Government officials are monitoring websites amid record demand for finals tickets which saw one AFL game at the MCG sell out in eight minutes
Victorian government officials monitoring platforms such as eBay, Gumtree, Ticket Merchant, Viagogo and StubHub removed listings for 169 tickets in the first week of finals. In Victoria it is illegal to advertise or resell a ticket to an AFL final for more than 10% of the purchase price.
The minister for sport, Steve Dimopoulos, said every final is covered under the laws: “We’re making sure footy fans are paying a fair price for their tickets, so everyone has the best possible chance to cheer on their footy idols in the finals.” Similar laws cover all New South Wales events. NSW Fair Trading has written to eBay and 15 other similar platforms, and provided them with a list of events which may present a high risk. The minister for fair trading, Anoulack Chanthivong, said “we hear it in the leadup to major events too often, fans and consumers are getting ripped off and it’s unacceptable.”
In 2022, eBay was issued with $44,000 worth of fines after several NRL grand final tickets appeared on the platform at up to 149% of the original price. The company said it is working more closely with the NRL and NSW officials this year, including using a portal that allows illegal listing of tickets to be pulled down within two hours. It has also increased monitoring of its own website to remove contravening ads this year.
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