Sunday, 24 August 2008

Ticket Scam Complaints Rise Amid Latest Festival Chaos

The number of people who have complained some not receiving tickets to festivals and concerts has risen dramatically this month.


Consumer Direct, the government's advice service, has received 430 complaints in August so far, up from 134 in July.


The figures, published today, travel along the up-to-the-minute fiasco involving SOS Master Tickets - a secondary ticket agency.


The caller failed to deliver hundreds of tickets for last weekend's V Festivals, and have besides left fans out of pocket for concerts by Madonna and George Michael this weekend.


SOS Master Tickets website is no yearner online, and the company's phone lines are all dead.


The company, which operates verboten of an address in Islington, North London, now faces probe from Trading Standards.


Barrie Marshall, wHO is promoting George Michael's final concerts in London next week, called the ticketing problem �sickening�.

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