Drabble by Kevin Fagan for May 09, 2012

Here in Utah ticket scalping is legal. Scalpers have offices and put ads in the paper.

Wow. Utah’s crazier than even I thought.

In yesterday’s strip she was told she had a good seat, but that drawing of echo it looks like she’s in the nosebleed sections too.

It also looks like there are extra seats by him not occupied.

@Gator007Only about 60% of Utah is Mormon.

I don’t understand “scalping – bad!” If someone is dumb enough not to research pricing, and pays more than ticket value, why does that make the seller a criminal? On that logic, every item sold in America is a criminal act because all retailers mark up prices over the amount they paid for them – you know, to make a (read it slowly) “profit.”

Those are ticket brokers. Ticket scalping by definition is selling on the property of the event. There are many people in the business that are 100% honest.

People object because they see the original cost on the ticket. Do you blame the market because they make money on milk or every other thing they sell?

@route66paul No, we blame them because the general public can buy tickets at face value, but these “brokers” send armies of people out to wait in lines buy up the good tickets before the general public. Retail is different because the public does not usually have a chance to purchase at the wholesaler price. If I wanted to save money on milk, I would get a cow and learn to pasteurize.

MOOOOOOO

uru8: Only 5% of the Soviet Union were communists. It’s not the numbers, but the power.

ugh……my pappy was big scalper…..him name Cheif Hair Gitter……

I think the scalper put Norm in the cheap seats and Echo next to himself……..

@ rangerlg – Pasteurizing is easy – just buy a pasteure and put the cow on it! lol

I don’t see why scalping is illegal. Are they forcing people to buy these tickets at gunpoint? If you don’t like the price, don’t buy. But I agree that it is not right for someone to be able to buy the best tickets before they go on sale for the public.

He took the crappy seat and gave her the good seat. Tonight he’s going to get so LAID! ;-)

Why does milk need to be pasteurized. Up to your knees would be fine