Unsolicited ticket purchase offers

[Beeeej]

I just received the most interesting e-mail from someone I've never heard of, someone who I assume got my e-mail address from here.  He offered me a considerable amount of money for a pair of tickets to the home Hahvahd game, tickets which I have not offered for sale and don't plan to offer for sale.  (In fact after eighteen years, my prime motivation for still having season tickets is in order not to have to worry about the home Hahvahd game... not that he would know that.)

I certainly don't want to speak for anybody else or presume to make rules for eLF.  And I suppose I leave myself open to any and all hockey-related inquiries when I include my e-mail address undisguised in my profile.  But this kind of scattershot inquiry strikes me as wholly inappropriate.  It's even more inappropriate when you consider that scalping is a crime, and solicitation of a crime is a crime in itself.  (And oh, yeah, at this price it most certainly would've been scalping.)

I'm even a little inclined to report him to his ISP.  I still haven't, but I'm a little so inclined.

Beeeej

[Trotsky]

Well, on the matter of the legality of the action, not all laws are worthy of enforcement (a time-honored theory of jurisprudence called common sense).  So, really, what you'd be doing is tattling on somebody for rudeness.  I'd say the opportunity to re-educate the miscreant with some well-spoken words is cheap at the price of reading an email.  Usually, for that level of presumption, you have to raise teenagers. ;-)

[section N]

You should probably not open emails from unfamiliar addresses. ::nut::

[CowbellGuy]

He's a Mac user. Open away. =P

[jtwcornell91]

[quote CowbellGuy]He's a Mac user. Open away. =P[/quote]

Remember in the old days, when email viruses were just an urban legend?  Thanks a lot to Microsoft for basically inventing them by producing mail-reading software insecure enough to make them possible.
:-(

[ftyuv]

The first net-born computer virus (well, worm) was written at Cornell, though.  So really, every time your computer gets infected, it's a tribute to our school.  10 100 110 1000, who do we appreciate?

[Josh '99]

[quote ftyuv]10 100 110 1000, who do we appreciate?[/quote]Dork.  :-P

[JDeafv]

There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't.  B-]

[dave]

i also received this email.

[RichS]

As a hockey fan but also as an educator and coac, I think there' sa lot more to be gained, as suggested, by educating this person than by ratting him or her out or ripping him or her in response.

[Pace]

And so have I. He must really want those tickets.

[Josh '99]

[quote Pace]And so have I. He must really want those tickets.[/quote]By the way, I also want a ticket to the Harvard game, and unlike this guy, I won't offend you by offering more than face value.  :-D

(Yes, I know, "<---------------  Ticket Exchange".)

[Pace]

Actually his very generous offer is about 100 times less than what I would actually consider selling this ticket for. =)

[Cactus12]

I received the email also... and my email isn't shown on this site. Do you guys belong to a "Lynah Faithful" facebook group or list it in your profile? That would be my best guess for where he got the emails.

[andyw2100]

I received the offer too, and responded before reading this thread. I asked the person if I knew him, and also let him know that when I do sell tickets here, I do it at fave value. He told me that he had seen that I had sold tickets before, and was just contacting me for that reason.
                           Andy W.