{"id":3665,"date":"2023-02-09T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/singapore-based-fans-struggle-with-ticket-scalpers\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T01:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:00:11","slug":"singapore-based-fans-struggle-with-ticket-scalpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/singapore-based-fans-struggle-with-ticket-scalpers\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore-based fans struggle with ticket scalpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Singapore-based music fans have been struggling with ticket scalpers since the return of live music following the pandemic.\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>One fan, Ms Kaethe Fok, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/ticket-scalper-concert-sell-out-sistic-ticketmaster-3217206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Channel News Asia<\/a> (CNA) that she was attempting to buy tickets to watch K-pop group Mamamoo, but was faced with extortionate prices. Missing out on the initial sales, she turned to online marketplace Carousell.<\/p>\n<p>However, the university student faced prices as high as S$800 (\u00a3500\/\u20ac560\/$600). She told CNA: \u201cThey\u2019re not genuine fans that are buying the tickets, but rather buying to sell them, and then at such a high price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The annual tournament for online game Dota 2, The International, also saw gaming fans suffer at the hands of scalpers with reports of tickets going for as much as S$9,999 a pair \u2013 almost ten times the original price.<\/p>\n<p>Other events such as the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix also noted that fans have struggled with buying tickets on the secondary market.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: \u201cBuying from the secondary market has backfired on genuine Grand Prix fans, who have been turned away because their tickets have been voided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city-state does not have rules in place like many other countries surrounding the resale of tickets.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/12\/01\/new-event-ticketing-standard-introduced-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western\u00a0Australia<\/a>, it is illegal to resell most tickets above 10% of the original value.<\/p>\n<p>However, in Singapore the feeling is that if buyers are willing to pay, the government should not get involved.<\/p>\n<p>According to CNA, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has previously said: \u201cGovernment should not prescribe profit margins for ticket resales. 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