Anyone know anybody in Colorado who might want 3 Tool tickets?

[Jared Strube]

So, I bought 6 very decent Tool tickets for August 30 in Denver because I thought I could sell three of them on ebay (young and stupid, thats me!), since the last time they were there they sold out in about ten seconds. Well, apparently nobody trusts ebay for that or just has their tickets already, so I am freaking out with $205.50 worth of extra tickets (ticketmaster is a monopolist devil, it should only be $165 worth of extra tickets). Nobody has even looked at them on ebay with only 2 days left. If any of you know of anyone in Colorado who may want to go (and pay no more, maybe even less than I have in them), please, please, please let me know.



Thanks,



Strube

 

[Mike Wilson]

BE' ware the E'bay!!!

It is not always a guaranteed source of income or profit, since everyone, and their

Mother's Cousin's , next door neighbors Uncle's Brother's Friend-of-a Friend

has heard about E-bay! and all of the so called "Profit Potential"

Ya' got to be good at it nowadays, to make any monies!!!

 

[Paul Gleason]

Try www.stubhub.com I hear the advertisement all the time on XM that it is the place to buy or sell tickets!

 

[Jared Strube]

Oh I am quite wary of eBay (and consider myself fairly seasoned using it, maybe even enough to say I am "good" at it). I have sold a '65 Mustang, bought a '92 Mustang, and sold and bought countless, lesser items, sometimes for a hefty profit (xbox 360 last Christmas) and sometimes just to get rid of (useless-to-me textbooks from classes these universities force us take) or acquire (One-of-a-kind Mustang FR500 seats).



This situation is just a case of a potential profit, and, as with any "potential profit," there is a risk. I understood that, I am hence just trying a few other things now that it seems the ebay avenue (and the potential for profit) may not work out. I tried selling them to people I see every day (plan A) before I tried the ebay (plan B) thing. But anyway, on to plan C: this is a fairly sizable and seemingly quite diverse online community, so it is worth a shot.

 

[Jared Strube]

Thanks very much for the tip 19gator55, it seems like it has excellent sales activity and exposure!

 

[Bill V]

strube--Open up a local telephone book, turn to the tickets section, and call some local brokers to see if they're interested in buying them, and for how much. Obviously, you likely won't clear nearly as much that way as you would selling them directly to the person attending the show--they need to be able to turn a profit as well, and by buying them, they're assuming the risk that they might not sell at that higher price. But if they take them, you at least won't lose all $205...



Although you probably need to be aware that many of them are only looking for "top quality" tickets--for concerts, that can mean first 10 rows. I'm not sure how good these are based on your comment of "very decent"--it almost sounds like you're trying to convince yourself that the're better than they are--but this may affect their sellability with brokers. Regardless, it can't hurt to call them and ask.



Several years ago, when Garth Brooks was in the Twin Cities, I managed to call in and get a dozen tickets to one of his shows--half in the 20th row, and half in the 3rd row. I sold them all to a broker, turning a profit of over $2500. (I didn't use any myself, as I can't stand Garth or country.) I'm not sure what they would have got on ebay, but this was so quck and easy that I really didn't care. (Ebay did exist at that time, but internet usage in the general public was still uncommon enough that I suspect they wouldn't have done well.)

 

[Ryan betts]

hey strube, how much did you make off the xbox 360?? i know some of them were listed for ALOT more than retail. so how did you make out??

 

[Jared Strube]

Bill V,

Thanks for the tip. There aren't actually any local ticket brokers here (Wyoming), the closest, I am guessing, is Denver. I think I may be too short on time for that. And don't get me wrong, the tickets aren't the greatest, I just want to cut my losses. I figured I should be able to get rid of them because they are reserved tickets, which are much better than the lawn tickets that everyone else is trying to get rid of. I certainly know what you mean though; I sold a few extra Dave Matthews tickets a while back, and made out very nicely on those. Tool is just a little scarier I guess, and I am realizing now they don't have quite as broad of a fan base as Dave (and probably a lower income fan base too).



