Fed up with ticket scams? So are some Pa. lawmakers who want to get tougher on reseller

[FakeNoose]

Philly Inquirer link: https://www.inquirer.com/business/fake-ticket-resellers-stubhub-seatgeek-20230924.html

Frances Dwyer sent $150 to the person on Facebook who claimed to be reselling two tickets to the Luke Combs concert in July. Dwyer told the person, whose Facebook profile included photos with children dressed in Eagles gear, that she would send the other half once the Ticketmaster transfer was completed.

The tickets never came. Instead, Dwyer, a 21-year-old Temple University student, quickly found herself blocked by the Facebook user and unsure about how to get her money back....

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers are hoping that fewer consumers experience the disappointment, and often shame, that comes with getting scammed by resellers of tickets to concerts, sports games, and other events.

State Rep. Robert Matzie (D., Beaver) introduced a bill earlier this month that would add speculative ticketing, or selling tickets that are not in your possession, to a list of offenses that can result in penalties under the Commonwealth’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is responsible for enforcing that law. Breaking it can result in fines and other penalties, such as temporary and permanent injunctions.

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I would add to these: NEVER buy anything on Facebook.
But that's just me.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Penalties should be higher.

[FakeNoose]

2. Yes, but right now there's no penalty at all

Then they need to make it harder to rip people off by selling tickets that you don't actually own.

[MichMan]

3. Ticket reselling above face value was prohibited in virtually every state for decades

Most all of them ended up making it legal