Ticket Exchange/Sale question

[Junction John]

This may be a dead horse topic, but I'll beat it anyway. Someone said there was another thread here (or on another site) but I haven't seen it.

If I'm holding season tickets, and I know I can't go to the game Saturday, why can't I call up the ticket office and give permission to resell my tickets? The school can make a little extra money - good, happy to do it. Consider it a donation and give me some points. They can print tickets out at will call, right?

What am I missing? I'm sure there are reasons not to do it - it seems too simple.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Isn't that essentially what VividSeats does?

https://www.vividseats.com/Search.action?searchTerm=mississippi+state

I'm guess they pay our AD pay something to be called our 'official' ticket exchange and be listed on hailstate.com. That way, we don't have to staff our own AD in order to do that. I imagine it's a lot more work than we think it is. And, if you notice, only big time games at the Hump are listed. Probably has to be a certain theoretical demand before anybody wants to mess with it.

People have mentioned doing this in baseball too, but that's an even lesser demand.

 

[Junction John]

Maybe so, I've never used them.

Seems like we have a ticket office already staffed from 8-5 (plus on gameday), and that it wouldn't be that hard for me to give them my seat number and dog tag ID, they could click a button and 'release' the tickets for sale.

I guess I'm thinking about for walk-ups, too, not just someone planning ahead and looking for tickets on the web. If I knew it were at least possible to buy decent tickets when I got there, I might be more apt to pack up the family and head over to the game at the last minute. Also, these tickets were already sold once, so any money the school gets is lagniappe... should be a better deal for both parties. But like I said, maybe it's not as simple as I think it should be.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

you trying to get rid of tickets for Saturday?

 

[hullabaloodog]

StubHub is the official ticket re-seller for State now. Go here to sell your tickets. I did it for football twice this season. http://hailstate.com/sports/2016/7/8/stubhub-landing.aspx

 

[civildawg88]

I thought Msu has a ticket exchange. I would call the ticket office

 

[Junction John]

Ok, now this looks like a pretty good answer. I'll check it out, thanks.

StubHub is the official ticket re-seller for State now. Go here to sell your tickets. I did it for football twice this season. http://hailstate.com/sports/2016/7/8/stubhub-landing.aspx

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[Junction John]

Last time I did it they asked for the physical tickets back, which I thought was kind of dumb... but admittedly that was a while ago.

 

[Junction John]

Ha, this was a hypothetical, but I might have extras at some point this season if you want to ride up.

Don't you owe me a lunch?

 

[KurtRambis4]

Do you live in the JX metro area?*

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[Junction John]

Yessir - do you? I got dibs on your tickets first**

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[KurtRambis4]

Check your PM*

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[Dawgbite]

The problem I see with this is that you now have two tickets for the same seat floating around. Say I have two tickets for Saturday's game and release them back to the ticket office and you buy them. I drive to campus and sell my original tickets to a scalper who resells them to Kurt Rambis. You and Kurt both show up at the same seat, who do you think the usher will give the seat to? The guy with the original ticket or the guy with the generic looking reprint? All the while I'm sitting at BWW drinking beer on your money and eating fried pickles.

 

[RocketDawg]

StubHub is the official ticket re-seller for State now. Go here to sell your tickets. I did it for football twice this season. http://hailstate.com/sports/2016/7/8/stubhub-landing.aspx

Never could understand how the University could associate itself with a company who sells tickets at above face value, which is illegal almost everywhere. Also can't understand how StubHub gets away with it.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Crap, I think I might...

Sounds good. Let me know if you and Rambis can't work out a deal... I think I'm looking for 4 for Saturday.

 

[qball.sixpack]

I thought Msu has a ticket exchange. I would call the ticket office

University does have an exchange but you have to specify who/where those seats go. It cost either you or the person you designate $5 each transaction(not per ticket). Once the "exchange" ticket is accepted, either in print or electronic format, it invalidates your original ticket. I've said forever, we should have a way to post our available tix, let university make some $$$, get butts in seats (which we need) and the season ticket holder get some formula of Bulldog Club points. Seems like a win win, maybe too much common sense.