<p>Ugh! I have a huge dilemma. I bought four tickets to see Neil Diamond this summer, BEFORE I got a save the date postcard from one of my cousins announcing her mom’s 90th birthday party the same day - but 1,500 miles away. I was really, really looking forward to seeing Neil Diamond, and had pretty much ruled out making the trip, but now I have other motivations. In two weeks, I’m heading back that way (less 350 miles) for my high school reunion. I was counting on seeing my sibs and their families while in town, but now have found out that many of them will be out of town, so I won’t get to see them all. So now I’m thinking I really should try to make this trip for the 90th birthday party. My mom was one of 11 kids, and there are only two aunts left. I enjoy getting together with all the extended family, and don’t know when it will happen again, nor which of the two aunts might still be alive then. Also, many of these cousins were very close to my mom, and were invaluable when she was sick and dying.</p>
<p>So I’m starting to entertain the idea of selling my Neil Diamond tickets and trying to go to the reunion. I don’t care about making money on them, just getting back my investment. I’ve never resold concert tickets before to anyone, so I’m a bit skeptical. I know there are some websites that people use that are pretty legit. Has anyone on here ever used a website to sell tickets, and if so, what advice do you have.</p>
<p>I have bought tickets on Ebay, and my D has bought sports tickets on some sports site, both worked out well, but until I had the tickets in my hand, I was worried. I guess using Paypal protects the seller for sure.</p>
<p>Last year a poster here was selling a week’s hotel stay in NYC, and within 24 hours another poster bought it. Hopefully you get some interest here, and we can keep it in the family :)</p>
<p>I have known people that have used Craigslist- TicketHub & the resale section of Ticketmaster’
You could also try the Neil Diamond fanclub website-</p>
<p>Oh my gosh… I just looked on Stubhub (Tickethub redirects you to Stubhub), and prices for similar locations for my tickets are $140/ticket more than what I paid for them… and up (to $500/ticket more than I paid) . The sad part is that I finally opened my envelope that they came in, and they’re floor seats! So now I feel really, really torn again. Of course, I could ask for some of these higher prices, and it would about pay for my airline ticket and accommodations for the birthday party. Stubhub collects a 15% commission, but still, I can’t believe what people are willing to pay!</p>
<p>I’ve bought tickets on Stubhub – and next year, I plan to buy in advance for an event that we went to last weekend, and use StubHub to sell them if we can’t go. We’ve been happy with the service.</p>
<p>I have bought tix from StubHub and some local ticket broker resellers, and my s sold tickets to the MTV music Video awards on Ebay. Also have bought tix on Craigslist (which is a little riskier). Why don’t you see if you have a local “ticket broker” in your city that will buy them from you? And I agree, if you post the date, time, location,perhaps someone here is interested. Be careful not to violate the TOS, though…</p>
<p>jym626 - I certainly don’t want to violate any TOS, but if anyone is interested in seeing Neil Diamond in the Chicago area at the end of July, please feel free to PM me. In the meantime, I will research the policies of Craigslist and Stubhub further. From the consensus here, though, I am leaning toward Stubhub.</p>