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Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I want opinions on this one...

My Father-in-Law has tickets to the Phillies Home Opener that he won from a lottery

I talked to him over thr weekend and he said he's not going to the game and said he wants to sell the tickets, so I asked him if I can buy them and he said $100 a piece for tickets that are around $35 I think face value

He said he's putting them up on Stubhub for $150 a piece

I was a little surprised considering I am married to his daughter that he would try to make money off of me

I said they're your tickets and you can do what you want with them...but if they don't sell for what you want I'm not taking them for face value off you

Anyone have this ever happen with family ?
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,050
    If the man can use the money...

    then he needs the money....



    but selling tickets to a family member.....that were FREE ....

    is fucked up in my book............
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    If the man can use the money...

    then he needs the money....



    but selling tickets to a family member.....that were FREE ....

    is fucked up in my book............

    I'm sorry...he paid for the tickets like $80 for 2

    He's trying to get at least $200 back

    I don't begrudge the guy for trying to make money from a stranger...I thought if he knew I wanted them I would get them for face value

    He has a 17 game plan also...so he can't be hurting too much for money
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    but selling tickets to a family member.....that were FREE ....

    is fucked up in my book............

    couldn't have said it better myself. that's pretty messed up. but they are his tickets and he can do/sell them for whatever he wants.

    edit--just saw your next post. face value seems more than fair here.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,050
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    If the man can use the money...

    then he needs the money....



    but selling tickets to a family member.....that were FREE ....

    is fucked up in my book............

    I'm sorry...he paid for the tickets like $80 for 2

    He's trying to get at least $200 back

    I don't begrudge the guy for trying to make money from a stranger...I thought if he knew I wanted them I would get them for face value

    He has a 17 game plan also...so he can't be hurting too much for money
    sell them to a stranger...
    give them to family....

    thats my opinion...
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    I'm sorry...he paid for the tickets like $80 for 2

    He's trying to get at least $200 back

    I don't begrudge the guy for trying to make money from a stranger...I thought if he knew I wanted them I would get them for face value

    He has a 17 game plan also...so he can't be hurting too much for money

    yeh, sounds like bad form. ive had distant family try to pull random shit like that. wouldnt get involved. you told your wife?
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    mfc2006 wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    but selling tickets to a family member.....that were FREE ....

    is fucked up in my book............

    couldn't have said it better myself. that's pretty messed up. but they are his tickets and he can do/sell them for whatever he wants.

    edit--just saw your next post. face value seems more than fair here.

    I know..I'm not asking for free tickets

    I think he's pissed because no one went in on his 17 game plan...which at the time I didn't have the money to put down for those tickets
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,050
    actually...i would just tell Dad-in-law....very politely...

    "no thank you"

    and leave it at that....

    then i wouldnt mention those tickets....or any tickets to him ever again...

    if my father in law tried to sell me tickets.....for a profit...

    i wouldnt hold it against him.....

    i just wouldnt ask him for any tickets ever again....period!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    It's his right to sell them for whatever he thinks he can get and it's your right not to buy them for what he's asking. Family is family, but does he really owe you anything? I'm not saying you shouldn't be annoyed (I would be too) but keep it in perspective.
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    I'm sorry...he paid for the tickets like $80 for 2

    He's trying to get at least $200 back

    I don't begrudge the guy for trying to make money from a stranger...I thought if he knew I wanted them I would get them for face value

    He has a 17 game plan also...so he can't be hurting too much for money

    yeh, sounds like bad form. ive had distant family try to pull random shit like that. wouldnt get involved. you told your wife?

    Yeah...she at first was on his side of course its her Dad

    I told her he's being a dick and you can't justify trying to rip-off family

    She sees my point and agrees...I dont want her to get involved its not that big of deal I was just surprised
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    DeLukin wrote:
    It's his right to sell them for whatever he thinks he can get and it's your right not to buy them for what he's asking. Family is family, but does he really owe you anything? I'm not saying you shouldn't be annoyed (I would be too) but keep it in perspective.

