Columbus Ticket Brokers Already At Work...

cartmill72 · Post by **cartmill72** » March 8, 2004 10:45 am

Well it didn't take the Columbus ticket brokers long to start pillaging the wallets of needy Buffett fans. Apparently, with the email sent to Value City Arena PSL holders last week, the brokers went to work securing $97 tickets.

I spoke to one of the brokers this morning out of curiosity (I have not, and never will, use a broker). He said he's confident the Value City Arena web site has the ticket prices wrong and he's going with the $97 price. With that, he explained that after all the fees and such, he was in $125 for each ticket. Thus, bad seats will cost you $175, better seats $200 to $250 and floor seats $350. He said the first 15 rows will be a "premium" price.

Premium price?!?!?! I don't even want to know what that price would be if floor seats cost $250.

Is the mafia involved with ticket brokers? (If I have two broken legs in the next week, I guess we'll have our answer)

Parit5.0 · Post by **Parit5.0** » March 8, 2004 11:22 am

YIKES!!!

I sure hope that's not true!!!
I'm hoping to win my tickets, although I didn't win them today!

moog · Post by **moog** » March 8, 2004 1:22 pm

Best bet, if enough people complain to the locals then something can be done. A broker was arrested in Old Bidge NJ after complaints about his above face value. Upon further review of his greed, he was charged with fraud. Keep in mind, guys like this live in above 1 million dollar houses because of the overpriced tickets.

In other words, you never know what trouble these predators have done until you open the files.

http://hub.gmnews.com/News/2003/1003/Fr ... e/016.html

citcat · Post by **citcat** » March 8, 2004 1:35 pm

Ticket brokers make the mafia look like Santa. How do they sleep at night? I know, on $300 Egyptian cotton 500-count sheets. In their greed-soaked mansions with their trophy wives....whoops!

Do ticket brokers break legs? Nah, they break records for being greedy! And does my post qualify for being a mini-rant?

Rant lite?

LastMango · Post by **LastMango** » March 8, 2004 3:11 pm

While I do not support selling tickets above the prevailing market price, I do not have a problem with the resale of event ticket. If no one resold tickets, I would not be able to obtain tickets to a sold out event. Ideally, the price of the tickets would be higher to begin with, thus reducing demand and making the cost of inventory higher for ticket resellers.

naughty Cal Wheeler · Post by **naughty Cal Wheeler** » March 8, 2004 9:27 pm

If everyone decided not to patronize brokers at all for even one show, or at the very least, wait until the last minute, and these pirates had to face the prospect of eat all those tickets, prices would suddenly drop. Supply and demand.

moeron · Post by **moeron** » March 9, 2004 1:02 pm

phuck the scalpers. I will never use them.. I would rather not buy anything Buffett than get raped buy these people...

Defimoff1 · Post by **Defimoff1** » March 9, 2004 4:24 pm

naughty Cal Wheeler wrote:If everyone decided not to patronize brokers at all for even one show, or at the very least, wait until the last minute, and these pirates had to face the prospect of eat all those tickets, prices would suddenly drop. Supply and demand.

Yeah, but the problem is that when you plan to travel a great distance for a show and you like to be within the first 15 rows like we do, you're stuck using the brokers. I'm not happy about it, but I don't want to get to the venue and be stuck with lawn or no tix. We once paid $450 per ticket for a show. It sux....... but its something we budget for.