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10th May 2017
11:51am BST

In their submission, for example, Ticketmaster Ireland said that “the media frenzy around ticket resale has only served to confuse the public and sensationalise the issue” and that their data showed that “less than 1% of the tickets that Ticketmaster Ireland sells on behalf of its clients are subsequently resold – a vastly different story to what is told in the Irish press”.
Seatwave, meanwhile, said that, based on years of experience, that they strongly believed “that the introduction of legislation to regulate the ticket resale market will be both ineffective and will, in fact, be detrimental to Irish fans”.
“In Ireland, the ticket resale market used to take place underground or offshore – out of reach of any consumer protection,” the Seatwave submission read.
“Today, fans that experience fraud tend to be using classified sites such as Gumtree, fraudulent websites or purchasing from individuals in person.
“Seatwave offers a safe alternative; a transparent marketplace that provides protection to fans through its fan guarantee.”
The Seatwave submission also pointed to a number of examples of legislation that has been implemented globally that they say “has simply not worked,” referencing examples in Alberta in Canada and New York, Illinois, Florida, Louisiana and Minnesota in the United States.
All submissions to the public consultation can be viewed here.