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Buying tickets at the game


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What's people's experience with buying tickets from scalpers at the game? I haven't done it in years. My ticket source sold this week's game to someone else. It's the first home opener I will possibly miss in at least 5 years. I really want to go, but I am hearing a lot of horror stories about people buying fake tickets. A good friend of mine went to tailgate for the National Championship game and bought his son a ticket for $1000. It was fake! He lost that money. I also don't want to pay a crazy amount of money for them. If you needed tickets would you just buy of the internet, or go to the game to find some? Also if anyone knows someone selling please let me know. Thanks!

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I've scalped tickets before games over a dozen times and never had any issue. In fact I usually end up with lower level seats at or below face value, including the last regular season game against Tampa in 2015. Snagged wheel chair lower level for way under face value. It's my preferred way to buy tickets if I'm just looking for one or two.

The trick is to wait until the game is just about to start. Guys will be desperate to unload their unsold tickets right outside the stadium.

I would make sure the tickets are hard copies and not printed from a website, and if you get a sketchy feeling about the person maybe try someone else. If you want to be real sure about it, take a pic of the seller's ID.

Good luck.

 

also, huge games like the National Championship and Super Bowl are going to have hundreds of thousands of more fake tickets than your typical Carolina Panthers game

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When I go to Panthers games I only scalp if they're not playing the Bills. Because if I don't get in or get bad seats I don't care. But they're almost always under face value near kickoff. A few times I just sat near a guy selling them until kickoff. Followed him back toward his car and started yelling if anyone had tickets. He gave them dirt cheap. 

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I used to do it all the time, until I started valuing tailgate time more than the extra cash I paid to get them through NFL ticket exchange ahead of time. It sucks having to think about getting your tickets while you're drinking.

you can get some pretty good deals if you wait til last minute though

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