StubHub, a ticket resale facilitator where ticket holders can post their tickets to sporting events, concerts, and the like and resell them (even at a huge markup) for a fee, has been acquired by eBay to the tune of $310 million. If you're not down with the eBay power conglomerate, try RazorGator. Another monster, but not eBay. Better yet, try craigslist and buy your hard-to-get tickets from the individual without paying a commission.
I'd venture to say that with eBay taking StubHub, traffic will only grow, increasing the market. eBay also likes to jack up commissions and fees, so expect ticket prices to climb. I bet those Justin Timberlake tickets just shot up to 400 bucks, kids.
Good to know...My only foray into ticket reselling was for O's box seats for the Tigers game last season that was rained out and rescheduled to a Sept. Thursday afternoon. While the tickets had originally been given to me, via Craigslist I actually sold them to someone who works with movie director Kevin Smith, which I thought was cool.
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