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Highest Price Found

Post by mdmf007 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:57 pm

Hey there -

Its time again, find the shittiest deal for a burningman ticket. This year will certainly be different. With Gate sales and the last tier price being available right up until the gates open or close that would limit the price a scalper could get - not so this year.

I found 798.00 on TicketExpress.com for General admission tickets to BM.

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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by AntiM » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:22 pm

Some guy who has a gift/staff ticket was selling it on Craigslist LA for $1000. I was going to post the link, but it has been flagged for removal.
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Post by Urban » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:25 pm

2 sold on ebay (where there are bunches) for $1900...

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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by DustHand » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:26 pm

Are VIP passes still available? Can I upgrade my ticket to reserved seating?
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Post by Urban » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:32 pm

You can still get discount BM coupons at McDonalds and Walmart :o
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by DustHand » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:37 pm

Urban wrote:You can still get discount BM coupons at McDonalds and Walmart :o
Sweet. My favorite part is the log flume, second only to the loop-dee-loop rollercoaster.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by illy dilly » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:45 pm

Folks on Denver Craigslist are trying to buy for 400-450. They are bidding on tickets that aren't even posted for sale.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by Sham » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:20 pm

Urban wrote:You can still get discount BM coupons at McDonalds and Walmart :o
I think I saw that. Up to 8 adult admissions for the same price of a child admission.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by International Incident » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:23 pm

What an outrage
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by trilobyte » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:26 pm

There's an asshat on StubHub with 16 tickets priced at $1498 apiece. Sadly, he/she will likely sell them.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by maryanimal » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:01 am

I read this tonight. Very interesting .

http://blog.burningman.com/
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by maryanimal » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:08 am

There's someone in the Skagit county area of Seattle that has 2 tickets foe 345 apiece.

Burning Man tickets - $345
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by maryanimal » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:09 am

I can't post the info in here can I?
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WTF

Post by Playa Hater » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:14 am

What the fuck?!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Burning-Man-Tickets ... 500wt_1210

Take the cake????
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Post by trilobyte » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:31 am

For kicks, you could post info and links about places that have tickets in the 2011 tickets board. There seem to be an awful lot of people in there right now who could use every bit of help they can get.
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Post by Playa Hater » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:38 am

Im sure they would love a $10,000 set of tickets. lol.
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Re: WTF

Post by capjbadger » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:13 am

Playa Hater wrote:What the fuck?!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Burning-Man-Tickets ... 500wt_1210

Take the cake????
Look at the bidding. There are people with fake accounts putting in false bids.

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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by trilobyte » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:45 am

Playa Hater wrote:Im sure they would love a $10,000 set of tickets. lol.
I was referring to maryanimal's post, she mentioned a reasonably priced set of tickets and asked if she should post it here. I say give the ticket hunters help and info if you can. I strongly suspect that most of them are ever going to put off getting their playa tickets to the last minute again.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by junglesmacks » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:35 am

$25,000 on stubhub.
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Post by AntiM » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:02 am

capjbadger wrote:
Playa Hater wrote:What the fuck?!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Burning-Man-Tickets ... 500wt_1210

Take the cake????
Look at the bidding. There are people with fake accounts putting in false bids.

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They opened at $540.

THIS GUY is scalping:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-Two-Burning-Man ... 500wt_1287
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by AntiM » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:04 am

I used my regular ebay account and asked if he felt good about selling that far above face value. I''ll share his reply, if I get one.
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Post by Elderberry » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:06 am

But there is a seven day money back guarantee! :shock:
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They opened at $540.

THIS GUY is scalping:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-Two-Burning-Man ... 500wt_1287
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by AntiM » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:31 am

$4,500 and $5K Buy It Now. Claims to be a five year burner. THIS GUY SUCKS ASS.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Burning-Man-Ticket- ... _500wt_949
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by jella » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:36 am

I had to look twice but 10 grand is what I see :shock:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... NA:US:1123
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by illy dilly » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:41 am

HOLY SKY ROCKET UP THE ASS BATMAN! THOSE TICKET PRICES ARE HIGH!
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by AntiM » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:01 am

jella wrote:I had to look twice but 10 grand is what I see :shock:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... NA:US:1123
They started at $540, and someone thought they were scalpers and drove up the price. I bet they're just burners who needed to unload their tickets and got caught up in the frenzy.

Same dickweeds are doing this to other auctions too. I'm warning the sellers to use Buy It Now if they relist.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by jella » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:10 am

Yeah, that's what we thought too the big jump to 9,999.00 gave it away. It's getting pretty ugly out there :( so un-burner like
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Post by Borris » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:47 am

this is actually a great way to fuck scalpers up.

open up a couple of fake e-bay accounts, run the price up to a point where it's not realistic at all (10K and upwards).
win the bid.
disappear.

the seller is left with nothing at all. you get to laugh at him, next time he tries posting those tix on e-bay do the same to him.
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by jella » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:51 am

I'm with the two wrongs don't make a right philosophy and why pick on people that start within legit price ranges :(
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Re: Highest Price Found

Post by Borris » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:59 am

Because E-Bay itself isn't the right place to sell your ticket. it aims at pumping the price up.

you want to sell it? put it on craigslist or facebook or here. at the face value. and sell to the first person you find reliable enough.
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