Princess Di Concert Organizers Angry at eBay
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Online scalping called a "disgrace"; eBay to halt re-sale of tix
The first tickets for the Princess Diana memorial concert in London were sold out in just 20 minutes yesterday. 30,000 were snapped up as phone lines and an Internet booking site opened for business at 9am. By 9.20am, the lines were closed.
But event organizers were left furious after many of the seats found their way straight onto eBay at up to five times their cover price. A spokesman for the organizers branded it a "disgrace" and called on eBay to immediately pull all the tickets for the concert, proceeds from which will go to charities supported by Diana.
As reported by the London Evening Standard picked up on the Gulf Times web site: "A spokesman for eBay promised to remove the Google advert and halt the re-sale of tickets to the show, which will feature Sir Elton John, Duran Duran, Joss Stone and Andrew Lloyd Webber and is the brainchild of Diana's sons, William and Harry."
The first tickets for the Princess Diana memorial concert in London were sold out in just 20 minutes yesterday. 30,000 were snapped up as phone lines and an Internet booking site opened for business at 9am. By 9.20am, the lines were closed.
But event organizers were left furious after many of the seats found their way straight onto eBay at up to five times their cover price. A spokesman for the organizers branded it a "disgrace" and called on eBay to immediately pull all the tickets for the concert, proceeds from which will go to charities supported by Diana.
As reported by the London Evening Standard picked up on the Gulf Times web site: "A spokesman for eBay promised to remove the Google advert and halt the re-sale of tickets to the show, which will feature Sir Elton John, Duran Duran, Joss Stone and Andrew Lloyd Webber and is the brainchild of Diana's sons, William and Harry."
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