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Big scalpers busted today - So what?
Contributed by: Franklin Banker   on 10/10/2007

I am very confused about something, and it may just be that I am uneducated in this area, but today's big story about Denver Police busting a big scalper with a bunch of tickets being sold for more than face value to upcoming Rockie NLCS games seems a bit ludicrous. Here is the story headline and link:

Undercover scalping bust yields dozens of tickets to NLCS games

OK, I have always known that ticket scalping is illegal, but why is this bust a main story on TV? I see ticket scalpers outside of the baseball stadium, the Pepsi Center, the Invesco Mile High stadium and all of it. I see them and have seen them for years. Heck, sometimes they are on the corner holding up tickets and the police just sit there or drive by, without even looking at them.

Why is this bust newsworthy? So, for once the police are hunting these bad guys down? All we have to do is see the Rockies go to the NLCS and then the police go out and bust the scalpers? What the heck?

Ok, so no one, including me should ever criticize the police for doing a good job, and I am not doing that. I am happy they are cracking down on it, but why do they not crack down on it all the time? Why just now?

Perhaps the police told the press about this to get some good PR?

Here is the quote from the article linked above:

"Citizens were calling in and saying people are selling tickets for five, six, seven times what the face value is and that's where our administration said 'you need to go out and take care of it.' Hopefully by getting the word out, they're going to know we're going to be out there all weekend, and if they make it to the World Series, we'll be there too," said the unidentified officer.

Yeah, for the weekend, and then the Series, and then .......... well, er, umm

Well I guess it is all about the huge value of the scalps that is bringing out the cops. So, if they are only selling the tickets for say, $20 more than face value, that's ok? I know it is just a misdemeanor to do this crime, so it is not like this guy they busted with a ton of tickets is Public Enemy Number One.

I guess I am just confused about why this is supposed to be "NEWS" ?

Wow, what if some famous local politician's son was doing it? Hey, THEN it would really be NEWS!


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Submitted By: Kory Nelson
posted on 10/19/2007 @ 2:08:03 PM
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Last year, a scalper sold dozens and dozens of fake tickets to the Colorado Beer Festival for prices above their face value, ripping people off for several thousands of dollars. The law prohibiting scalping limits the exposure of the potential victims to only that on the face of the ticket. The story is news, because it may help educate the public as to the risks of buying tickets from street scalpers.
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Submitted By: Fairlight Baer-Gutierrez
posted on 10/12/2007 @ 11:32:38 AM
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Thanks for posting, Franklin. I think we've all figured out that a Rockies player getting a haircut or changing his socks is newsworthy right now.
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Submitted By: Erin Feese
posted on 10/11/2007 @ 10:25:59 AM
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I think you're right, normally ticket scalping isn't big news -- everyone knows it goes on -- but I think it is only noteworthy because Rockies' tickets are such a hot commodity right now. This guy busted in the article it just dumb -- if you meet someone outside Denver city limits, there is nothing the cops can do. Can we say craigslist?
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