Today I paid fifty per cent over the odds for tickets to a music concert for me and my youngest daughter I wont Say for who I could never face the community again if I did. LoL
I have never paid over the odds for tickets before and would have not done so this time but I made a promise to My girl I would bring her. I feel like a real idiot, I did try to get them on the day of there release but They Were sold out in minutes. I waited and waited to see if some more would become available. but no joy.
Do you guys feel its acceptable to use scalpers.

Scalping sucks, but I would do the same thing for my kids, no question.

So, who are yall going to see?
C'mon! The only judgment you'll get from us is how good a parent you are for willing to go!

I've never used them but then again I've been to less than 5 concerts in my life.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that your daughter dragged you to see One Direction?

There's a large number of those types of acts. Could've been Katy Perry or anyone.

I've always managed to get my tickets normally. I don't know that I'd pay the inflated rate from one of those.

More likely I'll never make a promise a like that until I have the tickets in hand! If they want to go, I'll say "maybe" or "probably not" and if I get them, fine. If not, oh well.



The Jedi Master

Hope you have enough left over for earplugs against the girly screaming if it is who I think it is

Give that man a cigar.LoL
There will be thousands of screaming girls at the concert.
Have even tried bribing one of my older kids to take her.
I reckon I wont see any change out of five hundred euro by the time finished with the tickets, travel costs, Meals. and the inevitable merchandising.

You should have drafted the wife to take your daughter instead!

My wife took my girls to see Disney Junior on ice, so I escaped that one anyway!



The Jedi Master

Its my turn theirs no dodging it this time,
Been to Disney on ice, have to say it was not as bad as I thought it would be.

I went with my older daughter (she was only 4 at the time IIRC) to The Fresh Beat Band, though.



The Jedi Master

Never used a scalper, no. But then again, scalping is illegal here. You can sell your ticket just fine, but you can't charge more than the price on it.

Yep, illegal here too.
No big deal though, just a small fine and we confiscated the tickets from them.
I worked Vice, it was part of the job to chase off the scalpers.
Also worked security in places where the performers didn't have the man power.
Saw, and met some really cool famous people....for a few seconds...lol..

I was about 28 years old at the time, if you're scalping....DO NOT SELL a ticket to a guy who looks like this:



It's a cop....
And you will go to jail.

Edit;
Course the shirt will be different.....LOL...

Its mostly done on line now.

Nobody standing in front of the entrance, waiting to get in at a late date?
With a smart phone, trying to 'hook up'?

Didn't know it was 'sold out'.....?

I was told to watch out for fake tickets.
And it would have been double or even treble the face value if I had of bought them on the day outside the venue.
So I bought them online and went to the persons house to pick them up.

I have purchased concert tickets several times outside the venue from people selling it.

This was back in the 80's before bar code and scanners and laser printers that can print anything to make it look like an authentic ticket.

I never had any issue getting into those concerts.

Didn't know it was illegal for him to sell and for me to buy.

I even had extra tickets to concerts that I bought and my friends couldn't show and I sold them for cash at the entrance to the AA center and to the Winstar Casino and also on Craig List.

No one told me I was breaking any law.

Smart move

Yes, that is where the victims are really fleeced, right outside the gates, when they realize they can't get tickets, and are 'desperate', in moves the ticket scalpers to fleece the public.
It was never considered a serious crime, we just took the assignments when we wanted to see the performers...lol...nothing we ever did, working Vice was dealing with 'serious' criminals.
It was considered a 'reward' assignment....'Vice'.
A rest, preparing you for the future.

Yeah, I'm sure they're still out there, trying to skim a buck off some desperate unsuspecting customer.....
Nothing really changes....but 'change' is the only thing that's really certain, in this world.
Profound.

So many ticket sales now hit ebay and other places the instant after the concert is sold out. Annoying for the fans who missed out on a ticket. We missed primo tickets to a concert a few years back as when at the confirmation stage online the page timed out and we had to start again. We went from front row centre (standing in the pit) to sitting in the last row and looking at the ants perform on the stage. Checked ebay and within minutes pit tickets were flooding on there at much inflated prices.

We have been hit up by scalpers at a few events but i have never trusted if the ticket is legit,they actually scan them here so to me it isn't worth the risk as you don't know if it is good until you hit the gate.

I used stubhub recently which is like a legal scalping service but I didn't pay all that much more than the tickets were worth (and it was worth every penny). It was a great date night with the wife and a great concert, so win win in that scenario.

The most I've ever paid to see someone was $75 a ticket but it was to see The Police on their last tour and again that was worth every penny, a great show by all means. We also paid about $60+ to see Billy Idol last year and again was worth every penny hes a great performer, but that one was much more all around as we stayed the night near the venue and made a weekend trip out of it. That, and with a rebel yell she cried more, more, moooorrrreee!

Cost me $50 to see Paul McCartney back in 1990, so that's a good deal more now.



The Jedi Master