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Cops bust alleged scalper outside Fenway Park

By adamg on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 12:18pm

Here's a tip: Don't hold a sign outside a Sox/Yankees games. Cops tend to notice things like that. Especially if the sign reads "I need tickets!" when you're actually selling them ($100 for a ticket with a face value of $47).

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By anon on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 12:33pm.

"StubHub" or "Ace Tickets" he wouldn't have been arrested.

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By Jimmy on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 12:51pm.

BPD actually arrested a scalper? I guess he wasn't part of the club.

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By Colin on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 3:00pm.

They actually nabbed someone for that? I've seen cops standing near guys yelling about buying tickets. Guess you only get in trouble if they see you actually exchange money.

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By eekanotloggedin on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 5:25pm.

exchange money in order to prove that the seller was taking more than the face value of the ticket?

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By Mmaryy on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 4:55pm.

The City selectively enforces scalping laws. If they were serious, the ticket agents would be shut down, and we could afford to attend games.

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By goobs789 on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 9:49pm.

holy cow! they bust the poor guy but ace tix continues to scalp and ripoff the public??

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By Brian Riccio on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 2:58am.

Jim Holzman of Ace Tickets has half the State House in his pocket. This little pimp has been laughing in the face of the anti-scalping law in this state for years, due to an alleged loophole that allows licensed ticket brokers to charge you for "service charges"?

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By anon on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 8:14am.

That guy has been at Boylston and Ipswich for years. He must have overcharged some cop.

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By Pete Nice on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 10:11am.

These guys know where they can go and can't go. And most of the known scalpers business is done over the phone first, and then someone meets them up to exchange tickets. All the cops know them, and all the scalpers know what to do so they don't get arrested.

Make no mistake about it, there is a game going on there that the cops and scalpers have to play, but I would bet my life this wasn't about a cop that got overcharged.

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