TICKET LIQUIDATOR. com OR STUB HUB.com

[rob moore 2]

Any one ever use either of these services? Just wandering if its pretty safe or not.



thanks

rob

 

[Dingo]

I've used stubhub once, and it was flawless.

 

[Jeffrey Travis]

have heard and seen good things about Stubhub.

 

[gary s]

i buy and sell tickets for my friend and i use e-bay. not a problem yet the past 2 years.

stubhub is also a very good.

 

[blksn8k]

I bought tickets this year for the NFL Hall of Fame pre-season game on Stub Hub. Worked out great and the game was a lot of fun too. I'm not a fan of either team but the Hogettes were really on their game. :unsure::huh::wacko:

 

[Scott Doughtie]

I have used StubHub probably 10 times. Excellent experience every time. Hockey, football, and baseball. You are safe.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Those companies are nothing more than ticket scalpers.



They should be outlawed.





Tom

 

[gary s]

tom,



supply and demand. this is America

 

[Tom Schindler]

It is not supply and demand. Ticketmaster has a monopoly, Against the law. Stub hub and ticket liquidator have contracts with ticketmaster to buy tickets before they go on sale. they then mark them up and sell them at a profit.



It is illegal for you and I to do that?



Supply and demand? Don't make me laugh.





Tom

 

[gary s]

supply and demand.



not enough tix for the demand. thus marked up tix for a profit.

if someone wants to go bad enough, they will pay

 

[Tom Schindler]

not enough tix for the demand. thus marked up tix for a profit.

if someone wants to go bad enough, they will pay

That is right. It is only supply and demand when someone tells us tey can do it, but you and I are not.



Ticket scalping is illegal.





Tom

 

[Bill V]

Ticket scalping is illegal.

Actually, most states have now legalized it.

 

[gary s]

tom,



if there are 50,000 tickets and 100,000 people want to go. it is supply and demand !

if there are only 10 sport tracs made and 20 people want them, once again it is supply and demand. some people may choose to spend well over what a ticket is priced. that is their choice.

and as bill v. mentioned, charging over face value is LEGAL in ny state



btw, you need any tickets

 

[Bill V]

gary s., I think his point is that if there are 50,000 tickets, and 100,000 people want to go, and one person is given the ability to buy out all of the best of those 50,000 tickets prior to anyone else having a chance, and at a price significantly less than market value, then that is NOT supply and demand.



(Note--I don't know enough about it to say whether that is or isn't what is happening. And even if that is what's happening, I'm not commenting in this particular post on whether that is either legal or fair. I'm just trying to clarify the point that I think Caymen is trying to make.)

 

[gary s]

bill,



thanks. but i don't believe that practice exists anymore. the leauges, teams, venue's are under tight watch to prevent this from occuring.

ticket brokers get the tix they resell from either the owner/purchaser of the tix. then they re-sell them at a higher price. the event is sold out and there are people that will pay higher than the original price. the same apply's if a private individual decides to sell their tix on e-bay, stub hub or to a ticket broker.

my interpertation, supply and demand

 

[Tom Schindler]

Gary,



Exactly what Bill V is saying is what I believe.



Stubhub buys the primo seats before they are available to anyone. You, myself, Bill, or anyone else has a chance to buy those tickets. They get "free cuts" to buy those seats.



You never had the chance to buy those tickets from the get go. You are first in line and you get the crappy expensive seats.





Tom

 

[Scott Doughtie]

I would disagree to some degree. Yes, they probably grab up a ton of the general admission seats. However, all of the tickets I have purchased through StubHub have been from season ticket holders, whether it be an individual or corporate seats.

 

[gary s]

tom,



i do not believe that this practice occurs. 10 years ago, yes. now, no