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Invalid hard tickets
« on: May 09, 2008, 02:49:38 PM »

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I read elsewhere on the net that more than 175 hard tickets were rejected at the Garden last night. Tickets had been emailed, and then the invalidated hard tickets were sold to scalpers, who sold them to fans who were refused entry. I also heard (word of mouth on Causeway St) that there were similar issues with email tickets; multiple copies were sold and only the first user got in.

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Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 02:52:35 PM »

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This is something I have been really scared of.  I bought a couple email tickets for a round 1 game and had no problem, but thought of how easy it would be to do this.  Kinda sucks that there is no such thing as honor anymore.  Scumbags...
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Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 03:01:58 PM »

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I used eTickets for Game 1 of the first two series so far without incident.  I bought them from TicketReserve who is in cahootz with the Celtics so I felt pretty confident of their legitimacy.  I was, however, a little leary of trusting my printer for the barcodes that they needed to scan.  It felt very strange walking in with sheets of paper instead of tickets.

Anyhow, I can't imagine how frustrated I would have been if I spent a bunch of money on a seat then couldn't get in.
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Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 04:12:13 PM »

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That sucks, glad I use shared season tickets when I go to a game. I had an experience at Fenway a couple years ago, my cousin was in town from Texas and she really wanted to see a Red Sox game, I got us tickets online printed them and went to the game. When security scanned the tickets it didn't work, he then looks at me and says, "Sorry man," and hands them back to me as if I am just going to say oh OK I just spent 200 dollars on tickets but I guess they don't work, oh well. I wouldn't move from the line until some one came and took care of it, all they did was use a different scanner and they were fine, really frustrating. I can only imagine how mad people were when they didn't get in at all.

Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 06:20:35 PM »

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I wonder why they just don't destroy de hard tickets that have been emailed. Also, I think they should investigate who in the organization gave them to scalpers...

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Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2008, 06:30:52 PM »

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I have hard tickets since I have a playoff strip, but I print the tickets for each game anyway and keep the original ticket booklet intact for memories.

I would be wary of accepting any emailed ticket that did not originate from the celtics web site. I would be even more wary of original tickets.

Can tickets be forwarded by non-season ticket owners? Can everyone with a playoff strip forward tickets? If so, a single violation should result in the complete set of tickets being cancelled.

Then again, I've never bought anything from a scalper in my life.

Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2008, 06:33:50 PM »

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It teaches you one thing. If you can't be careful, be first to the arena!

Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 08:53:45 PM »

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It's really too bad. The fans who really want to be inside don't get the chance, or usually the first crack at tickets. Scalping scams like this and this secondary ticket market (eBay, StubHub) are getting out of control, and it's keeping the real fans out of the arenas and stadiums.

Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2008, 01:33:54 AM »

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This happened throughout the year with people being sold "hard tickets".

Through a season ticket account, the hard tickets become instantly invalid as soon as the e-ticket is chosen through ticket exchange.

The gimmick is to print the e-tickets out and sell the hard tickets.

The Celtics should ban or revoke the season ticket holders account for those seats in which 2 sets of tickets appear at the day of the game.

Only the season ticket holders have access to their account, seats, tickets and e-tickets....password protected.
They should be held accountable!
This would let the public buy more tickets and free up more season tix for next year as well as stop the double scalping.

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Re: Invalid hard tickets
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2008, 08:52:55 AM »

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The Celtics should ban or revoke the season ticket holders account for those seats in which 2 sets of tickets appear at the day of the game.


Agreed.  That's what the Pats do, and I think it's the right policy.

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