>My friend was unable to attend the game on Saturday and attempted to sell
>two tickets for Saturday on Thursday for FACE VALUE and was arrested and
>hauled off to the police station in a paddy wagon.  They did release him,
>however they kept the tickets and he was blessed with witnessing a person
>who apparently was arrested for drugs get strip searched.  I would have
>never thought that it would be illegle to sell a ticket at face value.  He
>missed about ten minutes of the first game on Thursday.  Incredible...
 
 
I didn't think it was scalping unless you made a profit either.  This
reminds
me of the old loophole around scalping though.  You sell the other person a
doodle on a piece of paper as a work of art for $400 and you give them the
tickets for free.  It's not scalping if you give them away. :)
 
Jim Walker
 
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