Upcoming Record Conventions
There will be a convention in St.John’s, Newfoundland this weekend:
- Sunday, Nov 7th 2021 – St.John’s Farmer’s Market (245, Freshwater Road, St.John’s NFLD) – 10am to 4pm – $2 admission
Masks will be required and cash is recommended because many vendors will not take credit cards.
Please note that the Oshawa Record convention that was scheduled to been held at Lviv Hall on November 14th, 2021 has been delayed until February 27th, 2022, unfortunately.
Ontario Event Ticket Update
The provincial government of Ontario has removed the price cap on resold tickets in that province and increased fines for violators of the Ticket Sales Act, from $10,000 to $25,000.
The prohibitions related to scalper bots remain but the requirement for sellers to disclose the number of tickets they have available has also been removed.
The newly elected government had paused the implementation of the act in July 2018 and had promised consultations.
Click here for the Consumer Protection Ontario site on “Buying tickets to events in Ontario”.
Ticketmaster VS Bots
According to the Financial Post, Ticketmaster will be introducing two methods to counteract the use of bots this year.
The first will involve the gradual release of tickets, which will make it harder for scalpers to buy large amounts at one time. And the second will involve a service name Verified Fan that confirms a fan’s interest in particular events and sends these fans codes to purchase tickets.
Both have been tested in 2017 with some success and enabled Ticketmaster to observe patterns in the purchasing of tickets by scalpers, which in turn helped them to take legal action against them.
Prime Day Specials
Prime Day has begun at Amazon.ca and this means Prime members will enjoy discounts through-out the day until Midnight, Pacific Time.
If you are not a member, you can try a Free 30 Day Trial and enjoy today’s discounts.
Membership includes free two-day shipping on most orders shipped to Canada, advance access to Lightning Deals and free unlimited photo storage on Amazon Cloud.
Membership is also advantageous if you use Subscribe & Save, a program that enables you to receive specific products monthly, like household cleaning supplies, diapers and pet supplies.
You should note that American retailer Second Spin is also offering a 15% discount on their regularly and sale priced vinyl, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and accessories today. Just use coupon code JY15OFF until the 14th of July.
By the way, the Prime Photos contest will also end at midnight Pacific Time so don’t forget to enter today. They’re giving away $5000 in Amazon gift cards and all eligible Prime members need to do is upload a photo to their Prime Photos account through Amazon Drive to enter. Click here for details and information on how to enter without a Prime Membership.