A thought to get around the law for scalpers

[Hawkers]

We all know that you can't sell a ticket to the GF for more than face value.
But we see the AFL and all clubs and many more still do. How do they do it? By making it a package.
With the AFL you get some Centre Square garbage and I'm sure the clubs throw in some entertainment to 'justify' the cost over the face value of the ticket

What's to stop someone who wants to sell their ticket for far more than face value from doing the same?
Can't they just put on a BBQ breakfast at their place and dish the tickets out? Chuck some snags and tomatoes on the grill, have a couple of beers and juice available and call it a GF Experience.

Perhaps the AFL have some sort of authorised re-sellers list or some rubbish to stop you from doing this, but if it's good for the goose it's good for the gander

 

[raymagoo]

good point! anyone want a granny ticket? row 5 on the wing level one? Im organising a package deal which involves 2 bits of toast in Elwood??

 

[TwisTz]

I remember seeing ideas like this on eBay in years past:

"Buy this Footy Card (only $1500) and get a free Grand Final ticket!"

LOL.

 

[blue harvest]

Am pretty sure there is something in the fine print about you not being allowed to use the tickets to enhance the value of something else (ie: bbq, pie and sauce, breakfast etc), unless of course you are the AFL.

Technically, if you buy one of the $1500 packages, you can't then re-sell it for more than the value printed on the footy ticket ($270 or whatever) unless you are on their authorised seller list.

 

[Hawkers]

So can you do it?

Ticket @ $200 (or whatever it is)
Breakfast @ $1000
Transport to game @ $500 (ride to nearest train station and all day ticket)

$1700 bucks all up

 

[Hawkers]

Am pretty sure there is something in the fine print about you not being allowed to use the tickets to enhance the value of something else (ie: bbq, pie and sauce, breakfast etc), unless of course you are the AFL.

Technically, if you buy one of the $1500 packages, you can't then re-sell it for more than the value printed on the footy ticket ($270 or whatever) unless you are on their authorised seller list.

So unless you're an AFL Authorised scalper you're not allowed to?

Do you think the AFL admin can see the hypocrisy?

 

[bards]

You answered your own question, they have authorised resellers, otherwise you can't sell them for more than face value. I think the clubs need to look at how many tickets they get. Really, when they make the grand final they all wish they could get more members in, but in the years that they don't they are more than happy to take their allocation of tickets and package them up for big bucks. The clubs should forfeit their allocation and have them put back into the allocation for competing teams. Struggling clubs could be compensated by the AFL or stronger clubs for lost revenue. I wouldn't be opposed to Hawthorn kicking a few thousand into the kangaroos coffers if it meant another 10,000 finals tickets for competing clubs.

 

[Papa Juggs]

Smart scalpers will make money anyway.

The law means nothing, it's all about not getting caught.

They will have a system, where one dude has to talk to another dude and pick up the ticket from another dude.

Can you get done without the ticket? I assume there will be undercover cops asking the scalpers for tickets. You wouldn't want to be one of the suckers they catch.

 

[Ekunga]

What is stopping people from charging for the time they have put in to getting the ticket?

Imagine you are a full AFL member your membership is worth $500 per year. You get a Grandfinal ticket and pay $100 for the ticket.

You could potentially sell it for greater than $100 due to the amount of money you have spent to obtain the ticket. You could almost sell it for $100 + ($500 * 3 years as member) = $1600.

I always thought you could do this with concert ticket as you either need to line up or hop on line to get the ticket and you should be able to get a return for this effort. There is also a risk that 2 teams no one cares about is playing and you are unable to sell the ticket one year therefore next year you would want to make more money from the sale of the ticket.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

What is stopping people from charging for the time they have put in to getting the ticket?

Imagine you are a full AFL member your membership is worth $500 per year. You get a Grandfinal ticket and pay $100 for the ticket.

You could potentially sell it for greater than $100 due to the amount of money you have spent to obtain the ticket. You could almost sell it for $100 + ($500 * 3 years as member) = $1600.

I always thought you could do this with concert ticket as you either need to line up or hop on line to get the ticket and you should be able to get a return for this effort. There is also a risk that 2 teams no one cares about is playing and you are unable to sell the ticket one year therefore next year you would want to make more money from the sale of the ticket.

Grand Finals have always been sellouts.