The laws are actually based on what state the event takes place, not residency. Of course this is an inherit problem with all scalping..eBay, craigslist whatever..but come on this is Ticketmaster itself.

Arkansas: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Connecticut: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $3 per ticket for all entertainment events held in the state.
Florida: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $1 per ticket for all entertainment events held in the state. In addition, does not permit the sale of multi-day or multievent tickets that have been used at least once for admission.
Georgia: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Illinois: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events in the state. However, ticket brokers licensed in the State of Illinois are not covered by this rule, and may accept any price for tickets provided that their listing contains their Illinois registration number in listings for events in Illinois.
Kentucky: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Louisiana: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Massachusetts: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $2 per ticket for all entertainment events held in the state.
Michigan: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Minnesota: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.
Mississippi: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held on state owned property, and athletic contests at Mississippi colleges or Universities in the state. Resales of tickets to other events held in Mississippi are not restricted by this rule.
Missouri: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $3 for all sporting events held in the state.
New Jersey: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $3 or 20% per ticket (whichever is greater) for all entertainment events held in the state. For additional information, click here.
New Mexico: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all college athletic events. Resales of tickets to other events held in New Mexico are not restricted by this rule.
New York: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $5 or 10% per ticket (whichever is greater) for all entertainment events held in the state.
North Carolina: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $3 for all entertainment events held in the state.
Pennsylvania: permits resales of tickets at no greater than 25% over face value, or $5 over face value, whichever is greater, for all entertainment events held in the state.
Rhode Island: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $3 per ticket or 10% of the price printed on the ticket, whichever is greater, for all entertainment events held in the state.
South Carolina: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value plus $1 for all athletic contests, sporting, entertainment and amusement events held in the state.

if you want a ripoff, try using the season ticket exchange for NFL games. i'll use the titans for example. i post my tickets i can't use on there for whatever price i want, and another season ticket holder buys them if they want to. they take 10% profit from me, and at least a 15% profit from the buyer.

Face value is arbitrary. Market value reflects the true value of the cost along with the consequences of living in a free market economy.

That said, the fees are infuriating, which is why we're free and why we hope by having everyone compete (a la Kayak) prices will come down.

I suggest looking at Baseball/Hockey tickets - nosebleed seats - which seem to usually go for under $20. You can pick up 2 and after the TicketsNow surcharges it comes to just about $50. While I wouldn't ever endorse giving money to TicketsNow, if they want to give you free (or nearly free) tickets, we might as well hammer their bottom line as much as we can.

Lomic said:I suggest looking at Baseball/Hockey tickets - nosebleed seats - which seem to usually go for under $20. You can pick up 2 and after the TicketsNow surcharges it comes to just about $50. While I wouldn't ever endorse giving money to TicketsNow, if they want to give you free (or nearly free) tickets, we might as well hammer their bottom line as much as we can.
I'll most likely use the coupon for basketball games, where tickets go under $20 and $30 (I saw $6 tickets as well).

kaiblu said:bigdaddycincinnati said:In my last post, I assumed (poor choice) that the event took place in the same state as the ticket purchaser. But the place of the event is not that important: I could sell tickets above face value to an event in a state that prohibits selling tickets above face value if I sold them to a resident of a state that had no such prohibition. The state in which the event was held would have no jurisdiction over me for that transaction.

Unless there's some Internet merchant law I don't know about, you can still sue them in federal court with diversity jurisdiction. There's definitely "minimum contacts" too, with them soliciting business from you and offering tickets in your area.

Not to mention by buying and selling tickets to an event in a state you have availed yourself to that state's laws.

jd2010 said:kaiblu said:bigdaddycincinnati said:In my last post, I assumed (poor choice) that the event took place in the same state as the ticket purchaser. But the place of the event is not that important: I could sell tickets above face value to an event in a state that prohibits selling tickets above face value if I sold them to a resident of a state that had no such prohibition. The state in which the event was held would have no jurisdiction over me for that transaction.

Unless there's some Internet merchant law I don't know about, you can still sue them in federal court with diversity jurisdiction. There's definitely "minimum contacts" too, with them soliciting business from you and offering tickets in your area.

Not to mention by buying and selling tickets to an event in a state you have availed yourself to that state's laws.

I suppose it's arguable, but I don't think a seller located in Ohio to a buyer in, say, Connecticut to an event in New York would satisfy minimum contacts for a New York court to take personal jurisdiction over the Ohio seller. Maybe there's case law to the contrary, but I don't think it's enough that the ticket is for a New York venue.

Yeah, Horton Heat's been doing that for years. Hardcore would be putting it lightly. Not a fan, but respectful of anyone that can play a musical version of the Energizer Bunny for decades.

Michigan: permits resales of tickets at no greater than face value for all entertainment events held in the state.

Hrrrm, really? Someone better tell that to the street vendors I went for a Beastie Boys show at the club there by Ford Field nothing more enjoyable than watching scalpers work the lines.

Cost to attend my show of choice if I go straight through Ticketmaster: $76

Cost to attend my show of choice if I use this deal: $100

That sucks.

It's not Ticketmaster selling the tickets.. it's individual sellers. Think stub hub. And yeah, it's pretty crappy on some stuff. But some other events aren't and they are actually a deal (especially with the free shipping).. Now to if that GC would just come I could buy my tickets!!!

-M