What do you mean? Tickets for Justin Bieber’s Australian tour flogged on resale sites at increased prices

SOUGHT-AFTER tickets to Justin Bieber’s Australian tour are being flogged on resale sites for inflated prices ... and Beliebers aren’t happy.

What do you mean? Beliebers are annoyed at inflated ticket prices to Justin Bieber’s concerts that are being sold on resale sites. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

JUSTIN Bieber fans have joined the growing number of live music enthusiasts outraged that sought-after tickets are being offered at hugely inflated prices on resale sites within minutes of concerts going on sale.

The most prized tickets for Bieber’s concert at Etihad Stadium went sold out via official ticketing agency Ticketmaster within minutes yesterday.

Bieber fever quickly escalated to outrage as they became available on the Ticketmaster Resale site soon after.

The average official prices for tickets for the Australian leg of Bieber’s Purpose Tour in March were $185 for A Reserve, $150 for B Reserve, $100 for C Reserve and $85 for D Reserve.

Ticketmaster Resale were offering tickets at the Etihad Stadium show from a whopping

$2528.74 for A Reserve through to the cheapest at $253.

ACCC need to know about this debacle!! $185 tickets for $690?! @frontiertouring @justinbieber @EtihadStadiumAU @Ticketmaster_AU @acccgovau pic.twitter.com/7U0CYlyKfl

— MamaJ (@MamaJinOZ) October 12, 2016

A Frontier Touring spokesperson said there wasn’t room in Bieber’s schedule to add extra concerts to the Australia leg which features the pop superstar in stadiums here for the first time.

On the eve of tickets going on sale, Victorian Police responded to a tweet regarding the legality of scalping in the state.

@xander85 @VictoriaPolice @frontiertouring @Ticketmaster_AU Scalping is illegal, suggest you report this to your local police station.

— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) October 10, 2016

Queensland Police posted a very different warning for parents caught up in Bieber fever, suggesting they have a chat with their daughters before suspecting credit card fraud.

Justin Bieber. Picture: Queensland Police Service/Facebook

The promoters and ticketing agencies, including Ticketek who handled the biggest concert of the tour at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on March 15, received dozens of complaints online about the sites crashing or being unable to complete transactions.

Ticketmaster responded to frustrated fans with “JB has been a very popular event and tickets sold very quickly.”

There were only single seats sprinkled around the Melbourne stadium still available in the late afternoon.

Originally published as What do you mean? Tickets for Justin Bieber’s Australian tour flogged on resale sites at increased prices