Letter from The England and Wales Cricket
Board (ECB) to eBay UK Ltd
At the last DCMS Summit we specifically discussed
the ticket touting problem this year's Ashes series was experiencing
on eBay sites in both the UK and Australia.
It is encouraging that eBay has said that it
is committed to the Secretary of State's wish to see the industry
work together to squeeze out touts. I therefore made a specific
request in the meeting, to Alasdair, asking that eBay work with
the ECB (and the Australian Cricket Board) to tackle the touting
that is taking place on the forthcoming Ashes series in Australia.
Our respective organisations would be happy
to work closely with you to do all we can to prevent this touting.
This would include sharing with you the terms and conditions that
are attached to every ticket preventing resale. This would reassure
you that the action we would take was fair and proportionate.
You can also be reassured that tickets removed
from eBay are made available to cricket fans.
Please could you let me know as soon as possible
whether you would be committed to establishing a joint-working
group with us.
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