Music Fans Fight Back Against Online Scalpers

Australian resellers of sought-after tickets find their auctions filled with bogus bids and hostile messages. The problem of ticket scalping enrages music fans worldwide. Standing in line for hours only to see hoards of tickets sold to scalpers and nothing left but the cheap seats, fans have had enough. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, scalpers of prized ducats to the Splendour in the Grass music festival have seen their eBay auctions bombarded with phony bids priced high enough to deter legitimate bidders. Splendour festival organizers posted a notice on their web site, advising fans not to buy tickets on eBay as they are not transferable. "(E)ach SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS event ticket has security features that allow the organisers to determine if these conditions have been breached. All tickets will be checked on entry. Put simply, if these conditions have not been complied with YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE FESTIVAL," says conditions posted on the front page of here