    I hear ya

    I was just shocked...he's got his weird ways but this was a surprise

    He's the type that only see's things his way most of the time..so I shouldn't be shocked
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    actually...i would just tell Dad-in-law....very politely...

    "no thank you"

    and leave it at that....

    then i wouldnt mention those tickets....or any tickets to him ever again...

    if my father in law tried to sell me tickets.....for a profit...

    i wouldnt hold it against him.....

    i just wouldnt ask him for any tickets ever again....period!!!

    That's what I told my wife at dinner last night

    I'm not gonna ask or bring it up again

    Just thought it was a dick move
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,050
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    actually...i would just tell Dad-in-law....very politely...

    "no thank you"

    and leave it at that....

    then i wouldnt mention those tickets....or any tickets to him ever again...

    if my father in law tried to sell me tickets.....for a profit...

    i wouldnt hold it against him.....

    i just wouldnt ask him for any tickets ever again....period!!!

    That's what I told my wife at dinner last night

    I'm not gonna ask or bring it up again

    Just thought it was a dick move
    its your best move....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    definitely your best move. good to hear ur wife sees both sides, and thats another reason to leave it alone. but you are right, he is being a bit of a dick - to the poster above who said its his perogative to do what he wants is true, but its also his perogative to be a dick about it!!

    anyways, Speedys right, dont get involved, and dont bring it up again. only thing worse than being subjected to that kind of stuff is to retort to it in anyway.
  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    Guess it depends on what kind of a relationship you have with him. I have the kind with mine that if he didnt just GIVE me the tickets, I would call him out on it. "Not my fault you cant go, give me the damn tickets! You dont need the $$ anyhow!!" hahaha....:-)
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I think it's best to leave it alone. I totally see both sides of the argument and if the Phils didn't win the World Series and weren't raising the banner that night those tickets wouldn't be in such demand and he'd probably give you the tix.

    It's just that the circumstances are not usual so I can see why he wants to make some money on the tickets.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,050
    Solat13 wrote:
    I think it's best to leave it alone. I totally see both sides of the argument and if the Phils didn't win the World Series and weren't raising the banner that night those tickets wouldn't be in such demand and he'd probably give you the tix.

    It's just that the circumstances are not usual so I can see why he wants to make some money on the tickets.
    AH!!! the plot thickens.....

    The World Series Banner will be raised???????......

    Then i say give the Dad-in-law the money....

    and go to the fucking game....hehehehehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Buy nosebleed seats to the same game and let him know you got them on the cheap. :o
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Solat13 wrote:
    I think it's best to leave it alone. I totally see both sides of the argument and if the Phils didn't win the World Series and weren't raising the banner that night those tickets wouldn't be in such demand and he'd probably give you the tix.

    It's just that the circumstances are not usual so I can see why he wants to make some money on the tickets.
    AH!!! the plot thickens.....

    The World Series Banner will be raised???????......

    Then i say give the Dad-in-law the money....

    and go to the fucking game....hehehehehehehehehehe

    Yeah, the tickets never went on sale to the general public. You had to win a lottery to be able to buy tickets to the game. That game along with the Red Sox series are the hardest tickets to get this year for the Phillies.
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    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Definitely a dick move trying to scalp tickets to your family.

    It's one thing if you have like $100 tickets and you want to cover what you paid, but it's $80 for two tickets... just give them to your family members, or at the very most charge them face value.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    What I want to know is why did your father in law enter the lottery if he doesn’t want to go to opening day of the champion Philadelphia Phillies? Was his intent all along to sell them?

    I know people that entered that lottery and would kill to go to that game.

    Now they have to pay some jack ass scalper in order to do so.

    That kind of shit pisses me off big time.

    As far as your situation, he should sell them to you at face value. Apparently, his intent all along was to make a buck off of this.
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