| What is a "Broker"? |
A Broker is defined as "One hired
for a fee to negotiate purchases, contracts, or sales". A ticket
broker does just that. There are people that want to sell their
tickets and there are also people that want to buy those same
tickets. There are 2 ways that a broker can do this. The broker
can buy the tickets outright from the seller and hope that they
can sell them. If the market drops or the tickets don't get sold
the broker incurs the loss. The second way is the broker could
take the tickets from the seller on consignment and keep a fee
if they are sold. Either way a ticket broker puts the buyers and
the sellers together for a fee.
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| Why are the tickets above face
value? |
Tickets are being sold at "Market
Price". This means that the ticket brokers are also buying them
at well above face value. Basically if someone is selling their
tickets to a major event, they generally want to sell them for
what they are worth. The majority of the price of the ticket is
usually the cost for obtaining them. Then there are general business
expenses added to the cost of the tickets.
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| How do we know that the tickets
are genuine tickets? |
By purchasing from a licensed
ticket broker you can be assured that we have taken the necessary
precautions to guarantee that they are genuine. We verify all
of our sources for tickets and only buy from those that are reliable.
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| Isn't it true that if it was
not for all the ticket brokers that buy the tickets that there
would be plenty of seats for the fans? |
No. Ticket brokers generally have
a very small percentage of seats to any event and it does not
affect availability at all. Most shows that are sold out would
not even come close to having enough seats for all the fans wanting
to attend.
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| Don't ticket brokers purchase
large blocks of tickets that are never offered to the public?
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No. Most performers and sports teams
assure that this does not happen. Promoters make sure that the
tickets are not sold in advance and impose limits when they go
on sale so that one person can not buy a large block. The tickets
that brokers have available are usually purchased at the general
public on sale a couple of seats at a time.
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| Can I check references on Tickets
Unlimited Inc.? |
Visit our section entitled
About Us .
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| Isn't it illegal to sell for
more than face value? |
| In Arizona, there are no limitations
placed on Ticket Brokers selling in an office or online. |