
Selling tickets for Black Friday items while in line
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 8:13 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 8:50 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 9:03 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 10:46 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 10:52 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 10:55 am
I can see why people would have a problem with it, to be honest.
True, but would you have a problem with the other similar scenarios? People getting paid for holding a spot in line, or people in line only to buy stuff to resell? Just curious, I know people who think all the scenarios are wrong.
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 11:03 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 11:19 am
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:15 pm

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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:18 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:22 pm
A store could always stop the ticket system all together and have it where people have to quess where to go when the store opens and if they are lucky they find the item they wanted, so #100 in line who got there 1 hour before store opened lucked up and found where they were got it and #1 in line got nothing they wanted after camping out for 2 days all because the store didnt want people selling tickets.
I know that our Circuit City store did that long ago. Not only that, but they'd let people buy items without having the item with them. It's just the way the system was setup them, most items like DVD players and VCRs and what-not were kept in back, you'd ring up the item and it'd be brought up front. On BF they'd just have stacks of the stuff, but some employees didn't know which items were in back and which were out on the floor, so they'd just ring up the item. Then you're left with two people claiming the same item; one's been holding on to it trying to check out, and the other's already paid for it and is just needing to pick it up.
The ticket system, however flawed, is better than the problems that could arise with the above scenario.
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:28 pm
Requiring a credit card or a driver's license wouldn't go over very well. For one, how could my sister get extra tickets for me (she's not even 16 yet)? What about people who don't have licenses (maybe a friend brought them) and no credit cards (cash is still as good as cash, for now)?
I know alot of BB do check ID's or DL's. Most states do issue ID's to minors and people who cant drive and she could get a ID. Most states issue ID's through the DMV. These days you do need a ID to travel, go to Canada or Mexico, enter Federal Buildings, open bank accounts and so on.
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:31 pm
I know alot of BB do check ID's or DL's. Most states do issue ID's to minors and people who cant drive and she could get a ID. Most states issue ID's through the DMV. These days you do need a ID to travel, go to Canada or Mexico, enter Federal Buildings, open bank accounts and so on.
Unless they had in regular sized print in their ad that everyone had to have ID, it just wouldn't go over well. Sure, a 12 year old COULD get an ID, but do you know of many that do? And the ones that do, do they regularly carry it around with them?
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:37 pm
A store could always stop the ticket system all together and have it where people have to quess where to go when the store opens and if they are lucky they find the item they wanted, so #100 in line who got there 1 hour before store opened lucked up and found where they were got it and #1 in line got nothing they wanted after camping out for 2 days all because the store didnt want people selling tickets.
Yeah that would be great!



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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 1:43 pm
I know alot of BB do check ID's or DL's. Most states do issue ID's to minors and people who cant drive and she could get a ID. Most states issue ID's through the DMV. These days you do need a ID to travel, go to Canada or Mexico, enter Federal Buildings, open bank accounts and so on.
Why don't we just get the Congress to pass a law saying you have to have a microchip ID implanted in your body? Maybe when you're child is born they can implant it then?
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 2:11 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 3:43 pm
I've gotten everything I wanted from BB and sold the tickets that I didn't need...Me on the other hand made $350 selling my extra tickets at BB...
Why did you take so many tickets if you didn't need them all?
Me on the other hand made $350 selling my extra tickets at BB, to very thankful people who got to sleep all night long in their nice warm dry beds. I EARNED every dime! Why would the BB manager care about selling tickets?
That $350 I got just went straight into his store!
doesn't seem like the money you "earned" going back to the store justifies exploiting the ticket system and consequently depraving fellow human beings...and by exploiting I mean taking so many more tickets ($350 street value) away from the 5-10 people right behind you in line who have been waiting just as long as you have, only to sell them for your personal gain.
This is not meant to be a personal attack, nor do I have a better ticketing system to offer. But I can certainly empathize with people who are willing to wait in line for X hours, only to see the ticket that could have been theirs , go to someone who walks up at opening time with 50 cash in hand.
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 3:45 pm
That $350 I got just went straight into his store!
those doorbuster items would have been sold regardless of if you sold the tickets or not, so that's not a valid justification...
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 3:52 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 5:22 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 5:22 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 6:45 pm
Hey if people are that hard up for $$$$ to wait in line forever to sell tickets for a couple hundred bucks so be it. To be honest I have no clue how the ticket system works as I never have gone to a store that does that. I've had stores hand out maps but that is about it.
For more info on the ticket system at BB we have a special FAQ on it at the link below.
http://forums.gottad...ad.php?t=115158
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 7:50 pm
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 8:51 pm
Interesting though it seems the ticket defeats the purpose. If you can pick up the item until 11am yet not be allowed to leave the line what is the purpose? To prevent stampedes? I doubt it as I would think those without the tickets would now push and shove even more.
My local stores do not use the ticket system (Thank goodness!). The stores in my area allow X number of people in the store at a time. When one leaves one more can enter.
Much thanks for the FAQ as I should start asking which stores have the ticket system and avoid those stores.
Welcome to the community!
The ticket system does prevent stampedes. You have to take the tickets to the customer service checkout to get your item as all ticketed items at BB are under lock and key. WM rolls out the item in the middle of the sales floor and that is where you get the riots.
The reason BB gives you until 11am to pick up your item as the wait time for check out at BB on BF is anywhere from 2-3 hours. I hope this helps.
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Posted Sep 21, 2008 - 9:14 pm
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Posted Sep 22, 2008 - 1:12 am
The "one ticket per person" idea could be doable now that I think about it. It'd be like the RFID system I proposed, but more low-tech. Just have a sheet of paper, empty spots for each hot-ticket item, and a sticker for each item. Use special security stickers that fall apart when you peel them off (you could use a blow-dryer, but it'd be freezing out already plus how many people bring a generator and a blow-dryer to BF?). At worst you'd have some people in the front of the line trying to swap stickers, but in the back of the line they wouldn't have the special paper to put the stickers on.
This is pretty much how our Kmart did it last TG. They gave you a ticket and wrote your name down on a piece of paper to match up with. I don't believe in scalping them right there in line, especially since I live in the NE and it is pretty cold up here on BF.
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Posted Sep 22, 2008 - 6:07 am
I think it's all wrong, selling tickets, selling specials on E-bay all stops hard working people likle myslef from getting items I have stood in line for,because people are greedy and price gouge,
Isn't this what our economy is based on? People work devoting their time and then get paid for that time? Someone spent their holiday in line. They campedo ut and froze to be in the front then got paid by the people not willing to devote as much time. I don't see anything unfair about that. I only see people POed because they didn't get there as early. I sold tickets at BB last year. I was first in line with my husband and brother. We bought a TON of stuff and funded part of that stuff by selling tickets in the back of the line. We will most likely do it again this year. I used to sell on ebay but after the mess that was created the last few years by fake buyers and ebay not protecting the sellers I'm sticking to selling tickets in line for a little cash. That said I think $50 is extreme. I sell tickets for $5-$20 depending on how hot the item is. If you want the cheap laptop but didn't get there in time would you find it worth $20 more to get it? Many do.
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Posted Sep 22, 2008 - 10:45 am
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