
is it ethical? (reselling tickets for hot items)
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Posted Oct 18, 2007 - 12:42 pm
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Posted Oct 21, 2007 - 9:07 am
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Posted Oct 21, 2007 - 5:21 pm
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Posted Oct 22, 2007 - 12:05 pm

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Posted Oct 22, 2007 - 1:17 pm
I dont see anyone on here complaining about those who buy things for resale.
To me, there is no difference between selling a ticket as opposed to taking the ticket, purchasing the item, and then selling it on ebay at a profit. The former is just the shorter way to make some money, requiring less effort, but providing a smaller return. Its capitalism at its best!
Exactly - if you wait for a ticket like anyone else could have done, then you deserve it as much as anyone else. If you want to sell it (and the store or the police won't stop you), go right ahead. I have no problem with it.
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Posted Oct 24, 2007 - 9:33 am
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Posted Oct 25, 2007 - 8:51 am
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Posted Oct 27, 2007 - 12:49 pm
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Posted Oct 27, 2007 - 1:37 pm

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Posted Oct 27, 2007 - 8:13 pm
Wow! 2006 Spent $1000 at BB. Sold some of my tickets for $350. Great deal at $1000. OFF THE CHARTS DEAL At $650. I'll do it again this year! Get over it! Sgklee
By the Way. I'll probably bring coffee and donuts this year and sell them also. Maybe I can get my Plasma TV for Free this year! Gotta Love BF!!!
Now what your doing is wrong ethically, but if people are stupid enough give you money, then that's their fault.
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Posted Oct 27, 2007 - 8:31 pm
The way I see it, the one guy is paying the ticket holder for his time and effort. If you do not like it, then I guess you need to get there in line BEFORE the scalper! If both the buyer and the seller are OK with it and AGREE on the price, who is losing out??? One way or the other, SOMEONE is going to get the item BEFORE you if you are not the first in line. What difference does it make what their motives or reasons are for getting it????
OK, all of that being said, I do not participate in BF in any way, shape or form. I avoid it entirely. There is NOTHING I need bad enough to go through all of that to save a few bucks. I have the patience to wait until Jan. to get whatever the hot item is. By then, those things are usually plentiful and not much different in price.
America has become way too materialistic. Kids have become too demanding. WHY do they NEED the most up to date video game system EVERY year??? What is wrong with the one that the parents went through HELL to get just 12 months ago?????
Marc, feel free to insert a "getting down off my soapbox" smiley here.

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Posted Oct 28, 2007 - 3:13 pm
Wow! 2006 Spent $1000 at BB. Sold some of my tickets for $350. Great deal at $1000. OFF THE CHARTS DEAL At $650. I'll do it again this year! Get over it! Sgklee
By the Way. I'll probably bring coffee and donuts this year and sell them also. Maybe I can get my Plasma TV for Free this year! Gotta Love BF!!!
My best buy told me that they are going to restrict tickets to one of each, per person, per address. This will make it actually easier to sell the ones that you might have otherwise bought yourself. We bought three of the mp3 players last year, so this year we can only buy one under the new rules. It will now be imperative that you bring a shopping buddy with you to ensure that multiple purchases of the same item are possible. Another member said that they are going to check drivers licenses, so do not give them your DL, they have no right to ask for it as verification. If the ad does not directly ask for verification, you do not have to provide it. Last year, they treated everyone as an individual, instead of a "penalized because you are a family member" shopper. The coffee pitch is a good one. Down here, you can make a pretty penny off of boiled peanuts!
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Posted Oct 28, 2007 - 4:07 pm
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Posted Oct 29, 2007 - 11:25 am
My best buy told me that they are going to restrict tickets to one of each, per person, per address. This will make it actually easier to sell the ones that you might have otherwise bought yourself. We bought three of the mp3 players last year, so this year we can only buy one under the new rules. It will now be imperative that you bring a shopping buddy with you to ensure that multiple purchases of the same item are possible. Another member said that they are going to check drivers licenses, so do not give them your DL, they have no right to ask for it as verification. If the ad does not directly ask for verification, you do not have to provide it. Last year, they treated everyone as an individual, instead of a "penalized because you are a family member" shopper. The coffee pitch is a good one. Down here, you can make a pretty penny off of boiled peanuts!
Still won't hurt me My brother has a diffrent address from a diffrent state. Hubby uses his DL and I'll use my military ID and claim I don't drive lol. I doubt they do that here though cause it was so freaking cold last year those poor people wanted to hand out those tickets and get back in the store ASAP
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Posted Oct 29, 2007 - 11:50 am
Still won't hurt me My brother has a diffrent address from a diffrent state. Hubby uses his DL and I'll use my military ID and claim I don't drive lol. I doubt they do that here though cause it was so freaking cold last year those poor people wanted to hand out those tickets and get back in the store ASAP
I will do the same.. I will use military ID and say I dont drive.. How can they prove that I do I need 2 lap tops I will get two:gdparanoid:


