It's for Thursday at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. Do you think someone will buy it at the door, or even somewhere at the venue? Or, is it even illegal? (I dont want to be arrested.) I just want to get this off my hands.
2006-08-15 17:51:55 · 22 answers · asked by dj_feva 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Scalping is illegal in New Jersey but you can resell your ticket outside the venue. You would have to sell it for the face value and no more than a 20% markup or $3 whichever is greater. That is the ticket resale law in New Jersey and if you comply you'll have no problem.
Here is the actual section of the law that pertains to legal resale.--
"New Jersey State law is very specific about the prices that can be charged on the resale of tickets to New Jersey events. A price that exceeds $3 or 20 percent above the ticket's face value, whichever is greater, clearly is in violation of the law."
So stay with within these guidelines and you'll be fine.
2006-08-15 18:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by charmingchatty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to as long as you charge the ticket price or below the ticket price; what people get arrested for outside of venues is for "scalping" which is charging a higher price for the ticket than fair market value, which is illegal.
We went to a concert one hoping that someone would have an extra ticket to sell so a friend could attend at the last minute for a soldout concert and the person offered to sell it for $3 below the ticket price, but I went ahead and paid the ticket price.
Good luck!
2006-08-16 01:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
State laws governing the resale of tickets are often murky.
So you'll have search your state guideline's.
Scalping tickets for sporting events has spread from stadium parking lots to cyberspace.
I did find written confirmation that, you cannot charge a price more than 20% above, what the original ticket cost = face value.
2006-08-16 01:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by Excel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have heard, you ARE allowed to sell extra tickets but you can't make a certain percentage more than what you bought them for (or something along those lines)...I think it goes according to what state you are in...umm..maybe you could try looking it up on the web as "ticket scalping"...hope this helps at least somewhat
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2006-08-16 00:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by imroser22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not illegal to sell it outside the event as long as it is a valid ticket and you sell it for face value (the price printed on the ticket.)
2006-08-16 00:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is ok to sell but not for a higher price than the value. You can sell it for what you paid(the price on the ticket) that is legal!
2006-08-16 00:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by GiGi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's like scalping. How about selling it online? You just post it on eBay (with covered seat numbers of course) and you should have no problem. Good luck.
2006-08-16 00:57:57 · answer #7 · answered by Arashikitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can sell it for the price on the ticket or less; it is only "scalping" if you sell it for more than the price printed.
2006-08-16 00:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will probably get arrested for ticket scalping, try selling it on ebay, a lot of people sell tickets on there.
2006-08-16 00:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can sell it for the cover price, you can't sell it for more than the retailer sells it for, thats scalping.
2006-08-16 00:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by Josh V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