adminOnline classifieds site Gumtree says the avalanche of Springboks vs All Blacks seats being advertised at inflated prices might force it to close its tickets category.
South Africa take on New Zealand in the Rugby Championship at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on October 7.
On Wednesday morninga�s tickets were being advertised for up to four times their face value. Five grandstand tickets bought for R950 each were on sale for R20 000.
Nagel said an earlier ada�s which offered 10 tickets with a face value of R5 900 for R25 000a�s had been taken down but more ads were continually being posted.
a�?In general youa��re not allowed to resell tickets for profita�sa�? said Nagel. a�?There is also no guarantee that you will be able to use a ticket bought from unofficial sources.a�?
Nagel said the fresh crop of ads for at least 34 tickets would a�?need to be flagged with our guys and we will take them down as soon as possiblea�?.
All 22 000 public tickets for the 48 000-capacity Newlands sold out with an hour of going on sale on Mondaya�s and Western Province Rugby warned that a�?only tickets bought from wprugby.computicket.coma�s Computicket outlets or the stadium box office are guaranteed valid for the Rugby Championship Test matcha�?.
The WP statement added: a�?These are the only outlets which are licensed to sell tickets to Newlands.
Newlands 2017 season tickets are valid for the Testa�s with no further action required.a�? a�� TimesLIVE .
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