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Posted Oct 29, 2007 - 2:51 pm
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Posted Nov 2, 2007 - 10:48 am
Some one did that last year at the bb I was at, and they got beat up by some people who was closer in line and seen what was going on the person selling the tickets got hurt and went to jail. Not worth the pain I think. Some times it's better to do the right thing than to try and make money. I just wanted to add made a lot of People mad at the seller.
So the guy who got beat up went to jail and nothing happened to the upstanding citizens who committed the assault?

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Posted Nov 2, 2007 - 10:57 am
My best buy told me that they are going to restrict tickets to one of each, per person, per address. This will make it actually easier to sell the ones that you might have otherwise bought yourself. We bought three of the mp3 players last year, so this year we can only buy one under the new rules. It will now be imperative that you bring a shopping buddy with you to ensure that multiple purchases of the same item are possible. Another member said that they are going to check drivers licenses, so do not give them your DL, they have no right to ask for it as verification. If the ad does not directly ask for verification, you do not have to provide it. Last year, they treated everyone as an individual, instead of a "penalized because you are a family member" shopper. The coffee pitch is a good one. Down here, you can make a pretty penny off of boiled peanuts!
I heard the same rumors on these boards last year. I don't know if this is a decision made by the individual stores, but it was not the case at my BB. I mean why would they really go through all the extra trouble? Regardless of how many tickets each person uses BB is still selling the same number of items. Limiting tickets to one per person would create unnecessary additional work and would not increase their profit margin. From a business standpoint it just doesn't make any sense.
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Posted Nov 2, 2007 - 11:03 am
Amen.Quoted for the truth. After what happened last year and seeing the support for all this unethical behaviour on BF its really turned me off. I used to want to take the day off, more so then Thanksgiving. I used to have fun looking for the deals and planning my day but now its just turned into a who can get rich quick off it scheme in whatever way possible. Whats maddening is its not even alot of money we are talking about here, but enough to ruin the day of the people immediately behind you in line who waited there probably almost as long as you have.
I give up on BF this year. Im just going to order a TV I need from a shop I found, pretty good deal on it. This is just not worth the hassle of waiting in line the afternoon of Thanksgiving to beat out people who aren't even there for the deals just to make a few bucks.
I haven't bothered for a couple years now. I did a Best Buy 3-4am run a few years ago. When I hear about people showing up the day before, I realized that they could have it. My time is worth way more than anything they could possibly have saved and I avoid having to deal with the re-sellers and other less than upstanding types as well.
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Posted Nov 5, 2007 - 7:08 pm
last year while waiting in line there was this guy who was like 150 in line. he kept bugging everyone in the front of the line because he wanted a laptop. He finnally got everyone's last nerve. When tickets came around I got 2 for laptops that I did not want. There was a young college student who showed up late in the morning. She was not from the states so she was lost. They guys directly behind me were down right mean to her. She just did not understand BF at all.
The first guy I sold him a ticket for $25
The college student I hunted down in the back of the line and gave her a ticket.
I guess I am guilty but I am nice at the same time.
I'd consider you a nice guy lol .
I'm thinking about helping my strugglin college peeps out this year, also lol. Maybe grab a few tickets and then hold a raffle or something. They actually have family that won't let them leave lol.
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Posted Nov 6, 2007 - 8:13 am
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Posted Nov 7, 2007 - 4:47 pm
So the guy who got beat up went to jail and nothing happened to the upstanding citizens who committed the assault?
...I think I'm calling B.S. on this one.
I agree I'm calling BS as well
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Posted Nov 7, 2007 - 5:30 pm
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Posted Nov 7, 2007 - 9:20 pm
2 years in a row I've seen tickets confiscated and people booted for doing this at our local BB....personally I think it's as wrong as the people who show up and jump the line where their friends are(always ahead of us) Best Buy needs to do a better job. A porta-potty and a table with coffee would cost them next to nothing and enormously increase the good pr they'd get.
The bestbuy I go to had two porta-potties last year as well as coffee when it was close to opening.
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