Is ticket scalping on eBay illegal?

[guapo337]

Say I buy some tix to a concert I KNOW will be sold out. Is selling them on eBay after the sell-out and for more than I paid illegal?

 

[wiggyryder]

Yes, ebay has a policy of selling tickets for face value.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: guapo337
Say I buy some tix to a concert I KNOW will be sold out. Is selling them on eBay after the sell-out and for more than I paid illegal?

provided you didnt KNOW the concert would be sold out, and provided you were not selling them to make any planned profit, no.

*cough*

 

[Encryptic]

Scalping tickets is illegal, period. I don't think eBay is going to be any different in that regard.

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: guapo337
Say I buy some tix to a concert I KNOW will be sold out. Is selling them on eBay after the sell-out and for more than I paid illegal?

provided you didnt KNOW the concert would be sold out, and provided you were not selling them to make any planned profit, no.

*cough*

Haha. okay.

 

[austin316]

How can tickets for the Michigan / OSU game be sold for $500-600 a ticket on eBay then?

 

[Wuffsunie]

I say try and sell them. Make them quick auctions

If Ebay has a policy against, they sure as hell aren't enforcing it. Guess their profits from closing fees were way more tempting.

 

[xospec1alk]

on ebay, as long as you up a disclaimer saying how much you bought the ticket for and will not accept a certain amount of money its ok. lets say you put a disclaimer that says you bought the tix for 500 bucks. they won't stop you from selling those tickets then.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
Scalping tickets is illegal, period. I don't think eBay is going to be any different in that regard.

Not true, it depends on local laws.

On a side note, scalping should NOT be illegal. It's a simple supply/demand problem, the venues obviously need to raise their prices if there's a market for scalpers.

Viper GTS

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
on ebay, as long as you up a disclaimer saying how much you bought the ticket for and will not accept a certain amount of money its ok. lets say you put a disclaimer that says you bought the tix for 500 bucks. they won't stop you from selling those tickets then.

So if I say I bought the tickets for 60.00 and i won't accept more than 400.00 it's okay? wtf?

 

[dartworth]

ebay can't police every auction. I thought for ticket sales, it depends on which state you were in.

I ran into issue a while back when I was trying to get rid of of DMB tixs that I couldn't use. My buy it now price was $8 over face value...I was reported to ebay and my auction was canceled. BTW the $5 was for Ticketmaster cost. I hate TM.:|

 

[conjur]

Isn't it dependent upon the laws of the state in which the even is being held?

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Encryptic
Scalping tickets is illegal, period. I don't think eBay is going to be any different in that regard.

Not true, it depends on local laws.

On a side note, scalping should NOT be illegal. It's a simple supply/demand problem, the venues obviously need to raise their prices if there's a market for scalpers.

Viper GTS

Finally someone sees the issue here.

 

[conjur]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/event-tickets.html

Also, many people toss in something like a pack of gum or a postcard and make the auction for that and tickets will be added to that...then you can get to well over face value

 

[Banana]

Can you skirt the rules by including the ticket in a "package?" e.g. Ticket plus a cheap ass item (like the way that NewEgg includes a bogus piece of hardware to sell OEM stuff).

 

[Savij]

Scalping isn't illegal in here in TN. The only restriction that I know of is that you can't sell the tickets directly in front of the venue, but you can do it across the street and down the block, etc...

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: Encryptic
Scalping tickets is illegal, period. I don't think eBay is going to be any different in that regard.

its legal in selected counties or cities in OK.
im pretty sure its legal in norman, OK...where Univ of Oklahoma resides.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: guapo337

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
on ebay, as long as you up a disclaimer saying how much you bought the ticket for and will not accept a certain amount of money its ok. lets say you put a disclaimer that says you bought the tix for 500 bucks. they won't stop you from selling those tickets then.

So if I say I bought the tickets for 60.00 and i won't accept more than 400.00 it's okay? wtf?

nah you have to say you bought the ticket for 400 bucks and you wont accept more than 400 or even +10% for the tickets. that way you can accept up to a 400 dollar bid for your 60 dollar ticket w/o ebay removing your auction

 

[RbSX]

ticket scalping is illegal period.. no matter where they do it.

 

[CraigRT]

how can scalping be illegal? people walk around everywhere selling tickets near concerts/sports games, and police dont do anything.

i wouldnt' be worried.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
ticket scalping is illegal period.. no matter where they do it.

Must we go over this again?

IT VARIES BY MUNICIPALITY.

Viper GTS

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
ticket scalping is illegal period.. no matter where they do it.

Must we go over this again?

IT VARIES BY MUNICIPALITY.

Viper GTS

Viper is correct.
Ryan either didn't read the above posts, or is just clueless.

I don't know Ebay's policy though. But I do know that there are tons of tickets on sale at ebay for far over face value with nothing else included in the deal. I was looking for tickets for the Oregon v Michigan football game a couple months ago and they were going for 500 or more on ebay.

I know that in Eugene, OR scalping is illegal. But it is really only enforced right around the stadium.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara
ticket scalping is illegal period.. no matter where they do it.

Show us the FEDERAL law that states that.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: 1YellowPeril
Can you skirt the rules by including the ticket in a "package?" e.g. Ticket plus a cheap ass item (like the way that NewEgg includes a bogus piece of hardware to sell OEM stuff).

i guess, you could be bidding on the cheap item and getting the ticket for free.

 

[Rob9874]

Scalping is legal in AZ. We have ticket scalping companies. I bought great AZ Cardinals seats once for $100 a piece. Face value was $55. They advertise in the paper. Completely legal. Must be the anti-MP3 zealots that insist that it's illegal.