in all fairness if someone has the money and wants to spend it like that, i don;'t see it as a huge problem. i've paid over the odds for gigs before and apart from the wallet taking a hit, it didn't harm anyone.

you can argue that it stops "real" fans getting tickets but i doubt a casual listener is going to spend massive amounts on touted tickets.

i might not be able to go to the gig and i'm not even going to deny the ticketw ill be going to the highest bidder in order to cover the cost of the ticket, my digs, the flights and if possible some spare cash.