[armadillo]

I've just looked at this for the first time and yikes! Are people really paying £80 a ticket for As You Like It at the Globe? I had no idea it was being used for touting like this. Has anyone used it?

[Weez]

Isn't it terrifying? I took one look at it, then checked with the mods I was still allowed to request exchanges on the message board itself, and never looked back. I'm not a tout or a pimp; if I have a spare ticket, I just want it to go to someone who'll use it, and maybe even get a ticket back in exchange if possible. I would be interested in hearing if the Ticket Exchange site is actually doing anything for anyone.

[Lynette]

I've just looked at this for the first time and yikes! Are people really paying £80 a ticket for As You Like It at the Globe? I had no idea it was being used for touting like this. Has anyone used it?

What????? It ain't that good.

[armadillo]

Looking at it more closely, I can't see any buyers benefitting. There are loads of tickets for Every Good Boy Deserves at £144 for a pair plus £31 handling charge - £175 a pair !!!! For tickets with a face value of £30!!! It just seems a licence for touting despite a clear notice on the front page that the NT offers exchanges anyway. I have to say that I'm a little shocked and also disappointed in WOS that a scheme that could have been very beneficial to theatregoers - I'm sure we've all had the annoyance of booking tickets months in advance and not being able to return them when plans change - seems to be just there for the benefit of touts. How soon will the site be full of £10 tickets for the Habit of Art selling for £60?

[Matthew Winn]

Looking at it more closely, I can't see any buyers benefitting. There are loads of tickets for Every Good Boy Deserves at £144 for a pair plus £31 handling charge

£31 handling charge? What, are they handled by a robot made of gold?

[armadillo]

£31 handling charge? What, are they handled by a robot made of gold?

Perhaps Toby Jones delivers them by hand!

[Weez]

I'd pay a £31 handling charge if Dan Stevens were involved. Cheap at twice the price! *ahem*

[applesarenice]

I'd pay a £31 handling charge if Dan Stevens were involved. Cheap at twice the price! *ahem*

As long as he's in his Arcadia breeches...!

[Ian]

This looks to me like a total rip-off.

Example a pair of Mamma Mia tickets, face value £58 each - including the restoration levy that's £119-50 total on the Delfont Mackintosh site - would cost an eye-watering £271.19 PLUS a £57-12 Fees, Handling and VAT add-on giving a total of £328-51.

That is a 274.9% mark up!!! Outrageous.

[Kathryn2]

How desperate would you need to be to pay so much over the odds for tickets? Surely there can't be many people actually buying from the ticket exchange at those prices?