Please don't comment if you aren't interested

[vol_freak]

Guys, this is a ticket forum. It's a place for people to post tickets for sale so that people who are genuinely interested may purchase them. Some are asking really high prices. If you don't like it, don't buy them. Check prices from your local ticket broker and online ticket brokers. You will find that most times they aren't cheap and most of the time....they still sell them.

It's supply and demand. If someone wants good seats and is willing to pay for them, so be it.

I will no longer tolerate 10 posts in every thread criticizing sellers for asking too much.


vol_freak

[T-TownVol]

Maybe a negative post stops one of the Nation from getiing fleeced when they do not need to. Maybe flaming the scalpers is not the polite way to do it, but it is effective.

[T-TownVol]

Living here in the ATL, there are lots of tickets available at pretty reasonable prices. Places to check are: usaticketcompany.com, craig's list - Atlanta - tickets - search SEC Championship, Stub Hub. Vol fans will find thousands of tickets to choose from all over the GA Dome. Freak may edit this, but I am just trying to help the Dome be filled with Orange on Dec. 1

[vol_freak]

It's one thing to post a new thread helping people who may be looking for tickets by politely pointing out some alternatives. It's another thing to directly criticize someone who is posting tickets for sale.

Thanks for the feedback.

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by vol_freak

It's one thing to post a new thread helping people who may be looking for tickets by politely pointing out some alternatives. It's another thing to directly criticize someone who is posting tickets for sale.

Thanks for the feedback.

I agree and it will not happen again.

[Sudeepvol]

Originally Posted by T-TownVol

Living here in the ATL, there are lots of tickets available at pretty reasonable prices. Places to check are: usaticketcompany.com, craig's list - Atlanta - tickets - search SEC Championship, Stub Hub. Vol fans will find thousands of tickets to choose from all over the GA Dome. Freak may edit this, but I am just trying to help the Dome be filled with Orange on Dec. 1

So if you are looking for tickets out side the GA dome right before kickoff, will you find them at a reasonable price?

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by Sudeepvol

So if you are looking for tickets out side the GA dome right before kickoff, will you find them at a reasonable price?

Just like at Neyland, if you are willing to wait until kick off, all these "just trying to get my money back" sellers will sell at face or below.
Oh by the way, there are no really SAFE places to tailgate around the Dome. (For those of us lucky enough to have tickets) All the downtown hotels throw big pre-game parties for the party crowd.

[GAVol]

Everybody also needs to understand though that scalping is restricted in the state of GA and the cops will enforce it. There will be sellers, but they may not be nearly as plentiful or as open about it as they are in Knoxville where it's perfectly legal.

[T-TownVol]

When game time comes, they ARE openly trying to sell them at face or what ever they can get.

[doozer]

restricted or illegal?

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by doozer

restricted or illegal?

Is this convoluted enough for you?

Georgia
• Requires ticket resellers to be registered
• Prohibits anyone other than a registered ticket broker from selling a ticket for more than face value plus $ 3 service charge, unless the event sponsor authorizes a higher amount
• Authorizes an event sponsor to restrict purchaser's ability to resell a ticket
• Sets standards for registered ticket brokers, including (1) maintaining a permanent office in-state, (2) paying a $ 500 annual registration fee, and (3) disclosing its refund policy
• Allows brokers to sell tickets at their permanent offices or through the Internet
• Prohibits ticket brokers from (1) hiring employees to buy tickets to future events, (2) acquiring more than 1% of the tickets to any event
• Establishes other requirements, including ticket refund if event is cancelled
• Prohibits reselling within 1,500 feet of venues with a seating capacity under 15,000 and within 2,700 feet of larger venues
• Allows original purchasers of tickets for personal use to resell for any price except within the 1,500 foot or 2,700 foot buffer zones
• Allows charities to resell tickets as a fundraising activity without registering or being subject to price limits
• Allows event sponsors to permit ticket reselling within the buffer zones (Ga. Code §§ 43-4B-25 to 43-4B-31)

[doozer]

interesting anyway. this would explain the 3 police officers i saw with scalpers on my way to the race a few weeks back.

this is my 'thing i learned on VN today.'

[Sudeepvol]

Originally Posted by GAVol

Is this convoluted enough for you?

so given all of this information...in the end, would i be able to find tickets right before game time. And is it illegal to actually buy them from an illegal seller?

[T-TownVol]

Good Morning fellow Vol fans
It is not against the law to buy tickets from scalpers at what ever price you are willing to pay. The chance that you take is an officer seeing the transaction and arresting the seller AND confiscating the tickets. Like I said last night, there are ALWAYS thousands of tickets available at kickoff for VERY reasonable prices. You can always just go back over to the SEC Fan Experience and watch it on the big screens if you are not able to agree on a price that suits your wallet at game time.
Vol Nation - keep checking all the ATL ticket sources on the INTERNET. Lots of corporate tickets are given to employees and clients who do not care about the game. They sell these for reasonable prices now. I bought 4 together in the mezzanine level at mid field, for $500. Be patient and search every day.

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by Sudeepvol

so given all of this information...in the end, would i be able to find tickets right before game time. And is it illegal to actually buy them from an illegal seller?

I don't think you can get in trouble for buying, but as posted above, I think what can happen is that the seller can get in trouble and the tickets can get confiscated.

Just be discreet about it and understand that once you get close to the Dome, the cops are actually watching for scalpers.