Olympics '08: Fake Ticket Controversy

OLYPlusSelectPlusSportsOlympics '08: Fake Ticket ControversyOlympics '08: Fake Ticket ControversyThe Associated PressThe IOC is moving to shut down an American web site that may have sold fraudulent tickets to the Olympics. (Aug. 4)IN THE U-S WE'RE USED TO IT....BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLYMPICS IT'S A SERIOUS VIOLATION(SUN WEIDE/SPOKESPERSON BEIJING ORGANIZING COMMITTEE) "scalping olympic tickets is illegal"OLYMPIC OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST AN OLYMPIC TICKET SCALPING WEB SITE CALLED BEIJING-TICKETING-DOT-COM...THEY SAY THE SITE SCAMMED NOT ONLY SPORTS FANS OUT OF THEIR MONEY BUT EVEN ATHLETE'S FAMILIES....FAMILIES OF SOME AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES WERE CHEATED OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.(JOHN COATES/ PRESIDENT AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE) "it's a great pity, I suppose you can understand if there aren't enough tickets - albeit we had 31 thousand tickets for Australia this time as against the 19 thousand for Athens, but some folk have gone looking for extra tickets to satisfy their demand."AS AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO FIND TICKETS FOR FAMILIES....THE CRACKDOWN HASN'T STOPPED OTHERS FROM PROFITING OFF SCALPING OLYMPIC TICKETS....ONE SELLER, WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, SAID HE LEGITIMATELY BOUGHT NINETY TICKETS IN THE U-S TEN MONTHS IN ADVANCE, BUT FOUND A HUGE DEMAND FOR THEM IN BEIJING....SO HE RE-SOLD THEM, SOME FETCHING AS MUCH AS A ONE HUNDRED SIXTY PERCENT MARKUP....ONE WOMAN SAID SHE PREFERRED PURCHASING A TICKET FROM A SCALPER BECAUSE IT WAS JUST MORE CONVENIENT

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That stinks that people would do something like this.