<p>So I have two tickets to a concert to sell due to a scheduling conflict that arose after I bought them. I listed them on Craigslist a few days ago, and got my first response today. I told the seller that I only wanted my initial investment back and told him the exact cash amount that it would involve. </p>
<p>When he replied that he was interested, his wording was this:
“I am still interested. I can exchange cash for the tickets unless you have another idea.”
Then he told me the suburb that he lives and works in, which is a fairly wealthy area.</p>
<p>Question is, the second sentence in his reply: “I can exchange cash for the tickets unless you have another idea.” This made me a bit nervous and made me wonder if it’s code for something. What other idea would he be referring to? I’ve not ever had a sale on Craigslist and am not familiar with how transactions are handled, although all along, I knew if I got a buyer, the transaction would take place in a very public place.</p>
<p>We have bought concert tix this way when we needed a few more for a concert my sons wanted to see…no problems. Just met at a McDonalds, paid cash and we were on our way. </p>
<p>My nephew bought one on Craigslist too. Just meet in a very public place. With friends, ideally! :D</p>
<p>If I were you I’d either sell them to someone I already know or donate them or just give them away. I wouldn’t go to meet some stranger for the value of these couple of concert tickets.</p>
<p>My friend buys and sells bike parts on craigslist pretty frequently (and he’s made a fair amount of money doing so), and he said that the seller chooses the location. If he’s willing to pay in cash the amount you want and he’ll meet you at a convenient time and place it shouldn’t be an issue.</p>
<p>I appreciate the responses that affirm my reaction to this. Honestly, I just finished (five minutes ago) the second season of Dexter (Showtime). Just started watching the series six days ago, so figure out how many episodes I’ve watched a day to get through two seasons! I thought maybe my mind was a little distorted by the intensity of the show and I might be making a mountain out of a molehill.</p>
<p>By the way, there’s no way of this person knowing through my craigslist listing that I’m even a female. And (as you can tell by my CC moniker), I have an ambiguous first name.</p>
<p>mousegray - it’s made pretty clear that you are not allowed to scalp tickets through Craigslist, which is why I flat out told him, all I want is my initial investment back.</p>
<p>No kidding! I blame it on D2 who got me hooked when she was home at the beginning of her spring break last week. Paid for most of the first season from iTunes because I didn’t want to buy a whole season until I knew if I’d like the series (watched a few episodes of season one with daughter’s resources when she was home, but bought the rest). So then I rented season two from the video store. Went to check it out Friday night and panicked when they said I could have it for five nights for $3. I thought I’d never get to all 12 episodes in five nights… well, here I am, two nights later, and done with season two! Makes for good entertainment to get me through my workouts. </p>
<p>On to season three this week! Perhaps all this Dexter watching will make me even more vigilant if I decide to meet this guy. BTW, an update, I emailed him back and told him that H and I were going to be down toward his way (not all the way, though) mid-week to meet some friends for dinner, and perhaps we could arrange a meeting place before or after the dinner. Of course, there are no dinner plans, but he’ll know that I’m bringing H along (of course, NOW he can make a pretty good assumption that I’m female).</p>
<p>Might he have meant Paypal? Some people transfer money to each other that way for online purchases, and he might have such a set-up, for example if he sells or buys on ebay, and assumes you do too. </p>
<p>You could e-ask him, “what did you mean by that?”</p>
Yeah - I caught part of that but I’m generally out of touch with ticket prices since I don’t go to concerts. I’m sure they’re way higher than I think they should be. But I also don’t mind donating if that’s an option but I don’t really know how one would donate concert tickets - i.e. who’d want them.</p>
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That makes the ‘exchange cash for…’ make a little more sense.</p>
<p>I don’t think any buyer would go for that since the concert is this Sunday. He had no problem with my offer to meet him somewhere with H, so I think it’s on the up and up. I don’t think I’d ever buy tickets through paypal. How do you know the tickets that are going to be mailed to you are not counterfeit?</p>
<p>I’ve sold concert tickets through Craigslist twice. Both times the transactions were fine. Once I mailed the tickets and the 2nd time I met the lady (who brought her H along) at a local store (fortunately we were local to each other).</p>
<p>I have bought concert tickets using paypal on EBAY, using verified sellers with a long history. Never had a problem in the past.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have the same kind of comfort level, sending them through the mail using paypal and craigslist, however. What kind of consequences happen to the seller if they don’t come through? </p>
<p>Meet in person with the H and the ticket buyer in a very public place. It should be fine.</p>
<p>Agree with all above. I wouldn’t have immediately realized he meant paypal, but it makes perfect sense. Be saafe, but you are probably fine. What concert will you be missing??</p>
<p>I was hoping no one would ask this. Let me preface it with, it was supposed to be an anniversary gift to my husband who loves Willie Nelson. But he has to be out of the country for business on the concert date (just found out a couple of weeks ago of this trip), and I am not a country music fan, so I’d rather sell them than try to find someone else to go with me. </p>
<p>One of H’s pre-set XM stations is Station #13… Willie’s Place.</p>
I definitely would meet him in a public place, take cash only.</p>