cp ticket scalping?

if i book a package deal im going to end up with more friday night tickets than i need, is cp going to care if i try to sell my extras near the gate?

You sure are putting a lot of thought into this Halloweekends visit, aren't you?

Of course parks care when you sell tickets out from under them at the gate, but it's only scalping if you sell it for more than what you paid for it.

And they aren't required to honor a ticket that's been resold.

Don't forget a sign "who needs two!"

I wouldn't try doing that on CP property. It is private property, and they could remove you from it with no refund (including your hotel stay).

Just eat the price of the friday tickets. Not sure how many you need, but for 16 bucks, Friday tickets can be converted into Sunday tickets.

I would just like to clarify that in no way do I condone the resale of his tickets. I personally don't have a problem with it, but I know CP does.

if you're going to do it be smart. Sell it to someone you bump into at the resort when you check in, etc.

Or perform a random act of kindness and give it to someone that you run into for free. I was lucky enough to get a free ticket from a random person at PKI once, and it made my day!

^ that would probably be the best option. Or barter it for a gourmet pretzel....mmmmm.

I've given away tickets before. People's faces just light up when you give them free tickets. They really appreciate it, and it will make you feel good about yourself for the rest of the day.

I've gotten free tickets before too - it really makes you feel great to have a reminder that some people are still nice :)

Each state has different scalping laws. Here in Indiana, it's allowed without restriction, for example, but I know that's not the case other places. Each company may also have its own policy regarding resold tickets. At least at CP, if you re-sell a free or courtesy ticket, it will not be honored.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Cedar Point's tickets say that they're void if they're resold.

Yes, they do.

Its hard to prove, but they are void if resold.

Yes they do. Same rules apply to sport tickets too. If you have extra tickets, the best thing to do is just give them away. I do this with coupons all the time. You can't make money on them.

However, in most places you CAN sell them at face value. It's when you start charging over what you paid for them that it becomes "scalping".

^^ - Not usually with sports tickets.

I do know that in Detroit, it is illegal to sell tickets in a public place. So even selling them for face value outside a venue can get you arrested.

In Grand Rapids though, we've sold extra Griffins tickets outside the arena many times. No worries.

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Doing some research online, I've found that in some states, it's purchasing a "scalped" ticket that's the crime, not selling it.

That's rather interesting.

I was doing the same... It seems that in Ohio, the laws are established by each city, rather than by the state.

Ohio Code 505.95
(A) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution to regulate in the unincorporated area of the township, by license or otherwise, the resale, by parties not acting as agents of those issuing them, of tickets to theatrical or sporting events or to other public amusements.

(B) The board of township trustees may establish a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each separate violation of any resolution adopted under division (A) of this section. Fifty per cent of the moneys arising from the collection of the fine shall be deposited in the township's general fund. The remaining fifty per cent of those moneys shall be deposited in the county's general fund.

(C) Any person allegedly aggrieved by a violation of a resolution adopted under division (A) of this section may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in connection with the act or practice that violates that resolution.

But from that same website, it also seems that Ohio does prohibit it on the state level. See below:

At least sixteen states prohibit resale of tickets: Arizona, Arkansas, California. Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

It seems like more of a case of it being prohibited by the state, but the state allows the individual municipalities to de-criminalize it.
Kind of the opposite of a lot of other things that the state says is OK, but individual cities can ban them. Smoking in restaurants is a good example: Ohio has no regulations against it, but Summit county, the city of Lakewood (still?) and various other cities/townships/counties have banned it.