Scalpers raid eBay, didn't take long
It's probably not helpful to hundreds (thousands?) of customers who suffered the slings and arrows of BlizzCon ticket purchase, but scalpers are already selling tickets on eBay. Since Blizzard has done quite a bit to try and make the event scalper unfriendly, this is entirely an example of folks attempting to profiteer on an honest effort.
Blizzard's rules for BlizzCon are set up to mitigate scalpers' ability to resale on eBay and other internet venues. The ticket pickup rules, from the official BlizzCon website say:
Tickets and badges must be picked up at the Anaheim Convention Center; Blizzard Entertainment will NOT be mailing the badges out. To pick up your tickets, you will need to provide the credit card used to make the purchase. There are no exceptions to this.
And as one eBay scalper says in his auction, he'll have to deliver the tickets "near" the convention center. So, the buyer should beware. You don't have any assurances your scalper will actually show up, and you could find yourself out a grand or two pretty. Of course, you'd kind of be bringing it on yourself anyway.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-14-2008 @ 9:10AM
Anomis said...
There are actually a lot of tickets on ebay 20+
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8-14-2008 @ 9:27AM
axxel said...
Capitalism ftl!
You should devout a column on the way people make real money by fooling gamers all over the world. It would be intersting reading!
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8-14-2008 @ 11:55AM
LandMineHare said...
It would be even better if they "devoted" an article to stupid gamers.
8-14-2008 @ 9:31AM
Edboy said...
Obvious scam is pretty obvious. Funny how people expect the scalper will travel all the way out to Anaheim just to pick up the tickets and then send them out.
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8-14-2008 @ 9:37AM
Magma said...
Too bad for you he lives in California. Fail more.
8-14-2008 @ 11:03AM
Edboy said...
Yeah, because all us Californians have special teleportation devices that send us to Anaheim at a moment's notice.
8-14-2008 @ 9:33AM
Pat30319 said...
I bet they are Chinamen.
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8-14-2008 @ 9:43AM
Ryan said...
The Chinamen are not this issue here, dude.
8-14-2008 @ 11:15AM
OnniHopeDream said...
Nah, he's prolly a troll rogue who ganks you with shadowstep when your at 20% hp then face humps you.
8-14-2008 @ 12:14PM
Badger said...
Ryan, where were you the other day when I was being blasted for citing that film? I could have used your help.
Also: Dude, Chinamen is (still) not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
8-14-2008 @ 12:19PM
Tolthalan said...
I'd assume he was referring to Chinese gold farmer types, who are not in fact from America?
8-14-2008 @ 12:30PM
Badger said...
Tol: My post was a quote from "The Big Lebowski." As was Ryan's. I'm genuinely disturbed by the number of readers on this site who fail to recognize it.
8-14-2008 @ 1:33PM
senitortroll said...
@Badger Who gives a flying rat's rear end what the "preferred nomenclature" is? Most people do not describe a persons race in such a manner. You are what you are. I don't expect people to refer to me as a Caucasian American, I am just the White guy or dude over there.
You just wanted to use a big word, admit it!
8-14-2008 @ 1:37PM
senitortroll said...
I totally missed that, sorry dude!
8-14-2008 @ 3:02PM
What-Have-You said...
Dudes:
Lebowski Fest New York
New York, NY
Irving Plaza / Lucky Strike
Nov. 15th & 16th, 2008
Lebowski Fest San Francisco
San Fran/Bay Area, CA
Mezzanine / Classic Bowl
Sept. 5th & 6th, 2008
Lebowski Fest is a celebration of all things Lebowski and includes:
•Unlimited Bowling
•White Russians, Sarsaparillas, and Oat Sodas
http://lebowskifest.com
8-14-2008 @ 11:12PM
Badger said...
No worries, Senitor. ^^
Ironically, Lebowski's favorite drink is a White Russin, which he calls a "Caucasian."
As for the Lebowskifest: "Fuckin' A, Dude."
8-14-2008 @ 9:36AM
Verodio said...
Can't wait to see how upset some of these people are after they can't get in after buying scalped tickets. It's a shame that people who wanted to attend legitimately couldn't get a ticket because of greedy bastards like these guys too.
I can't but think of the saying "a fool and his money are soon parted".
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8-14-2008 @ 9:36AM
KJS said...
I just logged onto eBay, and people are bidding like 600-700 bucks for a ticket and they don't even get a goodie bag with? Just another example of idiots buying stuff from greedy scalpers.
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8-14-2008 @ 9:51AM
Mera said...
Too sad to see such profit ... Blizzard shows us again a lack of experience to stop this..
8-14-2008 @ 9:57AM
tanek said...
Mera...
How, exactly can Blizzard stop something like this from happening? even without the ticket sale problems, people would still be trying to pull this kind of thing.
Plus, it has already been suggested that these listings be reported to both Ebay and Blizzard. Don't know what they will be able to do, but if these sales are against policy, they may be shut down.