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Re: Scalping on ebay

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From: David Eugene Coley
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:00
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Michael Joseph <gte155i@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:

haha. thats a good one.  of course i personally dont understand why people
would buy the scalped tickets in the first place, much less the original
tickets.  i guess im not much into spectator sports. i prefer to do the
real thing.



(notice i dont have any dumb one-liner as part of my signiature....)




> Allot of you have either had your auctions for UGA tickets shut down, or
> seen an auction that was.  Because of this, I have decided to teach you
> something about scalping tickets on ebay.  Ebay is a respectable business.
> They cannot afford to be accused of allowing people to conduct illegal
> activities on their site.  As such, they are very concerned with the letter
> of the law.  It is illegal to sell a ticket for more than its face value.
> If you sell a 20 dollar ticket on ebay for 21 dollars, both you and they are
> breaking the law, and they won't allow it.  However, ebay has no problem if
> you would like to sell an empty toilet paper roll for $150 and include a
> free $20 football ticket.  After all, its always nice to get something for
> free when you buy something.  So have fun scalping, and lets see some
> creative things for sale.



-- 
David Eugene Coley
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Email: gte507n@prism.gatech.edu
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