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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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WHAT IS A BROKER"?
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| A: |
A Broker is defined as "One hired
for a fee to negotiate purchases, contracts, or
sales". A ticket broker does just that. There are
people that want to sell their tickets and there
are also people that want to buy those same
tickets. There are 2 ways that a broker can do
this. The broker can buy the tickets outright from
the seller and hope that they can sell them. If
the market drops or the tickets don't get sold the
broker incurs the loss. The second way is the
broker could take the tickets from the seller on
consignment and keep a fee if they are sold.
Either way a ticket broker puts the buyers and the
sellers together for a fee.
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| Q: |
WHY ARE THE TICKETS ABOVE FACE VALUE? |
| A: |
Tickets are being sold at "Market
Price". This means that the ticket brokers are
also buying them at well above face value.
Basically if someone is selling their tickets to a
major event, they generally want to sell them for
what they are worth. The majority of the price of
the ticket is usually the cost for obtaining them.
Then there are general business expenses added to
the cost of the tickets.
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| Q: |
How do we know that the
tickets are genuine tickets? |
| A: |
By purchasing from a professional
ticket broker you can be assured that we have
taken the necessary precautions to guarantee that
they are genuine. We verify all of our sources for
tickets and only buy from those that are reliable.
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| Q: |
Isn't it true that if it
was not for all the ticket brokers that buy the
tickets that there would be plenty of seats for
the fans? |
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No. Ticket brokers generally have a
very small percentage of seats to any event and it
does not affect availability at all. Most shows
that are sold out would not even come close to
having enough seats for all the fans wanting to
attend.
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| Q: |
Don't ticket brokers
purchase large blocks of tickets that are never
offered to the public? |
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No. Most performers and sports
teams assure that this does not happen. Promoters
make sure that the tickets are not sold in advance
and impose limits when they go on sale so that one
person can not buy a large block. The tickets that
brokers have available are usually purchased at
the general public on sale a couple of seats at a
time.
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| Q: |
Isn't it illegal to sell
for more than face value? |
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No. It does generally require a
license and set of standards to follow.
By purchasing through a licensed ticket broker you
can be assured that you are dealing with a
reputable broker. We are licensed to sell in 98%
of the markets and will notify you if we can not.
All transactions that we handle meet all state and
local provisions.
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