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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2745216, member: 1026"] What is the current state of outside venue ticket scalping? It'd seem to me that for regular sporting events it is not sustainable for scalpers to peddle fakes. I'm sure b/c it is easier to fake tickets it is more commonplace these days, but it still should be possible to find 'regular' scalpers and be relatively certain of getting usable tickets. Otherwise the market effects of sustained sales and possible police action deter the fakes market. On the other hand, given the ease of on-line resale I'd bet there are less fans selling tickets, so at a venue you almost have to deal with the scalpers and pay a little more than fan-to-fan. But I'd bet paying a scalper outside a venue is still less than the convenience premium you pay for advance ticket site purchases AND scalpers are still very able to hoard tickets en mass to make sure they have product. Lastly I'd think the inflated sports ticket prices is a bit of a governor on street level scalping. There's got to be a limited # of people walking around with $300+ cash that it'd take for decent seats these days and it'd seem to me the sheer absurdity of exchanging too much cash on the street acts as a natural restriction on street ticket pricing. [/QUOTE]