She thought she was buying from a site which was part of Ticketmaster, the official supplier of Adele tickets. What she was actually buying from was ticket reseller Viagogo, a heavily criticised business that allows ticketholders to on-sell tickets. Now Cat Stevens fans are being warned about Viagogo as tickets appeared there a day after a fan club pre-sale and days before official sales even began. In New Zealand, ticket scalping is not illegal because there is no real way to monitor who is scalping and who has a genuine need to resell. "Ticketmaster Resale provides a platform for fans to sell unwanted tickets and a safe purchase option for events.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 19, 2017 08:48 UTC