Re: Stub Hub.com / Scalping
I'm about 99% sure it goes by the local city rules...the team isn't the law so they can't do anything from what I know.
According to this article from late last year, it's a statewide ban on selling tickets over face...whether in person or online, at the stadium or a mile away: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...3/ai_n16786489
I'm torn on the whole scalping thing....here's my take....
- First, I think we're in a free enterprise market. People are always looking to make money. What's the difference between someone buying & selling tickets and buying & selling Xbox 360, PS3, etc. when they first came out? Many people don't like that stuff but with eBay that's what the world has turned into and I doubt we'll see it change in our lifetime.
- When I read that article I posted in Wired I was envious of the guy raking in the cash selling tickets. It sounds like he's a smart businessman and he really has to be by taking risks buying tickets for events that he may not be able to re-sell. I have bought some tickets this year almost primarily for the purpose of reselling. There was a chance I might use some of them but not all of them. Why? I picked some games I thought might be high profile and give me a small profit. I could've not bought them and someone else might've or some broker might've and they would've just re-sold them anyways. Was I planning on making thousands? No. I thought I'd maybe make a little money on the tickets I had bought. I pretty much thought of it like the guy in the article said...flipping.
In the end, I've either broken even or lost a little bit (teaches me a lesson, huh?). I do have a few pairs left for later in the season that might help me make some money but I'm certainly not banking like the people selling Red Sox tickets. I recently went to a game and spent $400 for 2 tickets (and not even outstanding tickets either....just pretty good ones). It sucked to pay that much but it's all about supply & demand.
I'm about 99% sure it goes by the local city rules...the team isn't the law so they can't do anything from what I know.
According to this article from late last year, it's a statewide ban on selling tickets over face...whether in person or online, at the stadium or a mile away: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...3/ai_n16786489
I'm torn on the whole scalping thing....here's my take....
- First, I think we're in a free enterprise market. People are always looking to make money. What's the difference between someone buying & selling tickets and buying & selling Xbox 360, PS3, etc. when they first came out? Many people don't like that stuff but with eBay that's what the world has turned into and I doubt we'll see it change in our lifetime.
- When I read that article I posted in Wired I was envious of the guy raking in the cash selling tickets. It sounds like he's a smart businessman and he really has to be by taking risks buying tickets for events that he may not be able to re-sell. I have bought some tickets this year almost primarily for the purpose of reselling. There was a chance I might use some of them but not all of them. Why? I picked some games I thought might be high profile and give me a small profit. I could've not bought them and someone else might've or some broker might've and they would've just re-sold them anyways. Was I planning on making thousands? No. I thought I'd maybe make a little money on the tickets I had bought. I pretty much thought of it like the guy in the article said...flipping.
In the end, I've either broken even or lost a little bit (teaches me a lesson, huh?). I do have a few pairs left for later in the season that might help me make some money but I'm certainly not banking like the people selling Red Sox tickets. I recently went to a game and spent $400 for 2 tickets (and not even outstanding tickets either....just pretty good ones). It sucked to pay that much but it's all about supply & demand.
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