The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has closed down
Getmetickets.net, an online ticket agency accused of not only
charging very high prices for tickets, but also, in some cases, of
not delivering them to clients.
The agency, which offered tickets for fully-booked concerts and
shows, had twice been the subject of an investigation by the BBC’s
Watchdog programme.
The DTI launched its own investigation and last week petitioned
the High Court to wind up the company in the public interest. The
Official Receiver has now been appointed Provisional Liquidator of
Get Me Tickets Limited and its associated companies.
The website has been replaced with a notice from the Official
Receiver, explaining that a number of tickets had been found at the
company's premises, but there did not appear to be enough to supply
all of the firm’s customers who had ordered and paid for
tickets.
“The court has therefore ordered that those tickets held by the
company should be distributed to customers in the order that
customers paid for the tickets,” says the notice. “My staff are
sending all the tickets recovered from the premises to these
customers on the basis and they should receive tickets within the
next few days. There are no other tickets available for any other
customers.”
The full petition hearing is due to take place on 22nd
March.
