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Mike says "STOP USING CRAIG'S LIST FOR TICKETS"

Super_Sash Permalink
Super_Sash is there ANYTHING legit on there?

STOP BEING A NOOB!!!!
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YorkvilleBeerLover Permalink
YorkvilleBeerLover stop using it for everything - Gone are the good days when you could score a prostate milking from a ski bunny at 3am for a Barter.
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DrWilson Permalink
DrWilson @YorkvilleBeerLover said:
prostate milking
beautiful phrase! one up for you, sir. I would give you 1000 if I could.
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JackStrawDan Permalink
JackStrawDan No thanks, bought all my Gorge tickets off Craigslist for under face, one night of UIC for 90$ which ended up being a deal for the time.

Craigslist is a pickup deal so its pretty hard to get screwed.
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Super_Sash Permalink
Super_Sash @JackStrawDan said:
No thanks, bought all my Gorge tickets off Craigslist for under face, one night of UIC for 90$ which ended up being a deal for the time. Craigslist is a pickup deal so its pretty hard to get screwed.
reading everything on here it looks like it's rather easy to get screwed.

Gorge tix were everywhere this year...and cheap.
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Mr_Miner Permalink
Mr_Miner I got tickets from CL to see Paul Simon at the House of Blues. It works.
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JackStrawDan Permalink
JackStrawDan @Super_Sash said:
@JackStrawDan said:
No thanks, bought all my Gorge tickets off Craigslist for under face, one night of UIC for 90$ which ended up being a deal for the time. Craigslist is a pickup deal so its pretty hard to get screwed.
reading everything on here it looks like it's rather easy to get screwed.

Gorge tix were everywhere this year...and cheap.
I mean you go and pick the tickets up personally and hand the person your cash, if the tickets a print off just say no. Also I feel a persons body language would be pretty shady if they were scamming you face to face when you met them, especially if it were at their place which is where I've always gone. And they'd have to be pretty damn crafty to replicate a hard PTBM.

I also bought $400 dollar bass head, hockey jersey, and a handful of other tickets on Craigslist. I never felt like I was ever gonna get scammed, the only bad part about Craigslist is how awkward it is going to the persons apartment or house. So for me Chicago craigslist has been great over the years.
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PlainDan Permalink
PlainDan I got 4 tix for this run, a bike, a freezer, and a painting all in the last 3 weeks. You just have to not be a retard and don't wire people money.
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Super_Sash Permalink
Super_Sash Look, is it possible you might score a NYE for face on CL...sure, I guess so. ANYTHING is possible...

@mr_miner did you meet in person? PS is a wonderful musician, but he's not selling out MSG for NYE in under 5 minutes anymore (IF he ever did).

I guess I shouldn't be suprised about how gullible some people are.
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mangobrain Permalink
mangobrain Phish 12/28 4 floor tickets - $46 (2)
Date: 2011-11-22, 4:06PM EST
Reply to: sale-hjzqk-2716083906@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
I have 4 extras in section 2 for the first night

Anybody have anything good to trade? I already have the other 3 nights and if I just write "best offer" there are some bitter people flagging it. So no cash offers. Just cool trades...vinyl...art...etc...

What do you all make of something like this? Probably should have hit up cashortrade...
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PlainDan Permalink
PlainDan @mangobrain ..........if you are asking if people will get pissed at this trade, I don't think so......if you are asking if it's fair, I'd say definitely............btw I have some tight Jumbie art if you are interested and some shit that I can only label as "Psychedelic China" but that's up for debate......
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Bamajama Permalink
Bamajama I just bought a husband. He plays video games 24/7 but he's cool.
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PricklyHairs Permalink
PricklyHairs @Super_Sash said:
@mr_miner did you meet in person?
It should be a given that you never do a craigslist deal without meeting in person.

I bought lots and lots of discount lift tickets off of craigslist two winters ago and never had a problem. Care to guess why? If you guessed "because you met them in person" you'd be right! :)
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Super_Sash Permalink
Super_Sash @Pricklyhairs i'm amazed at how many people moma got. Meet in person.

It fascinates me how we can let our guard down once we hear what we want from the other person.
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mangobrain Permalink
mangobrain @plaindan said:
@mangobrain ..........if you are asking if people will get pissed at this trade, I don't think so......if you are asking if it's fair, I'd say definitely............btw I have some tight Jumbie art if you are interested and some shit that I can only label as "Psychedelic China" but that's up for debate......
Despite the obvious scamming, I just hesitate to demonize anything from the get-go. I came across this, and it seemed fair, so I figured that I'd post it here to see what people thought. If I had extras, on the other hand, I'd offer them first to friends back home, then to the good people of .net, probably for a trade.
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MomaDan Permalink
MomaDan I've been using CL all the time recently to buy and trade guitar equipment. I think im gonna put up my Fulldrive on cashortrade to try my luck at a NYE ticket
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Super_Sash Permalink
Super_Sash I think we're falling off the topic...This was just on the tickets.

@momadan CL works great for stuff like that. I have used CL for fish tanks, fish, bass guitars, home brewing equipment and toys for my boys. NOT ONCE WAS THERE AN ISSUE.

The point here was just to not be a broke a$$ moron trying to save $30 on a ticket and finding out you're getting scammed...becuase by the time you realize it, it's already too late...

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bluetree Permalink
bluetree I too have used CL many times to buy & sell phish tickets for face or less. Always meet in person for a face to face trade. I met some solid fans there and we continue to look to each other for tickets from time to time.
If you are smart about it you should not get ripped off and always met face to face. I have also had the same kind of luck with cashortrade. I always start there but when looking to buy from the secondary market, the local CL is sometimes better than being 1 of 100 people going after the same tickets on cashortrade.
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newoldfiddle Permalink
newoldfiddle be semi-smart, and you should be fine......
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HarrisonHood Permalink
HarrisonHood me and my buddies got 4 face value tickets off C list for providence last year like an hour before the show
im going to keep using it too
I got a great hummer from a girl who need money for tuition the other day
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kidrob Permalink
kidrob i scored 2 alpharetta for face plus fees on the 4th of July in the pavilion. it works, you just got to decoded the legitimacy of the fan. he was from NY, I'm from Chi, and he just could not go anymore. he also sent me pics of the PTBM.
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Fluffhead Permalink
Fluffhead I've bought tickets off Craigslist. Just don't buy print at home tickets, and don't send cash or pay with Western Union. NEVER pay with Western Union. Use PayPal. And don't pay over face. I've been seeing them for over 18 years and I've never paid over face for a ticket. If I can't get em for face, I don't buy em.
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tmwsiy Phish.net Staff Permalink
tmwsiy never had a problem with CL & Phish tickets (or anything else)
Have met a couple cool dudes I still stay in touch with and am stoked to see at shows.
Got a Hampton ticket even for a poster trade.

I always do phone numbers right off the bat and talk to the seller for a bit.
Abundantly clear right off the bat in my opinion if fan or not.

Likewise, I have had to sell a couple of times, at face, and never had an issue.
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Zutroy Permalink
Zutroy got fix for both nights of jones beach last summer on craigslist. worked out.
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PlainDan Permalink
PlainDan ^^^^^ as in H?
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