What's your best memory scalping for tickets?

Once upon a time it was the offseason...

Best memory was when I went to the Heart of Dallas Bowl at the Cotton Bowl in 2013 w/a friend to see Okie Light obliterate Purdue.

Took DART light rail to the stadium, walked up to the first scalper I saw and the dude tried to sell us tickets for $100 each and claimed the stadium would be sold out. In reality it was 48k announced in a 90k stadium but I doubt it was even that high since I'd been there the the year before when Houston played Penn State (Pedo Bear game) in front of 46k announced and that looked much fuller. Anyway, I laughed in his face and said he wasn't getting more than $30 for two and I didn't care where they were b/c I knew we'd be able to sit pretty much wherever we wanted.

He said no he couldn't do that for a sell out so I asked another scalper 15 feet away if he had heard my offer. He nodded and said he'd sell us his two worst seats for $20. The first guy immediately tried selling up two on the 50 for $30. I laughed again b/c I knew how bad the lower bowl seats are (first 15ish rows you'll be looking at the backs of players due to the stadium configuration) and happily handed the second guy a twenty.

We then waltzed in right at kickoff and sat on the 40 w/a random group of Okies who had smuggled in some whiskey and were kind enough to pass it around so long as we bought them cokes to mix it with. Okie Light won the game 58-14.

My uncle used to send me around with 2 finger up when I was like 7-13 and we used to get free tickets to just about every game got 2 for 50$ to lsu in 04 doing that. Most were from older people, and most always asked if I was really going in

Astros vs cardinals playoffs

Walked up and got 2 in nosebleed for $300 I believe and my son and I had a blast

Yep. It's not hard. We've never had a problem and same as you. Never spent more than 75$ even for iron bowls.

Eta: excluding national championship and sec champ games

I remember Saban's first year at Alabama (2007), after starting 3-0 with that miraculous last second win over Houston Dale's Hogs, I figured I could run down to Tuscaloosa to catch the game. A friend and I drove 3 hours to the game, tailgated all day asking around for tickets, and nobody had extras. We got to game time and there were literally no tickets around. Found one guy that wanted $300 per seat and we turned it down. Ended up watching the game in the Ferguson Student Center with about 200 students.

I was at the 2010 #1 Alabama at Arkansas game. OU was idle that week. Alabama fan was charging $200 per ticket. I was very well prepared to pay him. He saw me in my OU gear. He said $125. Respect!

Game 5 of the 91 World Series.

My dad was supposed to get company tickets, but got screwed. I didn't think I was going to go, and at 8, was very disappointed. I taught myself to read using baseball box scores.

Rather than tell me, my dad surprised me by pulling me out of school early. We went home, and I changed into my Braves little league uniform. We went early hoping to find a decent price.

After a few hours of no luck, and less than a hour before it started, a random guy walks up to us. He asked, "are these tickets for you two?" My dad said yes.

They guy said $90. My dad asked if that was for each ticket. He said no, that's for both. My dad was shocked that an hour before the game, we got tickets at face value. Apparently, the guy said he worked in the front office for the Braves.

With both of us thrilled, we went inside and watched the game. The Braves beat the hell out of the Twins in that game.

I've been trying to find a copy of that game for years. Our seats were the first row of the upper deck. I'm certain that they saw us from upstairs, and went down to sell us the tickets. So I'd live to see if they showed me in the crowd on the broadcast.


It's one of the best memories I have as a child.