Acquiring Sundance Film Festival Tickets (legally)
Scoring tickets to see a film at Sundance Film Festival can be difficult. This article explains the options and insiders view on how to get tickets for film screenings at Sundance.
Red Sox Tickets at Bargain Prices?
It seems the market has flipped at Fenway. Now is a good time to buy from the secondary market in Boston (yes, I really just did say that!). “For more than seven years, the Red Sox have claimed that for every home game, the number of tickets sold and distributed has eclipsed the seating capacity of America’s Most Beloved Ballpark. But recently, the task of filling those seats has grown more difficult. Television ratings are down, and marketing campaigns have…
SOLD OUT? Three Strategies for Getting Tickets
It’s been about three years since I originally wrote this post. I came back here to check it for relevance and made a couple of light edits. This is still by far one of the most common questions that are posed when people ask about tickets. Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, One Direction, Madonna, [insert] your favorite team… in each case, the below are consistently applicable methods for finding tickets for events where tickets are not available for sale on Ticketmaster.com…
Buying from a Scalper? Five Do’s and Don’ts
Who likes ticket scalpers? Pose that question to a room full of average Joe’s and the showing of hands will be few. Call them mean, sharks, cheaters, or the lowest of the low, the reality is, they have little issue with their reputation. And name calling will not get you the tickets they have for the event you want to see. The fact is, most scalpers are very shrewd business people with excellent negotiating skills. Like a stock broker they…
Bargaining for Tickets on the Street
Yesterday, I was on a flight from Chicago to Boston reading the paper when I was reminded that Game 7 of the NBA Playoffs between the Celtics and Orlando Magic was tipping-off at 8pm. Having been out of town for three weeks, I had the sudden urge to use my knowledge of ticket prices to get a pair of tickets for what could be a big victory OR the last game of the year. These are the cliff notes on how…
How to Buy Tickets from Online Resellers
Buying tickets from online resellers like StubHub, TicketLiquidator, RazorGator, AceTickets (I like Ace & StubHub the best), and the like is much different than buying tickets at auction on eBay or anywhere else. You must know in advance that when you buy tickets from one of these sites, you will likely pay a premium for doing so. Good reasons for buying from an online reseller / scalper include: – The show is in four days or less and you want assurance…
The Economics of Tickets (when to buy & not)
If there is anything I want people to know, it is when is the absolute worst time to buy a ticket for an event. Though I formally studied concerts, I have run casual tests with sporting events and other kinds of event and discovered similar price patterns. Based on these price patterns, I establish two golden rules that will be reinfored throughout my How To writing. Golden Rules: 1) The worst time to buy tickets is on or near…
How to Buy Tickets on eBay
Buying event tickets on eBay takes patience and a willingness to wait for the seat and price you want. As long as you are looking for tickets a week or more before the event, you have sufficient time to search for the tickets you want. If you don’t have time, see my other post. Best practices for buying on eBay: – It is almost always a very bad idea to buy event tickets on eBay (or any where else for…