Royals DON'T buy WS tickets at current prices - Page 4

Strongside · 10-17-2014, 08:39 AM

I have a few friends that deal in the secondary market professionally here in KC. (Not scalpers, technically. These guys have offices and pay taxes.) I've been told by, literally, all of them not to buy until at least Monday. All three that I've called about tickets have told me they have them, but that no one is buying at current prices...even on StubHub. They say that by game day they expect prices to drop dramatically. One even saying he expects SRO to fall to around $250 and then for prices to increase incrementally from there. He basically said people are throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks at this point, and that nothing is sticking.

Again, I went to HS with 2 of these guys, so them not trying to stiff me isn't a surprise...even though it's basically what they do for a secondary income.

If you have the scratch to buy now, go ahead I guess. But if you're on a budget, I wouldn't rule out going to a game just yet.

Strongside · 10-17-2014, 05:19 PM

Game 2 sro on stubhub for 440. Like I said. These are going to fall big time.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 05:23 PM

Another thing nice about stubhub, is that the buying fees and selling fees are high enough to make arbitrage very difficult unless you can sell for a really big markup. So, people can't just grab these few tickets and mark them up $50 to keep the price where its at.

I guess if you had hundreds of tickets listed you might buy a few to prevent a panic, but otherwise you just have to glare at those tickets and hope they go away quickly before any other sellers see them and react.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 05:27 PM

The funny thing about it is if people weren't so collectively greedy, and would have priced them about where other cities were selling, many of us would have just shrugged and bought them.

I wasn't really in the mood to play games, I have plans to make, I would have liked to buy tickets earlier this week. I know you can get tickets cheaper on the day of the game, but I like having a choice between lots of seats and having my tickets printed out days in advance, and I'll pay a bit more to do that. But the ticket prices for this series are SO absurdly high, the sellers are collectively training the KC buyers to wait them out and jam them into must-sell mode.

Fine damn it, if you are gonna make me go through the hassle of monitoring the market and checking it several times a day to make sure I don't miss the bottom, then I'm gonna go ahead and squeeze every last nickle out of your sorry ass.

**ChiTown** · 10-17-2014, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

The funny thing about it is if people weren't so collectively greedy, and would have priced them about where other cities were selling, many of us would have just shrugged and bought them.

I wasn't really in the mood to play games, I have plans to make, I would have liked to buy tickets earlier this week. I know you can get tickets cheaper on the day of the game, but I like having a choice between lots of seats and having my tickets printed out days in advance, and I'll pay a bit more to do that. But the ticket prices for this series are SO absurdly high, the sellers are collectively training the KC buyers to wait them out and jam them into must-sell mode.

Fine damn it, if you are gonna make me go through the hassle of monitoring the market and checking it several times a day to make sure I don't miss the bottom, then I'm gonna go ahead and squeeze every last nickle out of your sorry ass.

Ha! That's where I am at. I'm going to game 2, come hell or high water. But, I'm going to wait this out for several days and watch the prices come tumbling down. No ****ing way am I buying right now.

BigCatDaddy · 10-17-2014, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

The funny thing about it is if people weren't so collectively greedy, and would have priced them about where other cities were selling, many of us would have just shrugged and bought them.

I wasn't really in the mood to play games, I have plans to make, I would have liked to buy tickets earlier this week. I know you can get tickets cheaper on the day of the game, but I like having a choice between lots of seats and having my tickets printed out days in advance, and I'll pay a bit more to do that. But the ticket prices for this series are SO absurdly high, the sellers are collectively training the KC buyers to wait them out and jam them into must-sell mode.

Fine damn it, if you are gonna make me go through the hassle of monitoring the market and checking it several times a day to make sure I don't miss the bottom, then I'm gonna go ahead and squeeze every last nickle out of your sorry ass.

Yep. I fully expect the prices to be about where they were for the ALCS. It's not like all of a sudden the demand changed a lot. Nobody said "Well, you know we get to the playoffs so often I think I'm going to wait until the World Series before I blow my wad on tickets". Same pool of people buying for the WS and it was the ALCS.

Lex Luthor · 10-17-2014, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Shit, the Marquis are in Kansas City ? Better tell Captain Sisko.

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Too slow.

And incorrect. Captain Sisko would go after the Maquis, not the Marquis.

**wazu** · 10-17-2014, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Yep. I fully expect the prices to be about where they were for the ALCS. It's not like all of a sudden the demand changed a lot. Nobody said "Well, you know we get to the playoffs so often I think I'm going to wait until the World Series before I blow my wad on tickets". Same pool of people buying for the WS and it was the ALCS.

I know a lot of people who held off on ALCS because they knew it was one or the other.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 05:45 PM

I can see the world series tickets holding firm a little bit above the ALCS, because the face value was a lot higher than the ALCS. At some point with the stubhub seller fee, if people are looking at just breaking even or taking a loss, they may just give them to a friend out of principle.

That said, I know how much they paid for upper-deck seats, and I'm fine with them making an extra $100 or so, but I am not going to pay them triple.

WilliamTheIrish · 10-17-2014, 05:51 PM

One other thing to remember is that it takes a paper ticket to get in. They won't scan your phone for the WS. (I haven't confirmed that myself, but heard it from an employee of KCR).

So if you plan on waiting to the very last second, be at a place that can print before you get to the stadium.

Good baseball team problems...

Captain Obvious · 10-17-2014, 06:00 PM

Some tickets were being sold on kcroyals.com this afternoon, but I was never able to get anything to come up. Had several sections "available". Any semblance of a chance of getting through disappeared about 20 minutes ago.

