I will be honest, I am starting to find this thread a bit tedious. Yes it is a problem, yes it is frustrating. But some people acting like it is the worst thing happening in the world right now, get a grip.
Times are hard for some people, they will exploit the imbalance between demand and supply to make a bit of money. Not just with football tickets but with anything that has such a demand/supply imbalance.
Your local shop buys bottles of lucozade for 30p and sells for £1. Landlords up and down the country, especially in London, buying properties and renovating them then selling them for profit. Pricing a lot of people out of owning a home. That is just a couple of examples.
All the above and more is fine, but someone make a profit on a LFC ticket and it is wrong. Even better is the utter hypocrisy of some people who think it is ok to sell tickets on for a Champions League final if Man U or Chelsea are involved, or the Europa final this year if Man U make it, but when someone does it to us for Basel or Athens all these people cry about how unfair it is and that the people selling are c*nts etc! Or people who routinely sell non football and non LFC tickets for profit, but cry when people do it with LFC tickets. Again utter hypocrisy!
Another thing that fucks me right off is people who only want big game tickets and then cry when they can't get one at face value. YOU DON'T DESERVE ONE! Dortmund home being the classic example. If you went 1 Europa home game before, even just Man U, you got a ticket. Yet he who 'could not be arsed' with the Europa League and now suddenly can cries that people are asking inflated prices when if he had been arsed from the start he would qualify himself. The same brigade were out for the derby bitching and moaning that they couldn't get tickets, yet when they are asked about Bournemouth or Burnley or any other game that was fairly easy to get, they conveniently can't make it 😂
If I move abroad, which is a possibility, I would probably try to keep my away credits up as I got plenty of mates who would gladly use them. But if I was ever back for a home game say maybe once or twice a season, I would probably be buying off someone at the going rate. Why you ask? The current system and hassle involved makes it easier and less hassle to pay a tout if only coming once or twice a season. Paying membership fees, checking back every few days/hours etc for returns and all the other hassle when busy in work. No thanks, I'll just pay someone a bit more to sort it for me. Already saved 2 membership fees if going with someone. I know that will upset a lot of people on here, but for 1 or 2 games our system is not worth the hassle! So LFC are part of the problem here.
Yes effort does need to be made to reduce the problem. But the simple fact of the matter is at the current level of demand/supply it will never go away. Also there is far worse things happening in the World right now, but some people in this thread are acting like touts are the next Islamic State or something like that!
