How to Make Money on Ticket Scalpers
Often ticket scalpers lose money on sports games. If you find yourself always paying more than face value for your tickets when buying through ticket scalpers, keep reading. Most ticket scalpers are season ticket holders. If the box office doesn’t sell out, think about all the extra tickets the scalpers are having a hard time moving – especially as the game approaches. Ticket scalpers buy tickets for the entire season which means they pay less than face value per ticket. Also, ticket scalpers are willing to take losses on many games with the hope of offsetting those losses on basketball, baseball, and football games like the Miami Heat, LA Lakers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Dallas Cowboys, and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Most sports fans are trained to always call the box office first and buy tickets. If the box office is out of tickets, we look for ways to buy our football or basketball tickets from a ticket reseller. Advances in the internet have allowed sites like Stubhub, TicketsNow, TicketNetwork, and Razorgator to flourish. In order to make money on the scalpers, just reverse who you check prices with first. Also, if the game is not going to sell out, ticket reseller will drop their prices even further closer to game time.
Before you buy directly from the box office, check out the ticket reseller sites and see how much money you can make on your friendly ticket reseller. Below are just a few examples of the savings you can achieve buying tickets on scalper fire sales. Prices for both options are exactly the same tickets and include all the fees and shipping costs.
College Football
8 football tickets for Wake Forest @ Vanderbilt. Box office = $231. Ticket Reseller = $30. Now who is really gauging who?
4 football tickets for Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati. Box office = $210. Stubhub = $92.
2 football tickets to Washington @ Cal. Box office = $81. Stubhub = $56.
4 football tickets to Virginia @ BC. Box office = $120. Ticket Reseller = $52.
2 football tickets to Houston @ Texas Tech. Box office = $90. Ticket Reseller = $62.
NFL Football
2 Football tickets to Cleveland Browns @ Buffalo Bills. Box office = $125. Ticket Reseller = $49.
2 Football tickets to Jacksonville Jaguars @ Dallas Cowboys. Box office = $195. Ticket Reseller = $75.
Every Single Preseason Game – buy football tickets through the ticket reseller sites. Scalpers are losing lots of money on these games. Box office is usually 10 times more expensive.
Basketball
8 NBA basketball tickets for Indiana @ Utah Jazz. Box office = $369. Ticket Reseller = $79.
4 College basketball tickets for Oregon @ Virginia. Box office = $125. Stubhub = $57.
Granted the ticket scalpers make money on the rival games – so make sure you try and buy tickets for those games early from the box office. On the other hand, the box office can take even more of your sports entertainment dollar if you don’t shop carefully. Remember to shop the sales on the ticket reseller sites, and then use some of that extra money to decorate your man cave or reward yourself with a trip to a sports venue on your bucket list.
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