Dave Hatfield wrote:

>I had enough of the ticket madness too.
>
>After reading about a charitable option on uscho.com, I cancelled my ebay
>auction & sent my tickets to the Columbus Ice Hockey Club. According to
>info I've read/received, this club's mission is "to bring hockey to
>underprivileged inner city children". That's all I needed to hear...
>
>If you still have tickets & would consider an alternative to selling them
>at a huge loss, here's the CIHC contact info (or consider another worthy
>cause like BB/BS):
>

You can also claim them as a charitable contribution on your taxes.
Some of you may be in a bracket where this actually has a higher dollar
value to you than what the e-bay auctions are bringing in.

J. Michael Neal