After seeing John Jovi's pathetic attempts at selling his tickets for a huge profit on this site I decided to go undercover, infultrate his trust, and see how greedy he really was...
I created a fake email account on Hotmail, call myself Mark Kenalty, using the address
mark_kenalty4@hotmail.com. I got in touch with John Jovi, telling him that I was interested in buying his tickets. His greed showed through from the first reply that he gave me:
hi Mark,
Yeah, I still have 'em - what would you offer?
>Hi, I'm just wondering if you still have the BJ tickets available? I would
>like to surprise my wife with them tonight.
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I thought I would make him a reasonable offer: 150% of the price that he paid for his tickets, plus $10 if he was willing to deliver them to a place which is convenient for me:
Where are you exactly?
I paid $200 - so, by 150%, you are then offering $300?
I still have to discuss this with my wife. She was really on the fence over
going - she is much more interested in financial compensation.
The seats are in section 120 - and they are next to each other.
I'll be waiting.
Take care
>So do we have a deal? I'll throw in an extra $10 if you meet me
>somewhere which is convenient for me.
At this point he obviously thought that I was quite desperate for the tickets. It was clear with the next e-mail that he sent that he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, he was quite stupid for believing that anyone would fall for this:
Actually Mark,
Last night I had some kid in Markham offering me $425 - and I was a little
reluctant. Told him I'd get back to him later this afternoon.
Ideally, I would only give these tickets up for $500.
You may not want them at this point.
Notice that at this point, he said he was offered a price from a male. I replied to him with a better offer, his greed and stupidity were now getting the better of him:
Hi again,
Man, this is getting tough. So, you've matched his offer -- sorry, it was a
young lady, actually. What makes it tough is that she made the offer earlier
and she was very willing to drive to me (in Newmarket).
Help me out here - in the meantime, I'll call my wife at work.
Thanks Mark
>I'm sorry, but at best I can only equal his offer. The best I can do is
>$425 if you do the delivery. I'm afraid I can't go any higher than that.
Now, the person who made the offer first was female...
I was getting 'deperate' for the tickets so I decided to make him one more offer. I thought he would jump at it since it was very unlikely that anyone else had shown any interest in the tickets at all. He still wanted more so I made an 'absolute final' offer of $500 if he delivered:
Hi Mark,
Your offer is undeniably attractive. Any chance I can call you at work before
you go?
John
>Sorry, the car is in the garage being repaired.
>$500 if you deliver? That is $75 more than the woman offered; more
>than enough to compensate your journey.
I explained that my cubicle didn't have a telephone, but I could call him after work to confirm the sale. He was unsure about me so he asked where I worked. I lied and said a well known software company in Toronto, close to where I actually work. He later replied saying that it was a deal and that I should phone him after I finish work at 4pm. He gave me his phone number (which is available by request).
I finished work and I really wanted to phone him to arrange to meet somewhere, unfortunately I didn't have any time to continue with the fun and games, I have to go to McDonalds, and then go round to my friends for some Vodka before the concert.
It was quite sad seeing how greed was controlling John Jovi. He obviously wasn't that intelligent, and it is highly unlikely that he ever did sell his ticket. Outside the venue I walked past at least 6 scalpers just in one small area outside the venue, John Jovi would've had too much competition to sell his two tickets. He has posted in this forum saying that he enjoyed the concert, but I believe this is only so he wouldn't look like a fool who couldn't scalp his tickets and he never actually attended the show.
I hope this helped you understand what goes on inside the mind of a desperate man, who is taken over by greed and stupidity. Thank you for reading.