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East Coast Flame · 04-05-2013, 11:59 AM

So as many of you have seen, the Mumford & Sons ticket sale turned into a bit of a #### show this morning with tickets selling out in about 10 seconds. Naturally, a lot of anger has been quickly directed to "scalpers" and "stubhub". While I think the issue of scalping is a little overstated, looking at the Garth Brooks debacle from last year, it's hard to deny that scalping is an issue.

How is this still legal in Alberta? Ontario and Saskatchewan have pretty strict anti-scalping policies (I have no idea the effectiveness of these), while Quebec has a bit of legislation to help combat scalping, Alberta has nothing and there are currently no plans to re-visit the issue.

Is there a way to eliminate scalping in this province? Can we go strictly to e-tickets? Go back to lining up for tickets?

Or are we just going to have to shrug our shoulders and consider it a part of life?

04-05-2013, 11:59 AM	#1
East Coast Flame Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2009 Exp:	Let's talk about ticket scalping So as many of you have seen, the Mumford & Sons ticket sale turned into a bit of a #### show this morning with tickets selling out in about 10 seconds. Naturally, a lot of anger has been quickly directed to "scalpers" and "stubhub". While I think the issue of scalping is a little overstated, looking at the Garth Brooks debacle from last year, it's hard to deny that scalping is an issue. How is this still legal in Alberta? Ontario and Saskatchewan have pretty strict anti-scalping policies (I have no idea the effectiveness of these), while Quebec has a bit of legislation to help combat scalping, Alberta has nothing and there are currently no plans to re-visit the issue. Is there a way to eliminate scalping in this province? Can we go strictly to e-tickets? Go back to lining up for tickets? Or are we just going to have to shrug our shoulders and consider it a part of life?