A lot of people who purchased legitimate Super Bowl tickets months in advance through ticket brokers later found themselves watching the game on TV after those brokers claimed they were unable to get the tickets that were promised. One New York-based broker who is being sued by the state of Washington recently filed for bankruptcy protection as dozens of customers look to get refunds on their tickets and other related travel expenses. [More]
ticket brokers
Super Bowl Ticket Broker Files For Bankruptcy After Not Being Able To Provide Paid-For Tickets
By 5.5.15
Ticket Broker Can’t Deliver Customer’s $4K Super Bowl Tix… Until Local News Gets Involved
By 2.4.15
Here’s the thing about buying Super Bowl tickets: You can get them for a relatively decent price — even through a broker — if you buy them early enough, before anyone knows which teams will even be making the playoffs, let alone playing in the big game. But you stand the chance of those tickets mysteriously vanishing when a ticket broker realizes he can get a lot more for them from last-minute buyers. [More]
Redskins Makes Fans Wait While Scalpers Cherry-Pick Tickets
By 9.3.09
The Washington Post reports the Washington Redskins gave ticket brokers the first crack at their tickets during the 2007 and 2008 seasons, making fans pay more from the third parties.
OnTheGoTickets Is Just TicketsMyWay In A New Skin
By 8.7.08
Back in June we mentioned how TicketsMyWay has a reputation for not actually providing tickets—”MyWay” apparently refers to the company and not the customer, and it translates into “no tickets or refunds for you.” A customer who learned the hard way about TicketsMyWay sent us an alert that the company is operating under a new banner, OnTheGoTickets.com.
TicketsMyWay: Sell Tickets You Don't Have, Keep Money, Threaten Customers, Profit!
By 6.25.08
There is a company by the name of Ticketsmyway.com (Event Tickets LLC) that has the scam of the century running. Their operations run like this.
