Hell, fire sale is better than no sale.
I tried getting some after the game started and the bastard wouldn't take $20 for a $50 tix, stupid in my opinion
exactly. its rediculous, i have never understood that. the ones in toronto are almost all scum bags. tickets are way overpriced here, especially for hockey and these guys will be the biggest dicks and they just dont give a shitMost of them are so stubborn & greedy they keep them/eat them instead of letting them go for less than they want.
One time I gave 2 tickets to a homeless guy to the Orlando Magic vs Chicago Bulls and told him to get what he could out of them because I had to get inside to my seat.
And this is with Shaq, Penny Hardaway, Dennis Scott, etc. vs Jordan, Pippen, etc.
Gotta give him credit he got something for them as someone was in the seats....hahaha
Many scalpers get their tickets on consignment from ticket broker's who couldn't sell them over the phone (or internet). The scalper usually gives the broker back half price on what they sell and keep the rest of the selling price as their profit. Whatever tix they don't sell, they return to the broker (to prove they couldn't sell them).
In that (extremely common) scenario, selling a 50$ ticket for $20 makes no sense.
Many scalpers get their tickets on consignment from ticket broker's who couldn't sell them over the phone (or internet). The scalper usually gives the broker back half price on what they sell and keep the rest of the selling price as their profit. Whatever tix they don't sell, they return to the broker (to prove they couldn't sell them).
In that (extremely common) scenario, selling a 50$ ticket for $20 makes no sense.
not sure I get this; if the scalper sells the ticket for $20, he gets $10? isn't that better than not selling it at all?
Presumably he meant half the official price. So a $50 ticket = $25 to broker and whatever on top of that is profit.
No. The scalper has to give the broker back at least $20 or $25 for each ticket sold (on a $50 face value ticket). The scalper gets to keep anything above that. If the scalper sells it for $10, they're taking a loss. In some cases, they'll take a small loss just to keep a good relationship with the broker so that they continue to get their ticket dumps in the future.
The scalper doesn't own the tickets. They're taking no risk (other than possible arrest or trespass depending on the venue).
Many scalpers (at least for Husker games) have one sign that says "I need tickets" then put the sign down once they get a few, sell those, then the merry-go-round happens for the next 4 hours before kickoff.
The guys with the homemade signs aren't working with any brokers so they WILL have a fire-sale before kickoff if you really want to wait and miss kick-off.