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Waveaid net ticket scam
January 18, 2005


WAVEAID Tsunami Relief concert promoter Michael Chugg said he was 
shocked to find tickets for the January 29 show selling for inflated 
prices on trading website eBay yesterday, just hours after tickets went 
on sale through Ticketek.

The concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which features a stellar 
line-up including Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Midnight Oil and 
Silverchair, came close to selling out its 50,000 capacity, but by 
lunchtime a number of standard $58 tickets were available on eBay, going 
for as much as $100.

"I'm quite upset that some of the punters have chosen to do that," Chugg 
said. "I'm shocked. We are working with Ticketek and eBay to try to have 
these removed from the eBay site as quickly as they go up. Hopefully 
eBay will do the right thing."

Chugg said Ticketek was swamped when the tickets went on sale at 9am on 
Monday - with the first release of tickets sold out by noon.

The gig is being billed as a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity for music 
fans with iconic acts including Powderfinger and a reunited Midnight Oil 
on the menu.


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