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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on October 06, 2004, 02:15:00 pm

Title: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: sonickteam2 on October 06, 2004, 02:15:00 pm

this guy is scalping the PASSWORD......
 
 (yes i am buying Bulls tickets for my trip to Chicago this December)
 
  this guy should burn in hell (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2273889578&rd=1)

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: sonickteam2 on October 06, 2004, 02:19:00 pm

upon further research, there are (23) different auctions easily accessible for various presale passwords!!!
 
  in fact, there is a ebay username "password4you" where apparently all he DOES is sell passwords.

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: Bags on October 06, 2004, 02:43:00 pm

Isn't there a website somewhere that gives passwords out?  I remember seeing it a few months ago....I must have gotten the link here.

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on October 06, 2004, 03:05:00 pm

it's too bad there's not a way to restrict these things further... for example having a site that only accepts http referrers from inside the board, so that only people logged in to the board could get in....

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: ggw on October 06, 2004, 03:08:00 pm

Capitalism rulez

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: palahniukkubrick on October 06, 2004, 03:51:00 pm

yeah, scalping presale passwords is really awful and makes me sad. But look at the guy's username: smackdownprices4u.   :)

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: vansmack on October 06, 2004, 04:27:00 pm

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Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
  smackdownprices4u.

Shit.  You're on to me.....

Title: Re: and you thought scalping presale tickets was bad
Post by: Bags on October 06, 2004, 07:07:00 pm

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Originally posted by Bags:
  Isn't there a website somewhere that gives passwords out?  I remember seeing it a few months ago....I must have gotten the link here.

MoveOn and Pearl Jam's idea seems like a good one -- personalized presale passwords that can only be used to buy 2 (or 4) tickets.  If more than one person uses that code, both sales are cancelled.   Doesn't stop scalping, but restricts the password really well.