PSA Buyer beware Bills Tickets - potential scams

[WotAGuy]

1 minute ago, Just Jack said:

 

I always found it funny when there would be one guy holding a "I Need Tickets" sign and 10 feet away from him is another guy holding a "I Have Tickets" sign.  

That’s called inventory control. It was a finely tuned system of obtaining stock, while selling off stock. Crackheads need to be good with economics. 

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

The issue is it is a monopoly which is illegal which no one I have heard has taken to court.

 

The NFL has an antitrust exemption, so totally legal, unfortunately.

[Mr. WEO]

23 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

I always found it funny when there would be one guy holding a "I Need Tickets" sign and 10 feet away from him is another guy holding a "I Have Tickets" sign.  

 

There is a Bills run Season Ticket group on FB, where people are constantly trying to sell/buy tickets.  Whomever is running it from the office is constantly reminding people they can't sell tickets in the group. 

 

If someone gets scammed buying tickets on Facebook, they are simply paying a societal moron tax.

[NewEra]

Oh well, if you lose your $7 on the tickets, you can just buy another ticket for $4 tomorrow morning 

[Mark Vader]

59 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

My experience has been their fees are higher than Ticketmaster for Bills tickets

I like to get my tickets from Gametime.

[Captain Caveman]

A few years ago when I was going to lots of concerts / shows, I used Facebook as a de facto Calendar, and most events would have a page, and on that page there would be people selling tickets, and after a while, it turned into 90% of the tickets being sold there were fraudulent.

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Thought the same thing.  With seats still available, they are trying to slow down sales on the secondary market.

There are only like 400 tickets available from the bills I called

 

They sold 71,000 Plus

3 hours ago, Gregthekeg said:

Thats what it is, they dont want someone going out and buying a seat for cheap that was already sold.  They want you to go and buy a seat that hasnt been sold yet.  I always buy from a site (Ticketmaster, vivid seats, seat geek) and I never had a problem when getting into the game or concert. 

 

I hope there arent too many issues with that tomorrow, would be a shame to get to the game tailgate, and then not be able to get in. 

I called the bills 

 

They have sold over 71,000 tickets for the game... They personally don't have a lot left to buy

[Mr. WEO]

47 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

The NFL has an antitrust exemption, so totally legal, unfortunately.

 

well, since a robust (legitimate) secondary market exists for tickets holders to sell their own tickets, in addition to the team's unsold tickets for purchase through ticketmaster ---it's obvious an argument that a "monopoly" on ticket sales can't be made.

[Freddie's Dead]

8 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

well, since a robust (legitimate) secondary market exists for tickets holders to sell their own tickets, in addition to the team's unsold tickets for purchase through ticketmaster ---it's obvious an argument that a "monopoly" on ticket sales can't be made.

 

I was just responding to the post talking about a monopoly and filing a lawsuit.  The NFL's antitrust exemption would be one defense, and what you posted would be another 😁

Edited January 14, 2022 by Freddie's Dead

[Mr. WEO]

2 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

I was just responding to the post talking about a monopoly and filing a lawsuit.  The NFL's antitrust exemption would be one defense, and what you posted would be another 😁

 

 

yeah I don't know why the poster was invoking "monopoly" over this topic.  Makes no sense.