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This seems like a pretty interesting scheme.

How quickly are you able to turn tickets around? Do you usually buy a large number of tickets at a time or do you minimize risk by only buying a pair?




Most of the tickets are on sale 3-4 months ahead of time. You can turn them around very quickly if you're willing to go for the lowest price on Stubhub which may or may not be the optimal strategy. My fastest turnaround was 4 Jimmy Buffett lawn tickets in California that I got for $40 each and sold on Stubhub for $80 each an hour late.

Generally I buy a pair at a time because you are more likely to get 2 good seats together than 4 seats together. Then go back and immediately buy two more. Sometimes I buy 4. It mostly depends on available funds and mood, it's not something I have mathematically optimized.


How do you get around the restrictions that will be placed on Cohen tickets, will call only and must have id and credit card that tickets were reserved with?


Ah, good for him. It's really a great thing for the fans when the shows are will call only. Tom Waits does the same thing; it cuts scalpers out. I didn't investigate it that closely because I wasn't planning on buying tickets for it.


What if you are local to the venue? Can you typically pick up your tickets at Will Call far enough in advance to sell them online?

Appreciate all the helpful info... :)


It's actually only the fan presale that is will call only, I believe that the regular onsale has normal delivery options.


So at best you can make $100 profit per day? Doesn't sound like a winning combination to me.

I don't think that's what the original poster had in mind. He may have been looking for a high-paying consulting gig, you know, the kind that pays $1,000/day.




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