Scalpers suck

March 4, 2007 at 11:52 am | In things that annoy | 3 Comments

So, I was too slow on the uptake to get Shins tickets, and now the show is sold out. I started looking around online for tickets the weekend after they went on sale (and keep in mind the show isn’t until March 17th), and found that some douchebags out there are scalping them for up to $150 each. For tickets that cost $27.50.

Scalpers, fuck off. You’re not making a quick buck on a bunch of rich people who are trying to see the Police or the Stones or something; you’re not taking advantage of ex-hipsters trying to relive their youth. (Even then, I object to the practice of buying tickets when you have no intention of going to the show, when you’re just trying to make some money.) No, in this case, by jacking up ticket prices from 30 bucks to 150, you’re just trying to rip off teenagers and students and young people. Fucking douchebags.

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  1. I know we had this conversation in person, but there really is something wrong in profiting off other people like that. I mean, I get it, capitalist market, blah blah blah, but do we have to be assholes to each other? To make a buck?

    Comment by Alli — March 5, 2007 #

  2. I agree. People did the same thing when Al Gore came to speak at Con Hall. Tickets ($20) sold out in 3 minutes and were offered on craigslist for hundreds of dollars.

    Comment by Lorien — March 5, 2007 #

  3. Bastards.

    Comment by EEK — March 6, 2007 #


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