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Scalping student tickets not OK with University
Resales must be face value
TOM MARINE
Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: News
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Carolyn Daniel, corporate manager of TicketLeap, said the company launched the application last week as a way for users to sell tickets to their Facebook events, such as theatrical performances and social functions.
"The 'Ticketing' application is designed to help increase campus activity," Daniel wrote in an e-mail to The Red & Black. "It is a global application. It works well for college students, but it also works for other people."
Although the application does not have the ability to sell tickets to outside events such as football games, Daniel said TicketLeap would try to accommodate the needs of its customers. She said they would look into expanding the application.
However, the University has strict guidelines against student ticket scalping and forbids reselling tickets at a price higher than face value.
The student ticket policy states purchasing student tickets is not a right. Thus, "students who are turned in for scalping tickets will lose the privilege of buying football tickets for all future events."
The policy also warns students not to sell tickets to anyone who is not a University student.
Brandon Frye, of the Office of Judicial Programs, said he has not seen any cases regarding ticket scalping during his time as assistant dean of students in the past year and a half. Instead, he said most of the complaints he deals with stem from entry into athletic events.
The University Code of Conduct has regulations against "misuse of any University document, record, or instrument of identification." Violators face sanctions, including probation, community service, restrictions, reprimand, restitution, suspension or expulsion.
Although the University prohibits scalping student tickets, the only methods for catching violators are tips and information provided by other students.
University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said preventing ticket scalping is not high on his department's priority list. State laws recently have changed, making it legal to sell tickets for a profit, he said.
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Optimal Social Planner
posted 11/08/07 @ 8:31 AM EST
It is theoretically, empirically and mathematically true that under the current regime ticket scalping makes the student body as a whole better off. Why the university feigns disgust is beyond me. (Continued…)
Chris Bennett
posted 11/08/07 @ 1:41 PM EST
Tom, at what point in your reporting did you come to the conclusion that the intent for and students' use of this application was for scalping and not legitimate sale of tickets? If you provided evidence of even one university event on Facebook that violated student policy, then you'd have some basis for your headline. (Continued…)
CaveMan
posted 11/08/07 @ 3:01 PM EST
If the University is serious about clamping down on scalping, all they have to do is simply respond to one of the many bulletin board posts offering student tickets for sale. (Continued…)
CaveMan
posted 11/08/07 @ 6:47 PM EST
And another thing, if the University is so concerned about tickets only being sold for face value, why do you have to donate money to the scholarship fund in order to purchase (non-student) season tickets??? That looks like scalping on the front end of the transaction if you ask me. (Continued…)
Student Football Ticket Scalper
posted 11/08/07 @ 8:31 PM EST
Yeah, I have sold all my student football tickets in 2005 and 2006 and made quite a bit of money. I used this money to buy textbooks and other needed supplies for my classes. (Continued…)
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