Getmetickets.net was a British-owned company that traded in sold-out tickets. Get Me Tickets charged premium prices for "hard-to-get" tickets at "sold out" events anywhere in the UK & Ireland.[citation needed] While many customers did get the tickets they purchased, others did not. The company was eventually accused of fraud for selling tickets that they did not own,[1][2] and charging unfair prices for hard-to-get tickets that were not actually in their possession. The company and its owner Michael Rangos were fined several times by government standards agencies for these violations.[2][3][4]
On 6 February 2006 Getmetickets.net was wound up in the public interest by the Insolvency Service following an investigation by the Department of Trade and Industry.[5] The petition to wind up the company was heard by a court on 22 March 2006.[6]
References
edit- ^ BBC Watchdog (20051024)
- ^ a b Finally – action is taken against Getmetickets.net. Safeconcerts.
- ^ "St.Helens Council (2005)". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Only ticket in the village?". The Guardian. 2005-11-19. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26.
- ^ 'Fans triumph over net ticket site', BBC News
- ^ Insolvency Service report
External links
edit- BBC News/Watchdog 16 January 2007
- Festival Forum Complaints
- BBC News/Watchdog (report expired)
- BBC News/Watchdog (report expired)
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