Petition aims to tackle ‘Bad Blood’ between concert-goers and resale websites [Video]

Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour has inspired one family to take their ticket troubles to Ottawa.

“The second after tickets went on sale, those same tickets were on resale sites for thousands of dollars more than they were [originally sold for]. Which tells me whoever bought them weren’t fans and that really is discouraging,” Scott Thomson told CTV News on Thursday.

Thomson said he tried to buy tickets for his 12-year-old daughter Aubrey, but was unsuccessful during the first public sale. Determined to secure some of the highly-coveted tickets, he turned to third-party websites with exorbitant prices.

Thomson turned his frustration into action and co-created a petition calling on the government to do something to address sky-high resale prices.

“I think the government needs to step in and study how we can stop this or at least slow it down, because the problem’s just going to get worse as we go …