The Champions has already entered the final stretch. This week the second leg matches of the semi-finals will be played between PSG – Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid – Bayern Munich, from which the two teams will emerge that will face each other in the grand final on June 1 and who will try to register their name at the top of the star competition, crown themselves as the kings of Europe and win the orejona. A final stretch that no one wants to miss, all fans want to be present in the stadium supporting their team and seeing how it (can) make history. The problem is that get tickets It is practically an impossible task if you are not a subscriber or member and very difficult for those who are.
In these desperate situations, where some football devotees resort to illegal practices such as ticket resale, something that is punishable by law if it is carried out on the streets or itinerant. However, the law does not include what happens if this sale is carried out online, since the regulations are so old that these practices were not covered. The problem is that this transaction is used by some criminals to defraud fans who are looking for a precious ticket for the last phases of the all-star competition.
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The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has raised the alarm regarding this issue and has focused on the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals between Real Madrid and Bayern, a meeting that is generating a lot of expectation. Such is the attention that this match has generated that scams have begun to skyrocket in terms of the sale of fraudulent tickets, some with prices reaching 1,300 euros.
The OCU has launched a series of recommendations for all those fans who intend to purchase their tickets through online resale. Specifically, they highlight that it is important not to advance the electronic ticket payments; the user could be seen without the advance amount and without tickets.
On the other hand, they have recommended avoiding online purchases as much as possible and purchasing tickets at the official ticket offices. Finally, they emphasize that if you buy tickets online, it is necessary to ensure that you do so on the official distribution website and not imitations that may confuse users.
The consumer organization also remembers that if tickets are purchased through online resale and the event is subsequently cancelled, at most they will get the original price refunded, but never the extra amount they paid. Furthermore, they have also demanded that a specific regulation that protects consumers from scams, fraud and illegal overpricing.
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