RWC tickets go on sale

Suspicious activities related to the scalping of Rugby World Cup tickets are believed to have already taken place in Britain - even before tickets have gone on sale, a respected newspaper has reported. The Guardian said online ticket marketplace Viagogo was advertising a category C ticket for the final for £3278.99 (NZ$6558) - more than 10 times the £315 (NZ$630) face value, even though none have yet been sold to the public. Up to one million tickets were due to go on sale tonight at 9pm with the average ticket priced at about £100 (NZ$200) and the most expensive at £715 (NZ$1430). This was for the best seats at the final at Twickenham on October 31, 2015. The cheapest tickets were for children and cost £7 (NZ$14). The ticket sales launch online was a chance for fans to buy tickets without having to be locked into rugby club allocations or travel deals, offering Kiwis wanting to head north to England independently for next year's tournament a chance to grab seats. The World Cup organising body England Rugby 2015 was concerned, however, the launch could be exploited by hi-tech touts. The online sales format allowed touts to flood the system with applications and then resell tickets at an inflated price in the secondary market, The Times newspaper in London reported. In a bid to deter touts, ticket agency Ticketmaster has implemented software that could detect multiple applications, but officials have accepted they face a difficult battle against increasingly sophisticated operators. The scalping issue has arisen because the British government refused to introduce legislation banning the resale of tickets for the tournament, as it did for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. England Rugby 2015 were hoping that their terms and conditions forbidding anyone buying a ticket from an unauthorised outlet would dampen the market. Tickets terms and conditions stated holders of tickets not bought from an unauthorised outlet risked being turned away at the stadium gate. ''We are doing everything we can to make sure tickets get into the hands of fans who want to come to the tournament, and not to touts who simply want to sell them on at a profit,'' said England Rugby 2015 communications director Joanna Manning-Cooper. "Fans should only buy through official sources." Only one application would be permitted per person - for just one or multiple games - but it was possible to edit or withdraw an application at any time during the process. A ballot system would be introduced for any oversubscribed matches, which was one measure the organisers have used to try to defeat the touts, who used highly sophisticated software. Any tickets unsold from the public sale phase ending on September 29 would go on sale on a first come, first served basis from November. About 500,000 tickets were allocated to the "rugby community" in May while fan tour packages for the overseas market went on sale in January and hospitality packages have been available since February. Ad Feedback The application process featured a "Match Manager" element which regulated how many games people aimed for and their potential spend. The "Increase Your Chances" feature meant if a match and category are over-subscribed, the next best category could be allocated instead.

if its nonsense why was there a big write up about it in the paper the other day

Nonsense , none have been sold yet . 17 days to go before any sales.

and already they have been bought and scalped online for ten times their worth such a shame