Ebay Removing Michael Jackson Memorial Service Ticket Auctions
Fans lucky enough to get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center on Tuesday are celebrating today. Only 8,750 people received an email that said "Congratulations, your application was successful." Each winner received two tickets. There are some tickets listed for sale here on eBay but the Guardianreports that eBay is removing them.
Some fans were delighted, such as Deka Motanya from San Francisco, who tweeted: "OMG OMG OMG OMG I got tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service." Others, however, viewed it as an opportunity to make money.
Twitter users such as Unai Montes-Irueste were accepting offers from bidders on tickets to the event. Meanwhile, others were selling tickets for thousands of pounds on eBay in exchange for the relevant vouchers and codes. However, eBay has since informed the Guardian that they are actively taking down all auctions for Michael Jackson memorial tickets.
Some sites have debated the moral implications of fans selling tickets to a memorial service, whereas SouthFlorida.com ran a poll asking readers what they would do had they won tickets.
TMZ reports that eBay is trying to remove the auction listings as fast as people are posting them.
People who won tickets outside the U.S. will have to hustle to get to the United States in time for Tuesday's service.
Huge Interest in Michael Jackson Memorial Service Tickets
There will only be 8,750 people who get selected to attend the memorial service for Michael Jackson next week but that isn't stopping hundreds of thousands of people from registering for a chance at at ticket on the Staple Center's website. CNN reports that over half a million people had registered for tickets by Friday evening. They have also opened up registration to non-U.S. residents. Michael Jackson has fans around the world and many would be willing to fly to the U.S. for the memorial service.
By 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET) Friday, seven hours since the lottery's announcement, more than half a million people had registered to snag a pair of tickets to the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, according to Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine.
The overwhelming response prompted organizers to open up the lottery to non-U.S. residents as well, he said.
"When you grow up with Michael Jackson's music pretty much your whole life, you feel like you lost a family member and you have to go to the funeral," said Add Seymour of Atlanta, Georgia, who registered soon after the announcement Friday morning and planned to fly out if he was picked. "I got some frequent flier miles just in case I wanted to do something wild and crazy -- and this is wild and crazy."
With so many people registering it is going to make the odds of getting a ticket very low. Registering ends at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, July 4, 2009. The Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service will take place on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the Staples Center in downtown Los
Angeles.
AEG Live has offered to refund the Michael Jackson concert tickets but also said people could keep their tickets if they forego a refund. ITN offers a look at what these Michael Jackson concert tickets look like. The holographic tickets were designed by Michael Jackson himself. They contain a holographic image of Michael Jackson dacing. Some think keeping the tickets is worth while others would prefer a refund. Take a look:
Tickets to Michael Jackson's upcoming concerts at the 02 Arena in London have
completely sold out reports the BBC. The BBC says the tickets sold at a rate of 11 per second.
Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50-date residency at the O2 arena in London have completely sold out, organisers have confirmed.
Hundreds of fans queued at the venue as tickets went on sale to the public and over a quarter of a million people queued online.
Around 750,000 fans have bought tickets to see the veteran pop star.
Tickets sold at a rate of around 11 per second, promoters said - when they went on sale to the public on Friday.
The Michael Jackson website says Ticketmaster has sold out of tickets but some remain available here at Viagogo.
Fans lucky enough to get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center on Tuesday are celebrating today. Only 8,750 people received an email that said "Congratulations, your application was successful." Each winner received two tickets. There are some tickets listed for sale 
