Reselling Season Tickets

[doctorhoosier]

I told you I was going to derail it.

Here's my thing, G-fella: Why buy season tickets if you know your schedule probably doesn't really permit you to attend? We're halfway through the season and you finally decide to buy SEASON tickets, not individual game tickets, and the first question you have is how to resell them? After the Pirlo announcement...?

Yeah. Ok.

I've had season tickets all year, and I haven't been able to make every game. I still like not having to worry about the hassle of buying individual tickets every time, and I make most games.

I tend to give away my tickets to close friends instead of reselling them, but if I knew I could make back more than $30 a ticket, I'd probably resell them, too. It just makes too much sense not to do so.

 

[roxfontaine]

I make most games.

I tend to give away my tickets to close friends instead of reselling them...

TL;DR

 

[doctorhoosier]

TL;DR

Nah, man. That's taking it out of context.

I don't see a problem with reselling. If the club saw a problem with it, they wouldn't have a dedicated ticket exchange. In fact, the club makes more off of reselling than they would otherwise - what's wrong with it?

If you buy tickets *only* to resell them, that's a different deal. But buying tickets and reselling games you can't make is way, way low on the "scummy fan totem pole".

 

[roxfontaine]

Doc, of course, I agree with you wholeheartedly. This thread just screamed the former to me.

I would think that it's pretty clear by now that I generally leave people to their own devices on this forum. Resellers, however, turn my stomach and I'll try to discourage them every chance I get.

 

[Goodfella]

I told you I was going to derail it.

Here's my thing, G-fella: Why buy season tickets if you know your schedule probably doesn't really permit you to attend? We're halfway through the season and you finally decide to buy SEASON tickets, not individual game tickets, and the first question you have is how to resell them? After the Pirlo announcement...?

Yeah. Ok.

For me, my schedule does permit me to attend for the most part and the cost of a season ticket is cheap enough with the added benefit discounts that missing a few games and maybe being stuck with tickets is worth the cost. The option to resell very easily is just an added benefit. I bought my 3 season tickets on Day 1.

As for the original poster, could be a variety of reasons why he just purchased now. Perhaps he can now afford it at the pro-rate? or heaven forbid, the Pirlo announcement is what gave him the push. Kinda one of the reasons we signed him, putt more butts in the seats.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Doc, of course, I agree with you wholeheartedly. This thread just screamed the former to me.

I would think that it's pretty clear by now that I generally leave people to their own devices on this forum. Resellers, however, turn my stomach and I'll try to discourage them every chance I get.

Yeah, but you're being a total dick and assuming all sorts of things that aren't true.

I bought the season pass because I really want to support the club, not for any other reason. I've been to two games so far, and while I could easily just buy one off tickets for future games, I am a big fan and wanted to reflect that by being a Founding Member. I have a pregnant wife and 3 young kids and so too many home responsibilities to make every single game. The purchase only makes sense if I can recoup my costs, so I will have to sell some of the tickets to friends - and yes, on line too. I can't make Toronto, so I am selling those. I am taking my son and 3 of his friends to the Orlando game for his birthday, so I will be selling my tickets and have bought a block of 6 in Section 203. I am all about growing the team's fan base and hope to get my tickets to friends so they can see what great events these games are. I also know that in the future, as my kids get older, I will have the ability to go more often, so this is an investment for that.

It's not like I am unloading tickets to the Supporters Sections and not even close to being like a ticket broker. I am just a big fan who is trying to stay connected to the club.

 

[gbservis]

I have sold my tickets to either people around me or to my friends. My suggestion is when you go to your first match talk to the people around you and get to know them. This way you can try to sell to them first.

Totally agree with this, we swapped numbers with a bunch of people that sit near us so we can text to sell tickets if we can't make it. Hasn't happened yet because most people myself included have gone to every game but I am hoping it does at some point. I have a few friends that want to come to a game but I'm a bit partial to my seats so I don't want to sell them for a game in order to sit some where else with a larger group.

I totally understand the need to sell tickets and I don't hold it against anyone who does. But it does suck. We ended up with a bunch of red bull d-bags in our section for the derby. They were super obnoxious and it got so much worse when they took the lead. Each game has brought a few away team fans in our section. Other than the red bulls though they have been friendly and up for fun banter. So maybe the lesson is just try not to sell you tickets on open market places for red bull games.

 

[roxfontaine]

Yeah, but you're being a total dick and assuming all sorts of things that aren't true.

TL;DR. Yep.

 

[Vires]

TL;DR. Yep.

You're a horrible person. I actually met you while you were wasted at the Heineken house as well so this isn't just online banter.

 

[Gotham Gator]

I totally understand the need to sell tickets and I don't hold it against anyone who does. But it does suck. We ended up with a bunch of red bull d-bags in our section for the derby. They were super obnoxious and it got so much worse when they took the lead. Each game has brought a few away team fans in our section. Other than the red bulls though they have been friendly and up for fun banter. So maybe the lesson is just try not to sell you tickets on open market places for red bull games.

This is a fair point, and I will keep that in mind for derbies in the future. It can go both ways. For the Seattle game, my son and I sat behind a Sounders fan, and he was very cool and nice to my kid.

