It is reported that scalpers for Blackpink’s concert in Taiwan are selling for up to 17 million won per ticket.
According to local Taiwanese media such as the Free Times on the 6th, the price of scalping tickets for the BLACKPINK world tour concert to be held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on the 18th and 19th has soared to 45 times the regular price, causing complaints among fans.
The normal ticket price for Blackpink’s concert is NT$8,800 (approximately KRW 370,000), but it has been found that scalping tickets are sold at NT$400,000 (approximately KRW 16.97 million).
Scaling scams are also reported to be serious. Local ITN news outlets announced that the investigative authorities had arrested two men who were involved in fraudulent ticket sales in connection with this Blackpink concert. It is known that more than 50 victims were victims of their fraud.
Taiwanese media pointed out that scalping tickets are extreme whenever popular K-pop concerts are held.
Even at the time of Super Junior’s ‘Super Junior World Tour-Super Show 9: Road’ concert held at Taipei Arena on November 26-27 last year, the ticket costing NT$5,800 (about KRW240,000) was 17 times more than NT$100,000 (about NT$424). million) has been sold.
In response, a petition to sell tickets under real name was posted on the ‘Public Policy Internet Participation Platform’. The purpose is to prevent hoarding and reselling by scalpers by checking if the identity of the ticket buyer matches when entering the concert.
Some officials of the performance companies raised the opinion that the ticket real-name system is difficult to implement in reality. This is because it takes a lot of time and money to check. On the other hand, there was also an opinion that the real-name ticket system is actually effective in preventing scalping, and whether or not it is implemented depends on the willingness of the company.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture explained that it has already held four meetings with relevant ministries and three advisory meetings with related organizations and companies. At the same time, he added that he would continue to cooperate with the event organizers to find a way to effectively prevent scalping.
Source: Donga
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