Archive for the ‘Tickets’ Category
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Whether you're Catholic or not, a papal visit to the United States truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to celebrate Mass at Nationals Park, in Washington D.C. on Thursday. The Pope will be accompanied by four choirs totaling 570 members, singing in ten languages from across the Archdiocese of ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Another "Sick of the Lies" segment focuses on music. There's an upcoming show (Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth) and he shows frustrations trying to buy concert tickets from Craigslist.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Need a couple of those hard to find Rice University baseball tickets. Well try using Craigslist. The Texas Longhorns come to town and tickets are hard to come by.
Some clever folks are hoping to cash in and have placed ads on Craigslist in hopes of making a profit. Read more...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Ticketmaster is going all out to prevent online hackers from "line-jumping" and getting the best seats first. They say they're "fighting like the dickens" and are taking this problem very serious.
It appears that hackers are gobbling big blocks of premium tickets before they go on sale to the general public. These crooks then ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
A Livermore, California traveler sees a sweet deal for airline tickets on Craigslist. She calls to purchase the tickets from the seller. Kathleen Weaver-Baker then confirms with the airline (Southwest in this example) to verify everything's on the up and up. So far so good.
Kathleen then wired more than $600 to ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
There's only about three plus months left until the Summer Olympic Trials ascend on Eugene Oregon. Of course, accommodations will be scarce and pricey. Where can one look to find local housing rentals? Craigslist, of course.
Lisa Lawton, the CVALCO Director of Community Relations says, "In terms of overall spectators we are ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Your favorite team is in town against a division rival. It's a must game, a critical game, a make or break game. Dang, but it's sold out. What do you do now? Why ... check out Craigslist and buy tickets there.
You might think that scamming sporting event tickets is illegal. Well, ...
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