Ticket giant under fire for re-sale website

TICKETMASTER is raking in money from sold-out concerts by re-selling tickets on its own auction website — despite condemning fans for doing the same a year ago.

Ticket giant under fire for re-sale website
Tue, 04 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent

Last year, online and box-office ticket-seller Ticketmaster threatened to invalidate any music or sporting tickets sold at inflated prices on sites auction websites like eBay.

Now the same company has bought GetMeIn.com — a re-sale website allowing fans to buy and sell hard-to-find tickets for must-see events.

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