Here's a discussion I had with someone trying to sell a set of season hockey tickets:
> I have received an offer of $210 at this point
> Let me know
>> That's not cool, especially if you're a true hockey fan. Do you really
>> need the money that bad?
>>> Are you kidding me right now.... Don't you think that person is a true >>> hockey fan too. I waited in line for 36 hours....you make me sick
What's a reasonable price to pay? Can anyone help me here?
I always seem to have problems buying tickets from people...
A "reasonable price" is what the market will bear. If the price is onerous, scrounge for one-offs for a while and then buy up some facetimer's season ticket when Cornell disappoints him by not starting off 10-0.
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Is $210 for a single season ticket (i.e., one seat for all 17 games)?
yup, that was her best offer so far
If you want to try and beat the offer of $210, be my guest. The ticket is in section D. Her email address is njk26@cornell.edu--she advertised in the Community Centers Classifieds
What are the New York State laws about selling tickets above face value again? (For that matter, what is face value on a student ticket?)
Might be cheaper to ask her out on a date....then she'll take you along to games for free. :-P
What are the New York State laws about selling tickets above face value
Quoteagain? (For that matter, what is face value on a student ticket?)
By statute, defendants are prohibited from reselling tickets without a license. (See Arts & Cult. Aff. Law § 25.13; seealso People v. Weller, 237 N.Y. 316, 330-31 [1924]). Defendants are not licensed to resell tickets as required by the anti-scalping provision. Defendants have disregarded the plain provisions of the anti-scalping law by contracting to sell 320 tickets. The sale is contrary to the clear provisions of the anti-scalping law and its underlying public policy prohibition. Therefore, the contract is deemed void and unenforceable.
It is also illegal in New York State to resell tickets above
the maximum premium price" which is defined as "the established price plus five dollars or ten percent of the established price, which ever is greater, plus tax" (Arts & Cult. Aff. Law § 25.03[4]).
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=7&a=28 links to Section 25 of the New York Arts and Cultural Affairs law. There appears to have been a modification which took effect on June 1 of this year. Specifically, section 25.13 states, in short, that a ticket may not be sold for more than two dollars (plus taxes) over and above the original price. Also, this "maximum premium" must be printed on the ticket.
I think the face value is $12 or is it $17? Anyways, the face value is significantly higher than the $109 that students had to pay.
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I think the face value is $12 or is it $17? Anyways, the face value is significantly higher than the $109 that students had to pay.
I think it's supposed to be $12, but I just looked at my tickets and I can't find an actual price listed on any of them (not counting the $10 off coupon for Dick's Sporting Goods :-D ). Of course, I could just be stupid/blind and not see the printed face value.
So what's stopping me from letting the authorities know about this? I bet I could get those season tickets revoked by chatting with athletics.
It just seems wrong to me to try to gouge a fellow Cornell student on hockey tickets. Students should not have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for tickets!
If you are really in need of making a quick buck, go set up a checking account at Charter One bank (in the Tops), they'll give you $100 of free money just for the taking as soon as you have a direct deposit go into the account.