Tickets Go On Sale June 14

Beermonkey · June 16, 2006, 10:21:57 AM

Quote from: ice grillin you on June 16, 2006, 10:14:14 AM
Regardless of the nature of Razorgator, the act of giving them tickets would only be an issue if it was found that they were receiving a greater number than other vendor partners of similar revenue, for the expressed interest of resale on their site.

what if it were found that razorgater was taking the tickets they receive and scalping them thru their site

Then obviously it's a problem. What if Turkey Hill execs were found scalping tickets on E-bay?

I'm not defending them, just saying that an exchange of tickets between the Eagles & their advertising partners is not an unethical process. Giving them to a partner with the clear intent for them to be resold is unethical.

ice grillin you · June 16, 2006, 10:23:30 AM

Then obviously it's a problem. What if Turkey Hill execs were found scalping tickets on E-bay?

same consequences...of course youre not going to across the board stop scalping...but thats a far cry from giving ticket to and having a relationship with an actual scalper

Rome · June 16, 2006, 10:23:31 AM

Quote from: SunMoTzu on June 16, 2006, 10:11:12 AM
i can't help that you have deep guilt about once being a Jags season ticket holder.

Being a season ticket holder got me into the Super Bowl at face value.

Trust me, not only don't I have any guilt about it, I actually benefitted greatly from it. Donating the lion's share of tickets to the USO in Jacksonville made me feel pretty good plus I got a nice tax break too.

So, Ha.

@ Beermonkey... yeah, he is a pretty cool dude. We've been friends for almost 35 years now.

SunMo · June 16, 2006, 10:26:51 AM

Quote from: Jerome99RIP on June 16, 2006, 10:23:31 AM
Quote from: SunMoTzu on June 16, 2006, 10:11:12 AM
i can't help that you have deep guilt about once being a Jags season ticket holder.

Being a season ticket holder got me into the Super Bowl at face value.

Trust me, not only don't I have any guilt about it, I actually benefitted greatly from it. Donating the lion's share of tickets to the USO in Jacksonville made me feel pretty good plus I got a nice tax break too.

So, Ha.

eh, i'm breaking your balls and right away your getting fargin fresh

ice grillin you · June 16, 2006, 10:27:48 AM

got my first response....from narducci...

We tried to get how many seats RazorGator gets from the Eagles, but weren't successful. As for your scalping question, the ticket brokers get around it by saying they are providing a service (i.e., mailing the tickets, getting them the seats). I think that is weak, but they get away with it.
The reason game sales are done is to give the so-called fan who can't get a season ticket a chance to purchase tickets. Unfortunately, they usually get gobbled up by people looking to sell them through ticket brokers.
While nothing illegal is going on, I think that for an NFL team to have a relationship with a place that sells that team's tickets at a marked-up price leaves a bad taste with the fan.
Thanks for the note.

Marc

Rome · June 16, 2006, 10:31:52 AM

So the Eagles aren't going to spill the beans, huh?

Figures.

Just f'ing come out and tell the fans the truth. Don't lie or try and make limpdick excuses for your questionable business practices.

Just say "hey, RazorGator pays us a ton of money in ad revenues so they get first crack at whatever tickets are left over."

How hard would that be? Jesus... I swear, the Eagles are like the Stazi with the disinformation they pawn off to the fans.

hunt · June 16, 2006, 10:34:39 AM

Quote from: phattymatty on June 16, 2006, 10:19:32 AM
wow what a bunch of whiners

i'm just pizzed that i couldn't get tix to sell on ebay.

Beermonkey · June 16, 2006, 10:36:11 AM

Quote from: phattymatty on June 16, 2006, 10:19:32 AM
wow what a bunch of whiners

You should head on over to the smoking ban thread then.

phillywin2k5 · June 16, 2006, 10:52:17 AM

the Eagles are basically selling the tickets to an out of state vendor to avoid scalping laws! Also wasnt part of their agreement with the city for the stadium to provide the fans a certain amount of tickets each year?

hunt · June 16, 2006, 10:55:40 AM

Quote from: phillywin2k5 on June 16, 2006, 10:52:17 AM
Also wasnt part of their agreement with the city for the stadium to provide the fans a certain amount of tickets each year?

that's probably true because yesterday spew said something about the eagles making the "required" number of single game tix available to the public. i wasn't sure what he was talking about because i know some teams have nothing but season tix...but he must've been talking about the agreement with the city.

Beermonkey · June 16, 2006, 10:56:50 AM

Quote from: phillywin2k5 on June 16, 2006, 10:52:17 AM
the Eagles are basically selling the tickets to an out of state vendor to avoid scalping laws! Also wasnt part of their agreement with the city for the stadium to provide the fans a certain amount of tickets each year?

It has yet to be proven that any tickets were sold to Razorgator by the Eagles. According to Spads, the exact same amount of tickets that was made available to the public as last year, was made available this year.

QuoteThe Eagles have made available to the public the EXACT same number of tickets for single-game sales since the opening of Lincoln Financial Field.

PoopyfaceMcGee · June 16, 2006, 11:04:29 AM

All that proves is that if they are, in fact, doing something shady, they've been doing it for years and years.

Rome · June 16, 2006, 11:07:48 AM

I still haven't found corroboration but I distinctly remember reading an article in one of the Philly papers that stated that 10,000 single-game tickets per game would be made available by the Eagles.

If my Googling skills weren't so atrocious, I'd find a link to the story.

ice grillin you · June 16, 2006, 11:09:56 AM

that's probably true because yesterday spew said something about the eagles making the "required" number of single game tix available to the public. i wasn't sure what he was talking about because i know some teams have nothing but season tix...but he must've been talking about the agreement with the city.

that explains that part of it and thats acceptable...but the actual sale of said tickets should be run in a much better and more secure fashion...ie the will call process i previously mentioned....if you have an agreement to get x amount of tickets to the fans each year then make sure they get directly to the fans

phillywin2k5 · June 16, 2006, 11:11:38 AM

Quote from: Beermonkey on June 16, 2006, 10:56:50 AM
Quote from: phillywin2k5 on June 16, 2006, 10:52:17 AM
the Eagles are basically selling the tickets to an out of state vendor to avoid scalping laws! Also wasnt part of their agreement with the city for the stadium to provide the fans a certain amount of tickets each year?

It has yet to be proven that any tickets were sold to Razorgator by the Eagles. According to Spads, the exact same amount of tickets that was made available to the public as last year, was made available this year.

cmon both you and I know that tickets exchanged hands for cash between the Eagles and Razorgator. they probably paid 200% for the tickets and agreed to give the Eagles kickbacks on the profit that Razorgator makes on the tickets.