BigCatDaddy · 10-17-2014, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

I can see the world series tickets holding firm a little bit above the ALCS, because the face value was a lot higher than the ALCS. At some point with the stubhub seller fee, if people are looking at just breaking even or taking a loss, they may just give them to a friend out of principle.

That said, I know how much they paid for upper-deck seats, and I'm fine with them making an extra $100 or so, but I am not going to pay them triple.

That's cool. I'll pay $500 for my $400 125 seats I had in game 3 of the ALCS, but right now they are probably going for 3-4 times what I paid.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 06:03 PM

They were all singles scattered around the hy-vee box section. I wasn't fast enough.

Some of the people who bought them were smart enough to instantly list them on stubhub at really good prices that will definitely sell quickly to avoid the plunge thats coming this weekend. Those guys will probably each make about $200 per ticket.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

That's cool. I'll pay $500 for my $400 125 seats I had in game 3 of the ALCS, but right now they are probably going for 3-4 times what I paid.

I'm not even thinking about the lower section. If prices fall really crazily low then I might, but right now I'm hoping for a great deal on hy-vee box at around row H or better.

**alnorth** · 10-17-2014, 06:06 PM

I can picture hundreds of people getting home from work right about now, checking their stubhub account, and going "oh, crap". Its not a rout yet, but tons of tickets are now adjusting to the new "$500 get-in" paradigm.

edit: game 6 and 7 is being impacted now too

BigCatDaddy · 10-17-2014, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

I'm not even thinking about the lower section. If prices fall really crazily low then I might, but right now I'm hoping for a great deal on hy-vee box at around row H or better.

I don't go to many games, but I'd think I'd like an OF seat this time.

10-17-2014, 08:39 AM
Strongside Mahomes or GTFO Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: KC Casino cash: $6184282	DON'T buy WS tickets at current prices I have a few friends that deal in the secondary market professionally here in KC. (Not scalpers, technically. These guys have offices and pay taxes.) I've been told by, literally, all of them not to buy until at least Monday. All three that I've called about tickets have told me they have them, but that no one is buying at current prices...even on StubHub. They say that by game day they expect prices to drop dramatically. One even saying he expects SRO to fall to around $250 and then for prices to increase incrementally from there. He basically said people are throwing shit against the wall to see what sticks at this point, and that nothing is sticking. Again, I went to HS with 2 of these guys, so them not trying to stiff me isn't a surprise...even though it's basically what they do for a secondary income. If you have the scratch to buy now, go ahead I guess. But if you're on a budget, I wouldn't rule out going to a game just yet.
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10-17-2014, 05:19 PM	#46
Strongside Mahomes or GTFO Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: KC Casino cash: $6184282	Game 2 sro on stubhub for 440. Like I said. These are going to fall big time. __________________
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10-17-2014, 05:23 PM	#47
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	Another thing nice about stubhub, is that the buying fees and selling fees are high enough to make arbitrage very difficult unless you can sell for a really big markup. So, people can't just grab these few tickets and mark them up $50 to keep the price where its at. I guess if you had hundreds of tickets listed you might buy a few to prevent a panic, but otherwise you just have to glare at those tickets and hope they go away quickly before any other sellers see them and react. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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10-17-2014, 05:27 PM	#48
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	The funny thing about it is if people weren't so collectively greedy, and would have priced them about where other cities were selling, many of us would have just shrugged and bought them. I wasn't really in the mood to play games, I have plans to make, I would have liked to buy tickets earlier this week. I know you can get tickets cheaper on the day of the game, but I like having a choice between lots of seats and having my tickets printed out days in advance, and I'll pay a bit more to do that. But the ticket prices for this series are SO absurdly high, the sellers are collectively training the KC buyers to wait them out and jam them into must-sell mode. Fine damn it, if you are gonna make me go through the hassle of monitoring the market and checking it several times a day to make sure I don't miss the bottom, then I'm gonna go ahead and squeeze every last nickle out of your sorry ass. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
Posts: 36,130

10-17-2014, 05:45 PM	#53
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	I can see the world series tickets holding firm a little bit above the ALCS, because the face value was a lot higher than the ALCS. At some point with the stubhub seller fee, if people are looking at just breaking even or taking a loss, they may just give them to a friend out of principle. That said, I know how much they paid for upper-deck seats, and I'm fine with them making an extra $100 or so, but I am not going to pay them triple. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
Posts: 36,130

10-17-2014, 05:51 PM	#54
WilliamTheIrish Champion Golfer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $6160607	One other thing to remember is that it takes a paper ticket to get in. They won't scan your phone for the WS. (I haven't confirmed that myself, but heard it from an employee of KCR). So if you plan on waiting to the very last second, be at a place that can print before you get to the stadium. Good baseball team problems...
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10-17-2014, 06:00 PM	#55
Captain Obvious The Planet's Only Superhero Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: MO Casino cash: $8596472	Some tickets were being sold on kcroyals.com this afternoon, but I was never able to get anything to come up. Had several sections "available". Any semblance of a chance of getting through disappeared about 20 minutes ago.
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10-17-2014, 06:03 PM	#57
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	They were all singles scattered around the hy-vee box section. I wasn't fast enough. Some of the people who bought them were smart enough to instantly list them on stubhub at really good prices that will definitely sell quickly to avoid the plunge thats coming this weekend. Those guys will probably each make about $200 per ticket. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
Posts: 36,130

10-17-2014, 06:06 PM	#59
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	I can picture hundreds of people getting home from work right about now, checking their stubhub account, and going "oh, crap". Its not a rout yet, but tons of tickets are now adjusting to the new "$500 get-in" paradigm. edit: game 6 and 7 is being impacted now too __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
Posts: 36,130

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