We knew ticket scalpers were the scum of the earth, but there really are no limits to how low they’ll sink to make an easy, ill-earned buck. It seems even children’s entertainment isn’t immune from the scourge.
As WA Today reports, scalpers are re-selling tickets to The Wiggles’ upcoming Perth tour for more than $450. The tickets went on sale on Wednesday, with prices starting from $36.60, and were quickly snapped up.
It wasn’t long before the tickets to the beloved children’s band’s three Perth shows ended up on resale sites, where according to WA Today they were being hocked at exorbitant prices ranging from $127 to $458.
Trying to rip off Coldplay fans is one thing, but it’s quite another to try and exploit hard-working parents who just wanted to take their kids to see a show. It’s even worse than the scumbags who resold Furbys on eBay in the ’90s.
“C’mon guys, scalping tickets to a children’s concert…. WTF you wankers!” one father wrote on Facebook after he missed out on tickets for his young children, only to see them listed for 10 times the price shortly afterwards.
It’s even prompted the band to issue a warning to fans. “We hate seeing fans pay inflated prices for tickets or turned away because their ticket isn’t valid,” an email from The Wiggles read.
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“Scalpers also use the platform Ticketmaster Resale but that does not make them authorised sellers. There is no guarantee that tickets bought on Ticketmaster Resale will be valid tickets.”
Ticket resale sites have been copping it lately, with the likes of Violent Soho and the organisers of Splendour In The Grass hitting out at the sites for facilitating scalpers reselling tickets and inflated prices.
As Tone Deaf reported last month, tickets for The Cure’s forthcoming sideshows actually appeared on resale platforms before the shows had even gone on sale, leading to widespread criticism of the sites.
