Scalpers (SJPD does crack down)

[Tim Simmons]

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>for $60 (face = $69, and I would have taken anything over $50 without a
>haggle), about 5 minutes before game time, on the far side of Guadalupe 
>Expressway (e.g. @ Almaden Blvd.), which the Arena-patrolling uniformed 
>officers have repeatedly said is "outside the no-vending zone"...
>>>
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong.  Did the Police arrest you because you were selling
>em or because you were in a no vending zone?  If they did arrest you for
>selling them, why'd they areest you for selling them under face value?  In
>other parts of the country it's a crime to sell them above face value, but
>not below.


According to my contact in the ticket office it is NOT illegal to re-sell
tickets, even if you are selling them ABOVE face value.  San Jose Box office
makes a legal business out of this practice.

It is only illegal to sell them within a certain proximity of the venue.
You must have been within the "no vending zone"  if you were outside
of the zone, you should be able to get the charges dismissed.

Tim S.
Manufacturing Engineering
x 2162