We've never allowed tickets that are locked to the original buyer in any sense to be traded on Toutless and this will be the same for ALL tickets for the Dublin/Belfast U2 gigs.• Fans buying floor sections will not receive a physical ticket. Think of the card used to make the purchase as your ticket. When you arrive at the venue, the venue staff will swipe your card at the doors and admit you to the standing section.
• Students must also present their student ID for each ticket purchased.
• Regular ticket holders must also present a valid govt issued photo ID for the purchaser only.
We've already received several people's views on why we are wrong to do this or how we might allow people sell some of the tickets and meet the original buyer on the night and the like. The problem with allowing any sort of concession on the rules regards tickets that are locked to the original buyer is that over time the deals will start getting grayer grayer around the edges until we have flat out attempts at trading tickets with little or no acknowledgment of the potential problems associated with the ID lock.
It is our experience that quite a few people do not realise what these sort of restrictions actually entail and will either take a risk and buy tickets they can't use or otherwise not acknowledge how important their own attendance is on the night if they are the seller. If the seller is sick or otherwise delayed on the night it produces a lot of grief for the other side who is counting on them in a way that is a lot more involved than the regular deals we facilitate. Buying resold tickets is a risky enough business without the uncertainty of knowing if even a legitimate ticket will get you in on the night.
While there is an argument that this risk should be up to someone to take if they wish there does still remain the issue that we could be seen to be encouraging or at least enabling people to go against the explicit requests of the promoter / band. While no one is likely to sue us or otherwise I do have to consider our position in the framework of the event scene in Ireland. We've a stated goal to stop touting and if someone is making an attempt, no matter how symbolic over practical, to fight touting we will at least respect the wishes of those doing it.
It is our advice NOT to buy tickets for this event that you are not 100% sure you will use. Keep in mind tickers bought as gifts etc can only be used if the original purchaser is in attendance on the night. Similarly it would be advisable NOT to buy tickets from anyone selling these on any other reselling site as your entrance is not guaranteed.
If for any reason the restriction on seated tickets requiring the ID of the original purchaser is changed (and it does seem to have been added as an afterthought and not correctly communicated across Ticketmaster which is allowing resale of the tickets on their own tout site seatwave) then we'll open this thread and allow trading on seated tickets only. If any clear communication from Ticketmaster on this is made please point us in the direction of it.
There is a discussion thread here if you wish to talk about the event but keep in mind any attempts to sell/buy tickets overtly or otherwise on that thread could result in a site ban.
