FUCKING FUCK COME PAT MY HAIR.

[Jalapeñomel]

I thought that buying tickets and then reselling them for more face value is illegal.

Sorry you can't get your tickets.

[hisno1girl]

[hisno1girl]

Mar 30, 2013 11:24:20 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Mar 30, 2013 11:21:49 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I thought that buying tickets and then reselling them for more face value is illegal.

Sorry you can't get your tickets.

I thought so too!  I don't know what the rules are, maybe you just can't sell them for more than a certain amount over face value.

The way the get around it is by charging you extra for their "time and processing", not extra for the ticket.

Yeah, right.

[Jalapeñomel]

Well I found this information, which sucks:

Ticket Scalping Laws Vary From State to State
While ticket scalping happens almost anywhere this is a venue where tickets can be sold, the laws surrounding the practice vary. About 20 states prohibit ticket resales or require broker licenses. For example, in Mississippi, there are only restrictions on state-owned property and college sporting events; Texas has no restrictions; and Massachusetts says residents cannot sell tickets for higher than face value, including fees plus $2 for tickets to events taking place in Massachusetts. However, ticket brokers licensed by the state are able to charge a fee to cover the expense of getting the ticket.
Yet, no matter what state scalping is taking place in, according to news reports, anti-scalping laws are mostly misdemeanor offenses and are often lightly enforced.

[Deleted]

God that pisses me off, especially when you are sitting there waiting. I accept it when I forget but it drives me NUTS when I am on top of it.

Wait until closer to the day and see if regular people who don't want bad karma will resell tickets they don't need at face value maybe? Honestly, I wouldn't pay $200 each for those tickets. Floor seats or small venue, sure, but if you buy them now you are just helping the scalpers.

[hisno1girl]

Those were the days, toledo.

I remember standing in line for HOURS and on crutches for Prince concert tickets. In the winter.

Uphill!

Both ways!!

Damned kids.

[Deleted]

It wouldn't have mattered if you were in a waiting room. You probably would not have gotten them anyway. People with high speed connections and multiple computers log on immediately and push others out of line.

The best way to get tickets is through AmEx. For most shows you can buy early if you use your card (and don't get mad at me if it turns out this is a special program for certain card holders or something, I am pretty sure anyone with AmEx can do this). I also have friends who will buy tickets for their whole group - so, think 3 different people each buying 6 tickets- then the two people who got inferior tickets for the group resell theirs at face value on CraigsList. So don't think hope is lost. I'd ask around at work and just check CL for tickets from people who aren't dicks.

[wannabe]

OMG, i fucking hate when that shit happens. and more often than not, it does. you have to have an in or access to a presale or something these days to get decent seats the "normal" way.

i also think your H is being an ass. when you're already at $125, what's another $75 for way better seats? i wish i could buy them for you.

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::hair pets, snuggles, and helps Nugget dispose of the body::

[montereybride]

Go the day of the concert and buy VIP tickets that haven't been picked up. They generally keep them until 15 or 20 minutes before the show starts.

I ended up front and center for Tim McGraw using this tactic. And they were face value.

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go go go.

[seriously]

That does suck! Two options are check Craigslist, I've gotten great tix by stalking there (the better the closer it gets to the show) and start checking ticketmaster a week or so before the show. They almost always end up releasing more tickets. You just have to be a little persistant and stalkerish about it. Seriously I got front row U2 tickets by doing this.

[winnied]

Oh, I hate it when shows sell out literally within minutes. Back in '99 my mom went to buy Hanson tickets for me and she was on the phone 5 minutes before they went on sale. Bless the heart of the woman she spoke with because she let my mom stay on the phone with her waiting until 10:00 am. My mom was only able to get nosebleed tickets due to the demand. WTF people!?!?

In more recent shows, getting Book of Mormon tickets for DC was serious business, yo. Between the Kennedy Center members pre-sale and the AmEx pre-sale, hardly any non-special snowflakes got tickets.

[bluetopaz]

I hatehatehate Stubhub and their crazy prices. You know sometimes they even have insanely overpriced tickets for a show/game, when the show isn't even sold out at that level? What are these people thinking?!

Now, the way my mind works (and keep in mind, 10 minutes ago I proclaimed that H and I would need 10 slices of bread to make sandwiches for each of our lunches the next 5 days, so know math isn't my strong spot) that if you haven't been to a concert since age 19, that's approximately a decade of "concert money in holding". So, as someone else said, so long as it isn't taking away grocery money, and especially because it's going to be an awesome show, you should 100% go.

[joshlyman]

That sucks I was so lucky to get tickets for Mumford last year. They sold out in under 2 min and guess what? Hundreds on stubhub right after. Even though I was Logged on and refreshing the second they went on sale I didn't get great seats, and my friend that did the same couldn't get any. Scalpers can go gargle balls.

[joshlyman]

And I love concerts, and since you haven't been to one in so long, I would pay. I personally think concert experiences are worth the money.

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Mar 30, 2013 12:13:15 GMT -5 luckydog said:

Stubhub is the Internet so state laws don't apply. It sucks, yes, but it is legal.

I don't think that is correct. I'm pretty sure if you commit a crime over the Internet, and the crime injures a person in a particular state, there is jurisdiction. I mean, I haven't researched it specifically, but I am like 99.9% certain state laws still apply.

But no one enforces scalping laws. That part is true.

[Deleted]

$200 is at the top end of my price range. It's a little more than I paid for my Bon Jovi ticket in a really good section. I can't pay that much for tickets all the time but some shows are just worth it.

[Captain Serious]

Mar 30, 2013 12:32:44 GMT -5 elle said:

Mar 30, 2013 12:13:15 GMT -5 luckydog said:

Stubhub is the Internet so state laws don't apply. It sucks, yes, but it is legal.

I don't think that is correct. I'm pretty sure if you commit a crime over the Internet, and the crime injures a person in a particular state, there is jurisdiction. I mean, I haven't researched it specifically, but I am like 99.9% certain state laws still apply.

But no one enforces scalping laws. That part is true.

Elle is correct. State ticket broker/scalping laws do apply to internet sales of tickets within their jurisdiction in most cases. I work for a state legislature and when we where considering changes to the ticket broker law, E-Bay/Stubhub came and lobbied us.

[nahoku]

That sucks. Sign up for emails from local radio stations - they often have codes for pre-sales. That's how I get most of my tickets now. If I'd known you wanted them, I'd have shared the pink pre-sale code I got the other day

[cc]

A local radio host was venting about us common folk not being able to buy tickets for events due to scalpers and people with connections taking them all. It pisses me off because I really wanted to see Coldplay a few years ago and couldn't get a decent ticket, even though I was online and ready when they went on sale.