To prevent people from profiteering from reselling Olympic tickets, BOCOG have placed restrictions on the resale of tickets. Each ticket holds the details of the ticket owner. The original owner also needs to get permission from the Beijing organizing committee to transfer ownership.

People have been placing their tickets on internet auction sites, a practice which is basically illegal as BOCOG are also placing limits on how much tickets can be resold for.

“Those who are putting their tickets online on sale may not be the real owner of these tickets as the procedure hasn’t been completed,” said Ren Rongjun, who is in charge of ticket sales.

See here more information on purchasing Olympic tickets.

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