Why don't eBay ban ticket touts?

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I'm just about to leave for work this morning and my brother rings me "I've just heard Pearl Jam are playing a small club date in London and tickets go on sale in half an hour. I can't get to a computer, you MUST find a way to get some!" I jump for joy, as it's been six years since PJ came to England.

But despite having two different ticket sellers open on my computer (every few seconds *refresh*) and a phone to my ear, tickets sell out straight away and I'm left late for work with nothing to show for it.

BUT what really pisses me off is that literally minutes after the show sold out about 40 listings popped up on eBay, some of them selling six or more tickets despite the limit being two. There's about a 100 tickets for sale on there at the moment, all at ridculous prices.

How the hell do they get these and why do eBay allow it?

Fair enough to lose out to other fans, but to a bunch of greedy, evil scalpers?

I wish ticket companies and promoters would do something to stop it (like having your name on the ticket perhaps?) but most of all I wish eBay would stop the auctions. But I suppose, since they are getting some of the money, I doubt they care.

What do you all think?