eBay cracks down on ticket resellers trying to make a profit from Manchester tragedy
Tickets for Ariana Grande's charity concert, One Love Manchester, went on sale at 10:00 a.m. yesterday. Unsurprisingly, the show was sold out in less than 10 minutes.
Demand for the ticket have been extremely high, with some going as far as submitting fake applications for the free tickets reserved for concertgoers who attended Ariana's concert the night of the attack.
Fans were disgusted to find tickets up for resale on websites like eBay, Gumtree, and Stubhub at values between £200 to £500 ($258 to $645). The original tickets were sold for £40.
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eBay was quick to respond to the uproar.
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Twitter users praised eBay for doing the right thing.
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Gumtree, Seatwave, Viagogo, GETMEIN, and Stubhub have also banned touts reselling the One Love Manchester tickets.
Proceeds from the original Ticketmaster sale will be donated to the victims of the Manchester attack.
