Cologne - FC against Bayer - the Derby will be completely sold out with 50,000 spectators. The last remaining tickets anyway was only for FC members. Or not?
Assuming the Internet on the side of ticketpool.de>, the single buyer to purchase up to 19 cards! Cost of this (sitting straight): 195 euros per ticket, making 3705 tickets at 19 euros! And in the Internet auctioneer ebay, there are tickets for the derby ...
Exactly this is the 1st sellers FC Cologne warn. The club has even "Ticket employs detectives" who want to make an end of the price drivers ...
Warn "We want the fans and to point out that they could acquire through agencies or ebay tickets at exorbitant prices, which may have been blocked by us," says Daniel Däuper, head of ticketing at FC.
Däuper urges fans to pick out perhaps a less popular game: "It's not like that anyway, all FC home games are sold out. Many do not expect that there are often still day tickets on open sale. "
Auctioneers (like ebay) "Anyone who resells tickets commits a breach of the General Terms of FC ments," said Däuper. The club sought and found with the help of an extra tool on ebay once all FC-auctions. "Ticket detectives" test purchases by taking a close look at many auctions.
The FC then warns only the seller or locks the recruited tickets that are personalized sold by the club. Däuper: "For people who are pursuing what business, we proceed with all severity." Consequences may be the termination of membership and high penalties.
The agencies (such as viagogo ticket pool, etc.) The problem here: Legally, the club has against them (yet) handle, because they do not buy the tickets directly from the FC, but through intermediaries. "They do not make themselves liable to prosecution. Nevertheless, we are of course strongly opposed to the pricing policies of the agencies. "
But even here the fan can not be sure to purchase a valid ticket. The already issued ticket may be blocked because the middleman has probably fall through the direct debit. In addition, the customer can not be sure whether he actually receives in the end, all ordered tickets.
For the new season of FC will continue to remedy the situation and arranged a ticket online a stock exchange. Däuper explains: "As fans, who are prevented from attending a game can reinstellen their tickets at the original price. This also applies to season ticket holders. "These get back for a game 1 / 17 of season ticket price. In the stock market, the card can be re-sold, the buyer then receives a normal day ticket issued, and could look forward to a football game in RheinEnergieStadion - at normal prices.
