware.
grumbledoak said:
No point - they are not transferable.
That is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
There was an 'expert' on either *bbc1 or ITV this AM saying that the non transferable thing was boThat is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
ocks and if you had a ticket you could do what you liked with it.- If it was BBC its probably unreliable.
Just be careful they are not counterfeit.
We went to Croke Park for England v Ireland earlier this year having reserved tickets through an agent.
We collected the tickets in Dublin but out of the 80 tickets bought only 22 were genuine.
Our travel company gave a full refund to those denied entry and a partial refund to those who did get into the stadium.
I'm always wary of buying tickets on Ebay, though I did get my tickets for England v Tonga that way and had no problems.
We went to Croke Park for England v Ireland earlier this year having reserved tickets through an agent.
We collected the tickets in Dublin but out of the 80 tickets bought only 22 were genuine.
Our travel company gave a full refund to those denied entry and a partial refund to those who did get into the stadium.
I'm always wary of buying tickets on Ebay, though I did get my tickets for England v Tonga that way and had no problems.
grumbledoak said:
No point - they are not transferable.
That is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. I have been to six world cup games (so far...) and they have not asked for any form of ID at any of them. Also rugby clubs get sets of 50/100 tickets and distribute themselves - There is no way they would tell them all the peoples names!That is why there were so many yellow and black colours in Paris last night.
My concern was if eBay will not honour the sale saying that its illegal?
BH
Gordon Brown said:
Probably 2 of the best seats there - but sadly I don't have that spare cash!!You can get some on eBay from about £700 each now - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...
There was an article in The Times today that said French Ebay was cheaper that the British version. Tickets on there were half the price, but still £1300ish! We were selling full hospitality packages at work for not much more than that, but the travel to France was proving an issue. In the words of the French Tourist Board, "Next weekend, Paris is now officially full!" Come on England!!
Most tickets are from Oz and Kiwi travel groups. We got 3 semi tickets from a lad at work who bought them from a Kiwi travel company. It had their name (the travel co) on the ticket but no personal details. So we sat with a bunch of Kiwi and SA fans in the end and had a great time.
Beware of Gumtree as I was almost scammed with a bloke who claimed to have buyer protection but in the end just wanted a Moneygram transfer. He'd got an advert up yesterday aswell so reported it straight away.
The only dodgy thing is the voucher system where you need some form of proof of purchase. I know some folk have had letters of authority provided to collect the tickets and this has worked so might be OK.
Beware of Gumtree as I was almost scammed with a bloke who claimed to have buyer protection but in the end just wanted a Moneygram transfer. He'd got an advert up yesterday aswell so reported it straight away.
The only dodgy thing is the voucher system where you need some form of proof of purchase. I know some folk have had letters of authority provided to collect the tickets and this has worked so might be OK.
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