I can buy almost anything for someone else, whether I know him or her or not, so why not tickets to an event? There have been numerous times (this morning included) where I have been online with my finger on the refresh button two minutes prior to the official selling time. Bus. It is controversial whether tickets are goods which can be privately resold. Established re-sellers may operate within networks of ticket contacts, including season ticket holders, individual ticket re-sellers, and ticket brokers. I was lucky enough to find two tickets to the first Phillies game vs Cleveland that year but it just wasnt the same. Is it illegal to buy tickets from one secondary market (anywhere other than the original ticket seller such as Ticketmaster or directly from a team/arena from a site like eBay, StubHub, Vivid Seats, other ticket resale marketplaces) and sell them at a different price in another secondary market. Brokers reselling tickets are required to inform consumers the tickets are being resold and must tell consumers the name of the ticket's original vendor and the original face value price. Tickets are limited, so snatching up tickets in essence limiting availability to others is criminal. [12] In 2008, the Boston Red Sox chose Ace Ticket over StubHub to sell their tickets. For most events, except for raceway events and the NFL, there are no laws making the resale of tickets illegal. Now yes supply & demand do come into play but it seems some of these people bought a lot of tickets with the intent of just selling them for profit. Heres an idea Mr. Rendell lets be sure to heavely tax those now legal scalpers to make the practice less profitable. U.S. ticket resale laws vary by state. During the 19th century, the term scalper was applied to railroad ticket brokers who sold tickets for lower rates.[1]. PDF LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TICKET SCALPING - The SMART Journal I called my friend and told him to come over I just bought a wii and he told me his boss is looking for one and would pay me double what I paid so I sold it to him. As discussed above, the legal consequences that one may face if they are caught illegally scalping tickets can vary widely from state to state.
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