• Would you pay $50 for a special ink pen if it came with a free ticket to a sold-out college football game?
The Daily Reveille reports that’s the deal scalpers are offering at Louisiana State University, where students buy cheap tickets to the game and turn a profit on them outside the stadium.
Selling a ticket for more than face value is illegal in Lousiana, as in many other US states. Student reporter Chris Grillot found that scalpers – who get the tickets at discounted student prices – are trying to do an end run around the ticket law with the pen deal.
I came across numerous people asking for up to $50 outright for their tickets. But there were other kinds of offers. I found many proposing to sell me a sleek LSU ink pen or a rare pencil eraser for $50. They also came with a free football ticket.
But it’s just a ruse and not actually legal, Grillot discovered.
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