Tout
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In British English, a tout is any person who solicits business or employment in an importune manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor in American English, or a spruiker in Australian English).
A ticket tout is someone who engages in ticket resale for more than the face value of the ticket (though a ticket reseller is known colloquially as a scalper rather than a solicitor in North American and Australian parlance). In recent years some British ticket touts have moved into Internet ticket fraud.[1]
According to the American Bar Association, touting occurs when a person advertises, promotes, or otherwise describes a security for sale without disclosing that the person is being paid to do so.
An example would be a person who frequents heavily touristed areas and presents himself as a tour guide (particularly towards those who do not speak the local language) but operates on behalf of local bars, restaurant, or hotels, being paid to direct tourists towards certain establishments.
[edit] References
- ^ Jamie Doward: "How boom in rogue ticket websites fleeces Britons". The Observer, Sunday March 9 2008.
- Dictionary.com :: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tout
- http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2007-03-04/donley.shtml
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