Tickets for the Mayday Concert Scalper have dropped by nearly 10,000 yuan! If you want to refund the ticket, you have to pay compensation

According to reports, due to the efforts of many parties, the price of tickets for scalpers for the Mayday concert has plummeted, and the quotations for scalpers have dropped by 8,000 yuan.

According to the Beijing Business Daily, on the day of ticketing on May 9, scalpers once quoted 18,800 yuan for the first row of tickets, but now it has dropped to 10,800 yuan, a straight drop of 8,000 yuan; A large number of scalpers are now quoted at around 3,000 yuan. The reporter received complaints from consumers that they had bought premium tickets from scalpers, but now that the price has dropped, the scalpers said they could get a refund, but they had to pay an additional compensation of no less than 30% of the order value if they wanted to refund the face value.

Lawyer Jiang Benwei, a partner of Beijing Gaowen Law Firm, said that reselling tickets for theatrical performances is an illegal act, so the reselling transaction itself is also an illegal transaction, and the sales contract formed is an invalid contract. Consumers can report to the public security organ, and the public security organ can order the scalper to refund the price difference (higher than the original price) or directly refund the victim from the seized stolen money.