'I sold my Taylor Swift tickets for a big profit - but now I feel guilty'

A Taylor Swift superfan admitted her sense of "guilt" after profiting on tickets bought for one of the pop icon's highly-anticipated shows at Anfield this week.

Swift's sell-out Eras Tour prepares to set the stadium alight for three nights, beginning on Thursday (June 13). Devoted fans shelled out anywhere between £58 up and an unbelievable £661 per ticket when they went on sale last July.

One impulsive Swiftie now faces a moral quandary having resold her tickets upon realising she couldn't actually make it to the event. Sharing her predicament on Mumsnet, she explained: "Like a lot of people, I've been trying and failing to get Taylor Swift tickets for over a year. I had completely given up hope when I got an email this morning to say I was off the wait list... for a venue hundreds of miles away. I don't even remember registering for these tickets but I must have registered for everywhere! I only had 90 seconds to decide so I just bought two tickets."

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She soon acknowledged that the outing wasn't feasible since her "only friend that likes Taylor" would be holidaying during the event. She also admitted that arranging childcare on such short notice would have caused too many complications.

She went on to add: "I decided if I resold the tickets for above face value, I could put that money towards buying a (ridiculously overpriced) ticket for closer to home in August. I didn't take the absolute p**s, but I did advertise them for £100 above face value per ticket. They sold in literally three minutes, as they were the cheapest listed on the resale site by quite a lot."

The decision placed her in a completely uncomfortable position immediately, and violated her own "principles" of "reselling for profit". She cursed: "I've made £200 profit and that won't cover half of what the resale ticket for the concert I want to go to is currently selling for. But I feel absolutely bloody awful about it."

Now, she's sought advice from fellow Mumsnet users, asking if she should issue an email apology for her actions to the buyer when transferring the tickets "Obviously not going into loads of detail but just explaining that it's the only way I can get a resale ticket myself?" she pondered. "Personally I think I'd feel better knowing I hadn't bought from a tout making a living out of ripping people off, but would they think I'm completely weird?"

After sharing her predicament on the forum, she soon felt relieved when numerous users offered their views.

"That would just be weird," one respondent member confirmed, stating that: "You sold the tickets, someone bought them. They don't need you emailing your life story about the price, and it doesn't change how much you charged for them. If you felt that bad about it you wouldn't have marked them up. It is what it is."

In agreement was another woman who added: "I'm sure someone getting Taylor Swift tickets for a reasonable price for THIS WEEK would be pleased. Even if the price is £100 more than you paid for it. This is a supply and demand thing so no need to feel bad IMO. No need to comment/apologise on why it's more."

A third chimed in: "Nah, don't send an email. Just focus on the fact that you've made someone very, very happy. Honestly, they will be thinking they got a bargain!"

Meanwhile, a fourth was less sympathetic but echoed similar sentiments: "The last thing I want from a tout who has ripped me off is for them to try and justify them ripping me off and getting me to tell them they're actually a brilliant person for ripping me off and so different to the other touts ripping people off."

Grateful for the advice, the original poster returned to the forum to thank everyone: "Thanks to everyone for your comments," she acknowledged. "The general consensus is clearly that it would be weird to send an email, so I won't! I've bought resale tickets before (for myself, for last minute gigs, before the assumptions start) and quite often had a note from the seller saying they hope I have a nice time etc. I always thought it was quite sweet and was considering doing the same, but it felt a bit disingenuous when I have (as I have openly admitted) overcharged for the tickets."