This largely on-line system charges buyers and sellers a commission in exchange for offering a safe and secure way to sell already purchased tickets. Fortunately, the day before I had logged on to StubHub and purchased a bleacher seat for $8, plus a $15 service charge, from an anonymous seller.īy buying a resold ticket on StubHub, I became part of a booming secondary market for tickets, which grossed close to $3 billion in the United States in 2006. For years, the only option for a fan seeking a sold-out seat was to buy an illegally scalped ticket, risking an unpleasant interaction, a counterfeit ticket or, in the worst-case scenario, arrest. Not long ago, I would have been out of luck. One group of scalpers started fighting over who got to approach me first, while another followed me for a block, angrily demanding to know why I didn't want a ticket in another section. The process quickly became uncomfortable. The bleacher seat I coveted was sold out both at the box office and online at Ticketmaster, the Yankee's authorized sales outlet, so I found myself nervously approaching scalpers two blocks from the stadium.
It was a beautiful Saturday in the Bronx - perfect for watching the Yankees.
"Buying?" "Selling?" "I got box seats," the scalpers furtively muttered as I walked to Yankee Stadium.
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