Serenity Scalpers -- The Bright Side by RocketJock

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Serenity Scalpers -- The Bright Side

POSTED BY: ROCKETJOCK
UPDATED: Monday, June 13, 2005 15:39
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Sunday, June 12, 2005 4:43 PM

First, let me establish that I'm as ticked at these parasites as anyone else -- especially because they're so damned incompetent about it! (C'mon guys, you don't advertise your scalped tickets on the Official Universal Serenity Board--not if you really want to stay out of jail...)

However, letting my rarely seen optomistic side out*, I can't help but feel that the fact that there are people out there willing to pay 60-80-100+ dollars to see a rough cut of a film that's going to be out in less than four months anyway -- is likely to convince any holdout executives at Universal that this goofy little Sci-Fi western deserves major promotion. Major ad campaign, talk-show hype, convention givaway stash...

Myself, if I hand a hundred to spare, I'd put it aside to buy ten tickets to the general release. Money spent to scalpers ain't going to help Joss get a sequel deal people! Do the math. Hell, even Jayne could figure this one out...

*"Optomist found drowned in half-empty tub." Headline, American Dad

"Do you know what the definition of a hero is? It's somebody who gets somebody else killed." -- Zoë Warren

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Monday, June 13, 2005 2:09 AM

SUBGUY

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Originally posted by lynchaj:
I am as much free market advocate as anyone so I won't say it should be illegal but gorram it the scalpers are just in poor taste. Very poor taste.

The biggest point is, though, that scalping IS illegal!

Captain Pete
"What can Brown do for you?"

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Monday, June 13, 2005 7:08 AM

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Originally posted by lynchaj:
Really, I am not so sure that is correct as the practice is widespread (not necessarily legal though) and on public auctions like Ebay.com. If it were illegal, it would make the accessories to a crime. Similiarly if they were to sell something else plainly illegal like drugs or a machine gun on Ebay they'd take down seller.
Andrew Lynch

The main thing with eBay is they are supposed to act like ticket brokers. eBay has a rule that if you live in the same state as the event, you are only supposed to put a max of face value + $2 on any ticket, unless actually licensed. The sellers on eBay are getting around this by selling the tickets to any place but the state they are registered in.

The best way this whole situation could have been handled, and maybe in the future the rules will change, would be for all the tickets for similar such events in the future all go on sale at the same time (instead of anywhere from 1230am to 11am on the east coast) and maximum of 4 tickets per transaction. It might have allowed more ordinary people the chance to buy tickets instead of large numbers going to people living half a continent away with no intention other than to re-sell the tickets for wildly inflated prices.

Has anyone heard either Universal or Joss' take on this whole situation yet? Has the corporate reaction been posted anywhere?

Captain Pete
"What can Brown do for you?"

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Monday, June 13, 2005 2:56 PM

BRUISERSMOM

I haven't heard anything about what Joss or the suits think about the scalpers. I agree about the limit on the number of tickets per transaction or per person like one of my favorite charities does for its popular film festival.

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