It is not just the music industry that needs a system allowing ticket holders to resell them at face value (UK’s £4.5bn music industry ‘under threat from touts’, 31 October). I have bought four tickets for next September’s Ryder Cup in Paris. The security measures seeking to ensure they are used only by me and those I bought them for include providing all names at the time of purchase and submitting a photograph. But there is no means to return tickets that you are unable to use and there is plenty of time for people to have accidents, fall ill and even die. Given the cost, there are likely some who will be tempted to offload them on unsuspecting golf fans who will be turned away if the security measures are successful. Shortsighted of the organisers, who would easily be able to sell returned tickets.
Andy Jenkinson
Ascot, Berkshire
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