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A bill in the Florida Legislature would allow people to resell tickets for sporting events, concerts and plays for up to 25 percent above face value. The legislation also would permit sellers to unload tickets online for as much as the market will bear. Is this is a good idea? Tell us what you think.
Posted by Deborah L. Stasiak, Riverview, FL on 04/03 at 09:12 PM
I would not support this bill, I have to wait in line just like everyone else for my tickets. If I can’t make the event, I try to sell them for the face value of the ticket. That’s it….how else can the stadiums, concert halls, arena’s pay their employees, vendors and the main attractions. The answer is NO! Keep it legal, avoid selling the same seats twice, to many problems and too many crooked people out there waiting to rip you off. You don’t know who is on the other end of the on line transaction either; nor can they be trusted.
Posted by Robert M. Levy, Tallahassee on 04/03 at 09:44 AM
Your editorial is way off base. You want the legislature to do away with ticket scalping - this Bill which you fail to take a position on would permit the resale of ANY ticket at ANY price over the internet - As long as a refund is guaranteed it would be legal under this proposed legislation. Today ticket brokers are licensed and regulated - post a $25,000 bond to protect consumers, and must have a seller of travel license. This Bill completely does away with them.
You say it’s a victimiless crime - and yet you explain to someone who flies to super bowl, spends a week with their family in another city, then is turned away with a ticket they paid up to $l0,000 for because it’s fraudulent that it’s “victimless” I don’t think so.
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Posted by Nick Bogos, Tampa on 06/12 at 12:37 PM
An unintended consequence of this law may be the box offices of the events in question raising their original ticket prices. The Metroplitan Opera in NYC had a serious scalping problem some years ago. The Met realized they were underpricing their tickets compared to the market. So the Met raised their ticket prices, substantially in some cases. The scalping decreased significantly, and the box office took in a lot more from ticket sales.
Another unintended consequence: Friends and family of the Tampa Police Dep’t will have to pay to see Bucs games! What a shame! I already feel SOOO sorry for them.