StubHub and its sister company Kijiji Canada are not allowing the resale of tickets for Gord Downie's Secret Path concert in Halifax, Canada on secondary websites.
Tickets to the November 29 concert at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, priced at $61 (£37/€43/$45), sold out within minutes of going on sale through promoter Sonic Concerts and the Dalhousie Arts Centre.
The decision to block resales was made after tickets for the event – which is raising money for charity – were posted on the websites at hugely inflated prices.
“This is really troubling to our users, it is something we wanted to take a look at,” Kijiji Canada communications manager Shawn MacIntyre told Canadian broadcaster CBC.
“We're a Canadian company, so this is near and dear to our hearts as well. We didn't want to be associated with the reselling of the tickets to that event so we just removed them.
“We do support the cause this is fundraising for. We don't want this to cast a negative light on that event. Obviously it is legal to resell these tickets but [the action] is really not in the best interest of our community members.”
StubHub and Kijiji are owned by e-commerce giant eBay.
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