Rules had to be bent to protect users from scams, said classifieds app Carousell’s chief of staff Tan Su Lin, explaining its unprecedented decision to suspend ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s concerts in Singapore.
Rules had to be bent to protect users from scams, said classifieds app Carousell ’s chief of staff Tan Su Lin, explaining its unprecedented decision to suspend ticket sales for Taylor Swift ’s concerts in Singapore . Amid the rush for tickets, users were not catching on to scam indicators, such as a seller’s ratings to show if other buyers had found him to be reliable, added Ms Tan. The scarcity of tickets and demand from overseas also made buyers easy prey for fraudsters, she noted.
Ms Tan said: “The Taylor Swift concerts were a phenomenon in their own right in terms of the kind of fan fervour that we’ve never seen until today. “There were many contextual circumstances that led us to take this draconian action to suspend (ticket sales) within the last two weeks. It was the panic window leading up to the concert where people, do or die, have to see their idol in action.” She was speaking during a panel discussion at Google’s inaugural Asia-Pacific Online Safety Dialogue held at its Singapore office on March 1
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