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Use Caution Buying Concert Tickets on eBay
If you want to buy concert tickets online at eBay, you may be able to get a great deal. However, it is a good idea to check the background of the seller. The site has a great feature that allows you to check the history of the seller to guard against fraud. If you are nervous about doing business this way, shy away from buying from a new seller and stick with veteran sellers who have a long history of successful sales behind them. Another great way to feel better about doing business with a seller is to read reviews by people who have already bought stuff from him or her.
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Buying NASCAR Tickets Through Ticket Brokers
Do you love to hear the sound of the engines roaring and feel the adrenaline pumping all around you? If so, the NASCAR races will satisfy you. To get in on the action and be a part of the excitement you can purchase tickets online to any of the races for the year. Search with various online ticket brokers to compare the best deals.
If you are looking to sell NASCAR tickets, there are online ticket brokers and online marketplaces and auction sites that will allow individuals to list tickets. Check out websites such as buyselltix.com, eBay.com and stubhub.com (recently bought by eBay).
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Cost to Attend NHL Games
Are you wondering if you can afford to buy hockey tickets to a National Hockey League game this season? Teammarketing.com offers the average price you will pay to see each team during the 2006-2007 season, as well as the price it will cost you to bring a family of four who wants the whole hockey experience (food, swag, programs and parking). Here is a breakdown of a few teams to give you an idea:
Boston Bruins hockey tickets: $327.77 for a family of four; $56.44 for one ticket
New York Rangers hockey tickets: $284.83 for a family of four; $45.83 for one ticket
Phoenix Coyotes hockey tickets: $181.62 for a family of four; $25.41 for one ticket
Go to teammarketing.com to look up your favorite team and what it will cost you to bring the family to see them this season.
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Becoming a Ticket Broker
Becoming a ticket broker is as easy as buying a ticket for face value and turning around and selling it for a profit. Keep in mind that selling secondary tickets is not always legal and is sometimes restricted by the state you live in. Check with your state's laws before you begin. Ticket buying can be a lucrative business if you know what you are doing, experts say. The Internet company eventexperts.net trains people to become online ticket brokers and offers these tips for those who wish to start:
Get your supply of tickets from primary sellers, such as Ticketmaster.com
You will need enough money to buy the tickets you intend to sell
You need to have an understanding of which events and which seats in a venue are going to be popular and which ones aren't because you will only make money if the ticket is in demand
Learn the best websites to sell your tickets. If you want to auction them off, you may want to list them on eBay.com. If you want to sell them, you can list them on sites such as buyselltix.com
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Spotting Fake Tickets
Spotting fake tickets can be difficult, especially if the fake ticket is printed on the same material as that real tickets. This can happen when material is stolen from the company that prints the real tickets. The best way to ensure that a ticket is real, is to purchase it yourself from a legitimate ticket agency, such as Ticketmaster, or to take it to the venue before the event and ask the staff to scan it to see if it is real. Beyond that, there may not be a great way to tell until you get ejected from the event. If you have received a suspicious looking ticket, it is best to check into it before the night of the event.
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NFL Seats We'd Like to Bench
Do any bad seats exist in the NFL? Yes...and football season is too short (although not for football widows) to waste on football tickets that have no legroom. We want all those football widows and widowers (yes, there exist men who don't like sports) to be happy, so we have the short list on NFL football tickets you should avoid.
Upper decks that are too far back from the field--this is most noticeable in newer stadiums
Bench seats that get too hot
Upper decks that are too high and with a steep grade
Too noisy seats on open ends of stadiums
Field area that is too far from the field of play
Cramped lower bowl seats
When you're cheering and screaming because you've found a great NFL ticket, don't neglect your honey...it turns out you're in love with a college football fan! The same rules apply to college football venues too.
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MLB vs. College Baseball
A major league baseball ticket versus college baseball ticket - you can't compare the two--it's like Little League when you first started full of wonder versus high school baseball when you had a few more moves.
In terms of popularity, college baseball wasn't always the hottest of baseball tickets, but this year, ESPN decided to televise college baseball. Suddenly, season ticket baseball decisions seem harder. Get your college baseball ticket before February games start, and they won't conflict with the schedule for your MLB baseball tickets. You might even, while watching the college kids, rediscover the spark of that boy who couldn't wait for his turn to pitch.
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Buying International Concert Tickets
You're from Kyoto or Kensington and you want Celine Dion concert tickets in Vegas. Or you've always dreamed of seeing Springsteen perform in Russia--so '80s! Do you buy tickets to a foreign affair? Your obvious option is to purchase concert tickets online. Our hints are your passports to successful destination concerts:
Always be mindful of exchange rates, the Euro versus the US dollar, the Euro versus the yen, the yen versus the US dollar, and so forth. When you find concert tickets through an international Web-based ticket broker, check to see that the seller's markup of tickets is comparable to that in your own country.
Pay extra for Global Priority Mail or FedEx--or have Caesar's Palace hold them for you until the concert date, Otherwise, international mail can be tricky.
Be sure to factor in the local sales tax (GST in Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand.)
Make sure your ticket broker is a member of whatever professional ticket broker association exists in the broker's home country. This will ensure that you don't get ripped off and you have legal recourse.
Carefully read the refunds, returns and exchanges policy, and especially know the ticket broker's rules for cancellations and postponements. Otherwise, you could end up freezing in Russia waiting for the Boss to come back.
Research the city you'll be traveling to.
Everyone knows Vegas though! Take a moment to learn some phrases of the host language. Music can shrink the world and bring us closer together. By buying concert tickets online, you won't end world conflicts, but you will have an unforgettable evening with new friends.
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Minor League Hockey Tickets
Although you'd love to get ice hockey tickets for the Vancouver Canucks, the price of coffee and gas in Seattle has iced your plans. Fear not. Minor league hockey tickets are growing in popularity. If you can't get Canucks tickets through a hockey ticket broker, you can watch the Silvertips play in Seattle.
Silvertips sports tickets are as popular among Seattle fans as NHL hockey tickets. You might miss out on a Molson that way, but you'll get to meet the players afterwards, and the prices are more reasonable--$50 for a family of four. Who needs the Canucks?
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Pick Your Preferred View With Ease
The Internet has made concert ticket buying easy when it comes to choosing the best view. Many venues offer event seating charts on their websites for your convenience.
For example, if you are buying Madison Square Garden tickets you can go to "seating" on the venue's web page and browse through the different sections. By clicking on each section, you are shown a real life view of the stage from that vantage point.
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Print Your Tickets at Home
Ticket printing has become another convenience for those buying tickets to events in the computer age. Many online ticket companies, such as Ticketmaster.com, now offer ticket printing services in which you can print your ticket out in the comfort of your own home.
Ticketmaster.com will email your tickets so that you can print them out. Then just bring them to the event where the barcode on your ticket will be scanned before you can enter the venue.
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2007 Fenway Park Tickets
If you want to nab Fenway Park tickets for the 2007 Red Sox season, you will pay between $12 to $105 for regular seats and from $100 to more than $300 for premium seating, such as behind home plate. And there is a limit to eight tickets per person per game.
If you want tickets to the super hot and already sold-out Red Sox/Yankees games, you may have to get creative. Here are some ideas:
Go to websites, such as craigslist.com and eBay.com, where you can buy second-hand tickets through other fans in your area or by auction
Go to Fenway Park the day of the game and stand in line at Gate C, which usually sells tickets an hour before each game. You may be able to snag one. It may be standing room-only, but at least you will be inside.
