Wanted: advice on buying concert tickets from craigslist

[Grandmaster]

Hi everyone,

I might be meeting a local dude in order get 2 tickets for a bloc party show in SF on July 30th.

I really want to go to the concert but I wasn't able to get tickets when they were on sale at ticketmaster, so I've had to resort to craigslist/ebay.

Given the shady stories I've heard about craigslist, I'd like to avoid being scammed.

Here's the listing

I called the guy and he says they are hard tickets. He says that I shouldn't worry about being scammed since he put up his real number on craigslist.

What should I do?

 

[Sazar]

Hi everyone,

I might be meeting a local dude in order get 2 tickets for a bloc party show in SF on July 30th.

Pay him in installments i.e. a little up front and more on the back end.


Craig's list has scammer's but, some deals are legit.

Also, you are meeting a DUDE in SF

:devious:

 

[Grandmaster]

Pay him in installments i.e. a little up front and more on the back end.


Craig's list has scammer's but, some deals are legit.

Also, you are meeting a DUDE in SF

:devious:

LOL, nah apparently he lives in Santa Clara which is where I live

Installments are a possibility.

 

[tdinc]

de-listed by author, Did you get the tix GM?

 

[Grandmaster]

Maybe he just did that. I haven't bought them yet, or he found another buyer. I was supposed to meet him in 4 hours...

 

[madmatt]

And?

 

[Sazar]

And then?

 

[Dark Atheist]

take a crow bar with you, if he asks what its for just say its for violent negotiation's if you can't agree on a price

 

[kcnychief]

No and then!

Yeah so how did it go?

 

[Grandmaster]

I asked the dude for ticket serial numbers, which I could have to used to verify the tickets with the venue that show is being played at, and he basically said "Just trust me."

I decided to bail out.

The show is 2 months away. If another opportunity presents itself I'll get the tickets - or maybe just go to the night of the show and get them from scalpers at the door.

 

[madmatt]

Good call on bailing.

 

[Grandmaster]

Ended up getting tickets through American Express (their validity was guaranteed).

WOO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxLnI3_GIk

 

[madmatt]

That really works? I thought those commercials were fake!