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  • e0820
    MVP
    • Jan 2003
    • 2070

    #1

    Stub Hub.com / Scalping

    Can someone please explain StubHub.com to me? I keep seeing commercials so I checked it out and seats in a certain section for Cubs vs Astros are $150 per seat. On Cubs.com the same seats are $43 a seat. Isnt selling a ticket for more then its worth called ticket scalping?

    I understand if YOU have a ticket that YOU paid for, YOU should be able to sell it for as much as you want but its ticket scalping which is illegal right?
  • jt45
    All Star
    • Apr 2003
    • 5074

    #2
    Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

    I bought some GT football tickets on there last year and got a deal. I got $50 seats for like $10.

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    • jmood88
      Sean Payton: Retribution
      • Jul 2003
      • 34639

      #3
      Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

      Originally posted by e0820
      Can someone please explain StubHub.com to me? I keep seeing commercials so I checked it out and seats in a certain section for Cubs vs Astros are $150 per seat. On Cubs.com the same seats are $43 a seat. Isnt selling a ticket for more then its worth called ticket scalping?

      I understand if YOU have a ticket that YOU paid for, YOU should be able to sell it for as much as you want but its ticket scalping which is illegal right?
      I think it's only scalping if you're around the stadium doing that.
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      • Cebby
        Banned
        • Apr 2005
        • 22327

        #4
        Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

        You aren't buying a ticket.

        You're buying the service of getting a ticket.

        Or, in the case of some odd states, you're buying a #2 pencil with a free pair of Ohio St/Michigan tickets included.

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        • TheGamingChef
          MVP
          • Jun 2006
          • 3384

          #5
          Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

          Scalping is only illegal if it is at the stadium. Ever seen someone selling/buying tickets a block away from the stadium? Completely legal.

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          • oakfan162
            Get Ducked Up!
            • Mar 2006
            • 4724

            #6
            Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

            Some teams have even created stubhub-like websites for season ticket holders can sell their unused tickets.
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            • mike01
              Banned
              • Jul 2003
              • 1180

              #7
              Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

              Originally posted by TheGamingChef
              Scalping is only illegal if it is at the stadium. Ever seen someone selling/buying tickets a block away from the stadium? Completely legal.
              I really don't think that is correct. Even on Ebay, you cant buy tickets for more than $3 over the price. Which is why the the auction will be for something else with a "free ticket" or whatever. I don't think being at the stadium has anything to do with it.

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              • SuperBowlNachos
                All Star
                • Jul 2004
                • 10218

                #8
                Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                Originally posted by mike01
                I really don't think that is correct. Even on Ebay, you cant buy tickets for more than $3 over the price. Which is why the the auction will be for something else with a "free ticket" or whatever. I don't think being at the stadium has anything to do with it.
                You can sell the tickets for however much you want. There are tickets going for hundreds of dollars over face value.

                Each city might have their own ordinance when it comes to on the street selling. In Dallas for tickets to events at the American airlines center you can't be on AAC property.

                I absolutely HATE scalpers with a passion. Every Mavericks game was sold out this year months in advance, and it was because local ticket places literally had HUNDREDS of sets of season tickets. Hell for the playoffs after season ticket holders got their tickets only 1000 were left for the public. Playoff tickets for upper level were over $150 each.

                None of the teams care anyways, as long as the tickets are sold. That's why they allow them to advertise in the arena. Their TV ads make it sound like thet are providing a convenient service by offering tickets to sold out events, in reality the event wouldn't be sold out if scalpers didn't buy thousands of tickets to resell themselves.

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                • Brandon13
                  All Star
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 8915

                  #9
                  Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                  I payed $425 for two nose bleed tickets to the Saints/Eagles playoff game last January. Worth every penny too.

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                  • jmw1137
                    *t's g*nn* b* L*g*nd*ry
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 1119

                    #10
                    Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                    Originally posted by TheGamingChef
                    Scalping is only illegal if it is at the stadium. Ever seen someone selling/buying tickets a block away from the stadium? Completely legal.
                    Completely wrong. Many cities/states have laws about how much tickets can be re-sold for. There's some good information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_scalping

                    Check out the following article....very interesting article that includes a part about a guy who sounds like he makes a pretty nice living 'scalping' (he calls it flipping) since he's not a broker: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/scalper.html

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                    • p_rushing
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 14514

                      #11
                      Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                      Like others have said, most states/cities it is illegal if you do it at the stadium. That is why you sale a pencil or golf tee and give the tickets away, they can't do anything.

                      For stubhub, I don't know how they legally get away with it. Stubhub actually has agreements with teams to sell tickets for them, so that keeps the teams from getting in trouble.

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                      • TheGamingChef
                        MVP
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 3384

                        #12
                        Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                        Originally posted by jmw1137
                        Completely wrong. Many cities/states have laws about how much tickets can be re-sold for. There's some good information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket_scalping
                        Here's what I got from that

                        In the United States, ticket resale on the premises of the event (including adjacent parking lots that are officially part of the facility) may be prohibited by law, although these laws vary from state to state and the majority of U.S. statehoods do not have laws in place to limit the value placed on the resale amount of event tickets or where and how these tickets should be sold.
                        I think that Busch Stadium's rule is that you can't be on stadium property to resell. Since that's the stadium I attend most often, it was the rule I went with. Scalpers just go a block away and sell for however much they can get.

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                        • mike01
                          Banned
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 1180

                          #13
                          Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                          Well just because they are asking for more than $3 over face value doesn't mean they are legally doing it. I've seen cops chasing and tackling scalpers, I think it just depends on where the cops are and aren't.

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                          • Husker_OS
                            Champs
                            • Jun 2003
                            • 21459

                            #14
                            Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                            If you want outrageous ticket prices, try this...Alabama football student ticket packages(a ticket to all home games) cost $47. But students are selling thier packages for over $700 this year. Its insane.
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                            • Cebby
                              Banned
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 22327

                              #15
                              Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping

                              Originally posted by Husker_OS
                              If you want outrageous ticket prices, try this...Alabama football student ticket packages(a ticket to all home games) cost $47. But students are selling thier packages for over $700 this year. Its insane.
                              Last year, I had my physics class at the convenient time of 8:30-10:30 at night, so one time, my lab partner is sitting with a stack of about 15 Auburn student IDs and selling them all on eBay. He sold half straight up and half game by game. Made about $500 a pop.

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