I will also say that if anyone wants to buy my tickets for upcoming games, just send me a PM. Will sell them at cost. Section 233A, Row 11.

 

[ldent42]

Yeah, but you're being a total dick and assuming all sorts of things that aren't true.

I bought the season pass because I really want to support the club, not for any other reason. I've been to two games so far, and while I could easily just buy one off tickets for future games, I am a big fan and wanted to reflect that by being a Founding Member. I have a pregnant wife and 3 young kids and so too many home responsibilities to make every single game. The purchase only makes sense if I can recoup my costs, so I will have to sell some of the tickets to friends - and yes, on line too. I can't make Toronto, so I am selling those. I am taking my son and 3 of his friends to the Orlando game for his birthday, so I will be selling my tickets and have bought a block of 6 in Section 203. I am all about growing the team's fan base and hope to get my tickets to friends so they can see what great events these games are. I also know that in the future, as my kids get older, I will have the ability to go more often, so this is an investment for that.

It's not like I am unloading tickets to the Supporters Sections and not even close to being like a ticket broker. I am just a big fan who is trying to stay connected to the club.

Just to answer your original question:
Selling tickets on the exchange is easy. You go into Account Manager and hit "sell" and it takes you to the ticketmaster exchange site. Personally I keep a second tab with the ticketmaster event page open so I can look at the prices of tickets for sale in the surrounding sections, to get an idea of my "starting price" and then just list it at Market Rate and forget it. The only annoying thing is that the Ticket Exchange will email you like a week before the game to tell you your tickets haven't sold. You can go back in and edit your post any time through the account manager.
I sold on StubHub before the exchange opened and it was also easy BUT they take a lot more than the exchange does - and they're charging the seller AND buyer at higher rates, so while more people probably use StubHub it's also a little bit tricker because the prices are inflated to compensate for their fees.

 

[roxfontaine]

You're a horrible person. I actually met you while you were wasted at the Heineken house as well so this isn't just online banter.

The horrible person part may be accurate but the "wasted" part is not. 3 beers does not a wasted Rox make.

 

[northernburbs]

As a new "season" ticket holder, I wanted to get people's experience in reselling their seats when they can't make a game - particularly those who resell on Ticketmaster via the Account Manager. When do you post the tickets? How do you address pricing, and at what point do you drop to lowest pricing so that you make sure you can sell? Any other advice?

I have had to miss a few games but have a list of people that can use the tickets. I give them away and feel really good about it.

 

[forfalskning]

I used the Exchange last week against Orl and this coming week against the Impact to resell. It has been very successful and was easy to use. Against Orlando, I got $254 bucks for the two seats in 130. I used the proceeds to by two more season tix in 213. Only had to cover the small difference.

I listed both sets for the Impact game with the idea to sit in whichever didn't sell first. I sold the two in 130 again for $180. That should cover playoff tix. While I didn't set out to do this as a means to make money, the ability to resell got me the wife's approval for additional tickets and future attendance. In each case, I set my pricing to be the highest in my section and by row as I would prefer to not sell...but if I am going to I might as well make it worth it.

In the past, I used the other account features to donate the tickets to a match I couldn't attend. Worked great as well.

 

[TabascoDiva]

This is a fair point, and I will keep that in mind for derbies in the future. It can go both ways. For the Seattle game, my son and I sat behind a Sounders fan, and he was very cool and nice to my kid.

I will also say that if anyone wants to buy my tickets for upcoming games, just send me a PM. Will sell them at cost. Section 233A, Row 11.

I am looking for 1 ticket to take my 4 year old nephew, for August 28. The question I have is that I am in Delta 360, and have very little idea of the stadium breakdown, logic tells me I have to buy in the same section I have my season ticket. Is your 233A in Delta? If any one has a better idea please let me know. Thanks

 

[mgarbowski]

The biggest jerks -- really the only jerks -- on this forum are the ones who tell other people what they can and cannot do to be a real fan. As far as I'm concerned the only thing a real fan does not do is tell other fans they're doing it wrong. If you're one of them GFO. If you want to sell some tickets go to town. Or donate them. Or sell at cost. Or give away. Or sell a bunch and buy more STs.

 

[thesauerchise]

I live in Albany, have a family. Making every game is tough, (I.e. Weekday games are impossible). I have made over half the games and will make almost all the rest, minus the two mid-week games. All that being said I have sold my remaining tickets on the exchange and it is super easy, no hassle and I recoup a good chunk of my out of pocket costs, which is clutch with a kid, a mortgage and enough student loan debt to drown a country.

 

[Gotham Gator]

No, my section is not in Delta.

I think your best option might be to resell your single ticket for that game and buy two together. You'll get a discount as a season ticket holder if you go through the account manager.

That's what I did this past weekend when I took a group of six for my son's birthday party and will do it again at the 8/26 game because family is in town.

 

[Goodfella]

this thread is quite interesting now, given the candidates in the TR elections...

 

[413Blue]

I love that I signed up on the first day and got an early pick for seats. I did not realize how miserable my front row 213 seats would be on a sunny afternoon. Fortunately, people are like me see "front-row!" and insta-buy, and therefore I have been very successful at dumping my seats on short notice for a nice profit!