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What To Do When you need tickets for a show that starts in 5 minutes
It's 8:45pm right now.
The show starts at 9:00 pm.
You don't have tickets.
What do you do?
Craigslist.com
CL, as its known in the community, is your portal for tickets in a crunch.
The primary advantage of CL is that you can post tickets with short notice, and
sell/buy them quickly. Its the cheapest source of tickets.
Be careful about CL.
There is so much fraud in CL that is make the US government look honest.
Be careful.
Follow the tips here, and you won't get robbed. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but
I've gotten robbed for $600 of U2 tickets. Me of all people got robbed, and I
know a little about tickets. So when I say follow these tips, I'm really
serious!
Tips on How to Buy Tickets on Craigslist
1) Always use paypal for items under $1,000, and mark them at
goods. If they aren't marked goods, then you aren't protected. If the seller
tells you to code it different, tell them no deal.
2) If you can met the seller in person, all the better. Paypal is still
preferred, but cash is okay.
3) Always get a phone number. One in which you get the person over the phone. If
you get the voice mail, think about FRAUD!
4) If you get e-tickets, use paypal and have made voice contact with the person.
5) Never, under any circumstances, use a money wire. Money wires companies like
western union have several loop polls for criminals to get money when they
aren't the person listed. Trust me. Western Union is a swamp of fraud.
6) If the price seems lower than market value, it's fraud. The only exception to
this rule is the time. If the show is in 5 minutes, sellers get hungry. If you
are the buyer, the time is an issue, use that as leverage. Most sellers would
rather get some money than lose it.
7) If you are meeting a person up for a ticket sale of over $1,000 in cash, be
careful that it is not a robbery. Make sure to meet in a public place. The buyer
should always pick the place. Just be careful. I bought some backstage passes
for coachella last year for $1,500, and we met at Starbucks. I also took a
picture of the car the seller was driving, with his plate number. If you can get
his DL#, all the better.
8) Be careful of "always". That a sure sign its wrong, haha!
Seriously, though, if you follow the tips listed your odds of getting robbed go
way down!
For more concert
tips, get out The Concert Goer
Adam C. Libman is a concert guru.
Having gone to thousands of thousands of concerts, he knows a thing or two about
them. He manages
The Concert
Goer, a site for concert fans to write reviews, read concert news, and read
about new bands.
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