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eBay's METALLICA Ticket Sales Strike A Sour Note

September 12, 2008

Rupert Jones of The Guardian reports: Auction giant eBay came under fire this week for allowing people to sell tickets to a METALLICA charity concert for vastly inflated prices in what seemed at first glance to be a contravention of its own rules.

Earlier this year, eBay announced a new policy on sales of event tickets for which at least half of the proceeds are donated to charity. In these cases, the seller must donate at least 20% of the sale price to the cause in question.

The policy should surely apply to the METALLICA gig taking place at London's 02 Arena on Monday, as all the proceeds are being donated to the London-based charity Youth Music.

Read the entire report from The Guardian.

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