JJ Lin will perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on August 18 and 19.

Tickets all snapped up

General sales for the tickets started today, June 16, from 10am, and were sold out within the hour.

Tickets prices range from S$148 to S$348.

Inflated prices

Before June 16, priority booking was made available for some American Express and Starhub customers, as well as Great Eastern's Live Great card members.

And even before the general sales started, some are already reselling their tickets at inflated prices on platforms such as Viagogo and Stubhub.

Viagogo prices

Viagogo is a global platform for ticket sellers, ranging from global brands to individuals who have a spare ticket. All prices are set by sellers.

At the time of writing, the ticket prices on Viagogo for JJ Lin's concert range from S$349 to S$1,710.

The Category 1 prices range from S$710 to S$900 (about two to three times the official price), while Category 2 and 3 tickets can cost anywhere between S$450 to S$790.

The floor tickets are also the most expensive, ranging from S$900 to S$1,710.

Unsurprisingly, the cheapest tickets are those of Category 7 tickets at about S$300-400. The official price is S$148.

Stubhub

A quick check on Stubhub, a ticket marketplace, would reveal equally, if not more, expensive tickets.

The last we checked, the cheapest ticket on Stubhub costs over S$700 for a Category 1 ticket.

This is for the August 18 (Saturday) show:

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More horrifyingly, the priciest ticket on Stubhub is going for S$3,343, while several others are selling their Category 1 tickets for over S$2,000.

This is the range of prices for the most expensive Category 1 tickets for the Sunday show.

Ticket scalping not new

Ticket scalping is not a new phenomenon.

Previously, in 2017, The Straits Times reported that tickets to Ed Sheeran's concert were listed for as much as S$13,000 online.

Later that year in October, it was also reported that people were reselling Category 1 Bruno Mars concert tickets on Carousell at four times its original price.

While some ticketing agencies are trying to curb this practice, there is currently no law against reselling concert tickets in Singapore.

Top photo from Singapore Sports Hub Facebook & screenshot from Stubhub.