{"id":1425,"date":"2008-02-23T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathodavid.malibulist.com\/blog\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2008-02-23T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T14:33:11","slug":"i-really-hate-scalpersticket-brokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2008\/02\/23\/i-really-hate-scalpersticket-brokers\/","title":{"rendered":"I Really Hate Scalpers\/Ticket Brokers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We tried to get Billy Joel tickets this morning for the show on July 18th but had just as much luck if not less than we had last week. The thing that stinks is that we want to see the concert rather than wanting to try to make money off of the tickets. This happened when I got a ticket to the Police concert. The two seats next to me were empty. Good for those of us sitting in the area because we had a little more room, but I would have liked to take Ariel to the concert and was willing to pay for the seat. The only glee I can take is that someone lost money on those seats.<\/p>\n<p>This happens in New York all the time. The hot Broadway show is sold out except the hotel ticket counter who has tickets at 4 times the price on the ticket. I want to take Caroline to see the Lion King but it is going to be a while before I can get tickets that work for us. Sports tickets? It amazes me how many tickets are available outside the gate of the game for something that everyone wants to see. There are places like Stubhub but those tickets go for a mint too. There was a tricky way that scalpers use to get around the rules that no longer exist in New York. You would pay an absurd price for a CD or a tape and get the tickets &#8220;free&#8221; with this purchase.<\/p>\n<p>This all annoys the heck out of me. Basically the bad guys (scalpers) win and the guy who just wanted to take his daughter to a concert that they would both enjoy lose.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful for the tickets we do get to the hard to get places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We tried to get Billy Joel tickets this morning for the show on July 18th but had just as much luck if not less than we had last week. The thing that stinks is that we want to see the concert rather than wanting to try to make money off of the tickets. 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