SINGAPORE: People fishing for a quick buck have cast their
eyes on the latest happenings in town - the F1 race this
weekend.
More than 300 tickets have been spotted for sale on popular auction
websites such as Ebay just days before the race is flagged off this
Sunday.
One listing is offering a three-day pit grandstand ticket for more
than S$2,000.
That's some S$600 above the official price of S$1,400.
However, a large number of the tickets sold online are going for as
much as 60 per cent below the official price.
But some have said that they would prefer to watch the race in the
comfort of their own homes.
One respondent said: “I guess the only tickets worth buying
will be the ones over the pitstop if I can afford it. If you get
seats anywhere else even at the turn, you'd probably be seeing the
cars for a couple of seconds and back to the screen anyway, so
might as well watch from home.”
“I would prefer to stay at home, reason being that I can watch it
in the comfort of my own home, and not squeeze with all the people
as well as be in air-conditioned environment,” said another
respondent.
Several of those who're selling their F1 tickets online stated in
their postings that they're selling them because the tickets are
gifts or simply because they're unable to make it.
But this is making Singapore GP frown. It said it has been
monitoring these attempts to re-sell tickets.
The practice is prohibited. Under the official purchase terms and
conditions, tickets may not be resold or transferred for free or
otherwise.
Singapore GP has served legal notice on at least one website for
reselling F1 tickets and are in the midst of gathering more
evidence against several more.
