Rugby fan’s €9,207 online sting

A DIE-HARD rugby fan looks certain to lose €9,207 after paying an internet ticket tout for match tickets that never arrived.

Rugby fan’s €9,207 online sting
Tue, 20 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent

The fan wanted 20 tickets for Ireland’s Six Nations clashes at Dublin’s Croke Park earlier this year and paid €9,207 to a ticket website based overseas.

The tickets never arrived and the fan has yet to get a refund despite enlisting the help of the European Consumer Centre (ECC) in Dublin.

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