Free Bon Jovi Central Park Tickets Go For $1,500.00...

- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...entry_id=27945

- http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/bon.jo....2.766077.html

- http://shop.ebay.com/items/__bon-jov...Q_scZ1QQ_sopZ3 - Bon Jovi Central Park eBay tickets.

Now, I am sure everyone here has heard the news. Well, people that don't live in the Tri-State area might have not heard about it, but it has been all over the local news. Bon Jovi's "free" concert in Central Park is giving people the urge to sell pairs of these tickets for thousands of dollars. I knew this was going to happen, and I am sure everyone did as well, but this is really wrong. I mean, this is a concert where Bon Jovi is "simply giving back to New York City," as stated in the second article.

eBay and Craigslist are two of the big places that Bon Jovi Central Park tickets are being sold, and on eBay, there are over 300 listings so far. I expect that number to go up fiercely as the show edges closer.

** As of July 9th at 5:22 am, all of the $1,000.00 auctions have been removed from eBay. This was going to happen as officials were forced to warn eBay to remove them. Well, there are still auctions at over $500.00, which is still a lot of money. There are more listings in the $50.00-$100.00 range, and they are getting many bids. Let's see how this pans out in the next day or two.

Regards,

Jason F.

The only way to tackle this problem (with all tout sales not just for this event) is for people to be permitted to bid the price through the roof.

The sellers will be charged by eBay for the final listing fee so eBay get a massive cut which keeps them happy and you stop other people getting ripped off. You should be able to argue that you aren't paying for the item because it is not allowed to be resold - I'd like to see the sellers try to kick up a stink over non-payment for an item they are not allowed to be selling in the first place.

Of course the sellers aren't going to make a big stink about this. They are making a profit off of something they got for free. But it's ridiculous because there are die-hard Jovi fans out there that actually would love to go, but can't because these brokers have already swept up the tickets. Now, these die-hards can simply pay for these "free" tickets, but is that fair? Absolutely not. It really irritates me a lot.

* Another thing. The day before the concert when the demand is at its highest, people will pay massive amounts of money for Bon Jovi Central Park tickets. That's why these brokers will make out like bandits.

Regards,

Jason F.

No one if forced to bid for them. It's market, demand and offer.

If no one bids for them than that's ticket loss right there, meaning there will not be 60,000+ people there, meaning a loss for people that actually want to go. Unfortunate, I know, but that's the way things work in this world.

* Actually, the more I think about it, seeing that Central Park is so large, I wouldn't doubt that there are a few thousand or more that sneak in. So who knows. I am sure the security is going to be on top of things, but how can you patrol tens of thousands of people?

Regards,

Jason F.

I would be willing to bet that a lot of those listings are fraudulent anyway. I bought over £500 worth of tickets from eBay for Twickers night 1 after they sold out through Ticketmaster but both of the sellers I used ended up scamming me out of my cash.

No tickets, no refund, zippo care from eBay, Paypal or the local police and I'll never buy tickets through eBay EVER again.

I ended up having to pay £170 for just two replacement tickets from Ticketmaster who'd decided to release some more after I'd already been screwed just so I got to see the show and wasn't left feeling as bitter as I might otherwise have been.

This problem will always exist unless eBay changes it's policies to allow decent and honest buyers to bid as much as they like for tickets without having to complete payment in order to drive the touts out of business. If people have to sell tickets on eBay for genuine reasons, they could use 'Buy It Now' auctions at face value.

Well, forget Paypal, they are absolutely horrible. I have had such bad experiences with them, it's not even funny. Paypal doesn't know how to handle transactions, or anything for that matter, and it's a damn shame that eBay is partnered up with them. I'm sorry that you ended up losing a lot of money, but at least you got to go to the concert after all!

Regards,

Jason F.

Aye, well a lot of people might not agree but I see it as I'd rather get the concert and lose £720 paying for it than to lose £550 and get absolutely nothing.

Sorry to hear you've had bad experiences with Paypal too. Sadly, I think our bad experiences probably put us in the majority.

I think there's some 'small print' in Paypals T&Cs that says that tickets aren't covered by the Buyer Protection scheme. Having said that, I did manage to get some money back off them after complaining long enough.

Always funny how the people who complain loudest about touts are the ones who have just pissed the most money away.

"It's disgraceful that people are able to sell blackmarket tickets for $100s each. I just bought two of them...."

Oh, do **** off. If it weren't for your own demand, there would be no touts. Admit that they are doing you a service, pay the price and shut up.