Ticket buying in British Columbia:
Buying concert tickets to anything in this province is so frustrating. BC Place had a U2 concert last year. Spencer Chandler Herbert, an MLA in Vancouver tried to get tickets. They went on sale at 10AM, he got into the queue and at 10:13 the ticket price went from $175 to $1,585 by a reseller! Bots and resellers need to be outlawed! I know people who have purchased from resellers, only to be scammed.
In December, Cheryl asked me to purchase Taylor Swift tickets as a present for Lexie. She was coming to Century Link Field in Seattle on May 22nd. She was working and wouldn't be able to get them. She gave me her sign on and credit card so I could purchase them for her. I signed right on at 10AM and got in the queue. I got tickets for Cheryl and Lexie in less than two minutes and I was elated! When I went to the print ticket option I couldn't print them, they were only available on a mobile phone! Thank heavens I used Cheryl's account or she would have to use my phone to get in. In 2015, Washington state made bots illegal. I just checked and Taylor Swift tickets are still available! Obviously the bot law works!
Here is the survey by the Government of B C to see what you want done to stop this:
http://engage.gov.bc.ca/ticketbuying/
ICBC proposed changes:
British Columbia's high insurance rates are the reason I sold my car. I drove it less than once a week, I've never been found at fault in an accident have a clean driving record. I've driven since I was 16! I paid $1,500 a year for a car that was worth less than $10,000. Something is terribly wrong at ICBC. We have a chance to have our say about rate fairness.
We want to make auto insurance rates more fair, and we want your feedback.
The B.C. government and ICBC want to introduce changes to the current system to make insurance rates more fair for British Columbians by making all drivers more accountable for their decisions and driving behaviour.
The model ICBC uses to help determine insurance rates is more than 30 years old. While it has seen some improvements over the years, it is out of date. This means that right now some drivers are paying more and others are paying less than the risk they represent.
British Columbians have been saying for years that the system would be more fair if lower risk drivers paid less for their insurance, and higher risk drivers paid more. We agree. Currently, most high-risk drivers are not paying enough to cover the future risks they represent on our roads.
As a result, we’re looking at changing the way insurance rates are determined for all vehicle owners, excluding those who have fleet vehicles.
Get involved
http://engage.gov.bc.ca/ratefairness/
