From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron)
Newsgroups: ne.forsale
Subject: Re: Swap Bruce for U2?
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:02:52 GMT
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Distribution: ne
Organization: What do you mean 'That *can't* be done????'
In-reply-to: dfl@aeolus.think.com's message of 22 Jul 92 17:22:18 GMT

>>>>> "David" == David Lively <dfl@aeolus.think.com> writes:

  David> NNTP-Posting-Host: aeolus.think.com

  David> In article <1992Jul22.121702.5996@europa.asd.contel.com>
  David> markt@rocky.gte.com (Mark Tsombakos) writes:

      Mark>    Hello all,

      Mark>    I would like to get an idea if there is anyone out
      Mark> there that would be willing to swap their U2-Foxboro tix
      Mark> for Springsteen-Centrum tix.  I lucked into very good
      Mark> seats for Bruce, but was shut out of U2 tickets (good ones
            ^^^^^
      Mark> anyway).  If you have good seats for any of the U2 shows,
      Mark> preferably 4 seats, and would like to swap, send some
      Mark> mail.  I am either going to swap the seats or go myself so
      Mark> please don't ask me to sell them.

  David> Listen Scumbag, Just what are you trying to pull here?
  David> "Trading" tickets to see one guy for tickets to see four?
  David> And don't give us this "but Bruce has a band with him" crap -
  David> if they're not named, they ain't shit.  Is this some sort of
  David> "Buy American" scam?  I hope you get stuck with the Bruce
  David> tickets then coated with bloody saliva and mucus from his
  David> shredded larynx.  			Have A Nice Day


What is this attitude?  TMC is a great company and they don't often
hire people who represent them in this manner.  

In the future, you might consider re-reading the message you are
responding to as well as your own to see if it is fit to be viewed by
thousands of people worldwide.  

Anyways, if you *had* read the above message, you would notce that
the poster said "I lucked into very good seats for Bruce" *and* that
                                         ^^^^^
he is "either going to swap the seats or go" himself.  Ease up, ok?


  David> P.S. But seriously, the fact that scalpers are loathsome
  David> parasites doesn't mean scalping should be illegal - just
  David> don't buy from them and harass them at every chance.  I
  David> vaguely remember some story of a guy who followed a scalper
  David> around telling all of his prospective scalpees that the guy
  David> had sold him counterfeit tickets the night before.
  David> Eventually the scalper dumped the ticket below cost just to
  David> get rid of the guy.  This strategy is less effective with
  David> bands that play the same scripted, rehearsed show night after
  David> night.

  David> Keep the thread alive!

This PS does *little* to rectify what was said in the first paragraph.
Make a choice - either make it illegal or leave them alone.  If it is
not illegal, they are not doing anything wrong and you are wrong for
harrassing them.  If it is, you do not have the right to be a jerk and
harrass the guy; 

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