The GAA this week declared war on the
ticket touts in preparation for today's replay between MAYO and MEATH.
Yesterday, we showed how one Scots
ticket tout was publicly shamed by a founding member of the Bay City Rollers for cashing in on unsuspecting gig-goers.
He'd appealed to a tax tribunal against orders to pay almost PS200,000 plus interest of more than PS22,000 from the income of two companies,
Ticket Tout Ltd and Ticketout Ltd.
Dave Hardman from Toxteth emailed us to say: "Over the past 20 years or so, the ECHO has ceaselessly lobbied against local football fans being ripped-off by
ticket touts and travel companies, so I was rather surprised to see an advert in Saturday night's ECHO for a 'Corporate Company1 offering to pay 'top prices' for tickets for the European Cup final in Athens.
SUPERSTAR Prince has rebelled against
ticket touts by refusing to sell advance briefs for his UK shows.
Police have arrested 29 alleged
ticket touts since the start of the Games.
In the meantime, the police also warned
ticket touts not to take advantage of selling tickets for a high price for the FA Cup final.
The operation was the latest in a series designed to fine-tune West Mid-lands Police's
ticket tout taskforce.
According to a News of The World, the Chelsea skipper uses notorious
ticket tout Tony Bruce as a fixer.
IT IS appalling that genuine football fans are again being ripped off (Immoral
ticket tout sites, Daily Post, March 24).
Two men and two women, aged between 28 and 36, were arrested on suspicion of fraud and
ticket tout offences after Scotland Yard raided addresses in London and Her tfordshire.
Ch Insp Nicky Evans said: "A
ticket tout operation will take place on the day and fans are reminded that it is an offence for an unauthorised person to offer to sell or sell a ticket."