Earlier this year the state of New York made the use of bots a criminal offence after a report by the attorney general found that touts using a single bot had bought 1,000 tickets in one minute for a U2 concert at Madison Square Gardens.
An influential group of MPs has urged the government to take immediate action to stop touts using specialist software to buy large numbers of tickets to resell for a profit.
Bands such as Pixies and Mumford and Sons have condemned the industry, while fans were left outraged by touts using the sites to advertise tickets to the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play for up to £8,000.
Many restaurants tout using the best ingredients, Wenthworth's high end meals at Longman & Eagle of things like Lamb Tartare, 15 Minute Quail Egg, Pickled Sea Beans, White Asparagus, Celeraic Remoulade, Micro Celery, Boquerone Olive Oil, and Mustard Foam ($18) would cost double anywhere else.
The bogus touts use any event to flog their non-existent tickets.
Representatives of StubHub and Ticketmaster faced an inquisition from MPs on the culture, media and sport select committee, who are looking into allegations that touts use underhand methods to secure tickets at the expense of fans.
It will examine several areas of concern in the secondary ticketing market, including whether touts use "connections" at resale websites to gain an advantage over fans, such as information that helps them decide which tickets to market aggressively.
So be wary of the tricks that touts use to try and secure your business but don't be presumptuous.
(Another advantage it's touting over using a supermarket's own online delivery services is that Pocket Shop says it's trained its staff to select only the best looking fruit and veg, not try and fob you off with any old rotten bananas).
And I could tell how much it bothered him and annoyed him that this was being touted and used against him.