Ryan,

I only got the core system, the premium ones went for much more. But anyway, I think I made about $300 profit after everything was said and done. It was pretty easy money. Microsoft was pretty foolish as far as marketing and estimating supply and demand on that thing.

 

[Bill V]

I didn't notice that you weren't in Denver. Yes, you'd definitely want to get a ticket broker in the Denver area--I'm sure they're listed in most of the online yellow pages that are out there.



Although if, as you indicate, there are lots of people trying to sell tickets without success--even if these are somewhat better tickets than most of those--it's likely a buyers' market, in which case you're not likely to have much luck. Especially when you consider that many of the ticket brokers out there (particularly the smaller, independent ones) do a lot of their business with conventioneers, hotel concierges, and traveling businesspeople--and let's face it, Tool isn't exactly the type of act that has a huge fan in those groups.

 

[Paul Maurer 2]

Who/what is Tool?

 

[Deleted deleted]

hehe lasik1: I was thinking the same thing. Never heard of them.

 

[Jared Strube]

Tool is a scary hard rock band

 

[Gypsy me]

Tool is cool

 

[George T]

im from thornton,colorado but i dont think im interested but i can ask around if you want:unsure:

 

[Jared Strube]

It would certainly be greatly appreciated, but only if or when it is convenient for you.



Thanks!

 

[TJ Laubach]

We went from being the greatest country on this earth to...being a country where everybody wants to make a profit off everybody else. You want to know why sometimes you can't get tickets for an event you really want to go to? Because you have a lot of people out there buying tickets solely to re-sell them for a profit and that sucks! Hey, I believe in free enterprise as much as the next guy, but taking advantage of people that really want to go to these events does not qualify you as a nice guy. You want to haul stuff out of your basement and sell it on ebay, I'm fine with that but buying up tickets for an event you don't want to go see yourself and bragging how much of a profit you made re-selling the tickets doesn't sound as "cool" as you think it does.

 

[Gypsy me]

Sounds to me like he just wants to break even...

 

[Jared Strube]

TJ,



As GM said I just want to break even, but I will rebuke your comment anyway, because it is clear you feel like arguing, even though the forum topic doesn't say "Hey TJ, what do you think of people who want to make money off of other people?"



Think a bit about what you are saying. America is a capitalist society. It has always been a capitalist society, and yes, capitalism means sometimes someone will attempt make money off of someone else. Don't pretend like this is a new thing, don't pretend like you are not in every way ingrained in this capitalist society that you so eloquently called "what used to be the greatest country on earth," and don't pretend like those that do attempt to make some money are in some way evil.



Oil companies raise gas prices. Why? Not because of any so-called crisis. Because they can make money off of you. You still buy it, don't you? What if someone really wants to drive and see their family for a weekend? They buy the gas. If they can't afford it, they don't go.



Concerts are a luxury. They aren't a necessity. Thats why people can sometimes sell concert tickets at a profit. Every corporate tier of a concert production makes a profit, not because they are mean or bad people, but because they are capitalists, just like you and I. Ticketmaster, record companies, venues, artists, and promoters all make money on concerts, paid for by people who want to go to the concert. And yes, sometimes people may buy their maximum allowed amount of tickets on Ticketmaster and attempt to sell them, because they were there at 10:00am on some Saturday morning ready to buy them, and someone else wasn't. People will go to concerts that they want to see if they can afford it, whether the tickets are being purchased through a corporation or an individual. If they can't afford it, then they don't go.



Feel free to call it taking advantage of some poor person who really wanted to go to a concert, but couldn't because some horrible person bought 6 tickets instead of 3. If they really wanted to go, they would pay the extra that others are selling their extra tickets for, or they would have been there when the tickets went on sale.



Welcome to the greatest country on this earth. :angry:





strube