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TigahRag 
Texas A&M Fan
Sorting Out OT BS Since 2005
Member since May 2005
122331 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/7/09 at 7:18 am to St Augustine)
how did the attempted scam go down, if you don't mind ...
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TigersRuleTheEarth 
LA-Lafayette Fan
Laffy
Member since Jan 2007
26745 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/7/09 at 9:44 am to St Augustine)
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I spoke to the dude numerous times and scared into him giving my money back (he was the worst scammer ever)
 That is just awesome.
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MetryTyger 
LSU Fan
Metairie, LA
Member since Jan 2004
6134 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/7/09 at 2:24 pm to tiger91)
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Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful
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Even when I buy tickets right before the game, I make them walk to the gate with me to make sure it isnt a fake.
tiger91
We've done this ... as the SELLER. This baseball season, we bought 2 print at home tickets (we were buying and keeping the ones we needed as we needed 5). We got what we wanted and then sold the other 2 print at home to a dad and son for face value. I actually went to the gate with them to make sure that they scanned ... dad seemed appreciative. And I was happy to do it.
I applaud you 1,000 %.
Great Tiger.
I have done that also, but for a football game - Florida '07 !!
I had two extra tickets right next to me and my buddy's seats, and I actually looked for the saddest looking father and son with their fingers in the air that I could find - and sold them for face value. Of course because they were right next to us, we HAD to walk to the ticket takers together :)
Boy were they happy !!!
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FredSecunda
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2005
7112 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/7/09 at 2:29 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth)
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Crooks that take advantage of people's passions piss me off to no end.
I run into a similar problem with my heroin addiction.
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CajunRevolution
LSU Fan
Member since Apr 2009
28816 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/8/09 at 11:34 pm to BoulderTiger)
I'm sorry but I don't feel bad for the people who get scammed. You never ever buy tickets from somebody without the tickets in hand. I've never understood why people fall for such ridiculous shite like wire transfers.
If you're dumb enough to wire $3,000 to a grocery store, then you basically should get whats coming.
I refuse to apologize because I've bought and sold season tickets on here for football and baseball and never once did I ask for money in advance. It was all paid upon delivery. Its just astounding to witness some of the rampant stupidity on this board.
This post was edited on 8/8 at 11:38 pm
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PiscesTiger
LSU Fan
Plank and Evangeline
Member since Feb 2004
33504 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/11/09 at 8:52 pm to CajunRevolution)
Where's AbitaSpringsTiger when we need him?
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Teamtne
LSU Fan
Southaven, MS
Member since Aug 2005
730 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/12/09 at 3:48 am to PiscesTiger)
I have bought and sold tickets numerous times on here over the years without meeting face to face and have never had a problem. I live just outside of Memphis,TN.
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watigerdz
LSU Fan
Blaine, Wa
Member since Nov 2006
1108 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/13/09 at 1:06 am to bossflossjr)
Western Union is the worst they don't require any I>D> and will not confirm delivery
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LakeViewLSU
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
6244 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/14/09 at 6:02 pm to watigerdz)
I work for the American oil company and got transfer for job to work in Africa. Now i can no use my LSU american football tickets. Please send deposit to my work house in Nigeria, when i get deposit, i send LSU american football tickets.
God Bless You
This post was edited on 8/14 at 11:49 pm
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ShermanTxTiger
LSU Fan
Bloomington, Il
Member since Oct 2007
5765 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/16/09 at 10:15 am to BoulderTiger)
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Do not buy tickets from anyone that you cannot do a person by person exchange or a process you are comfortable with.
I posted a request for LSU tix and got an email and later a call from a guy who wanted me to pay using Western Union. He wanted the deal done immediately. I was not comfortable and bailed on the deal. I am almost sure it was a scam.
I later bought my LSU/ Wash tickets from Stub Hub with no issues.
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sms151t 
SMU Fan
Polos, Porsches, Ponies..PROBATION
Member since Aug 2009
15902 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/16/09 at 6:55 pm to ShermanTxTiger)
What was the name of the guy who had scammed multiple people last year or year before and got arrested and it made WAFB or the Advocate? Also, what I have done is always get the person to call at specific times and not use a PO Box.
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josh336
LSU Fan
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
38021 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/17/09 at 11:46 am to BoulderTiger)
LINK
is it the OP of this thread?
This post was edited on 8/17 at 11:47 am
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Ponchy Tiger
LSU Fan
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
21219 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/22/09 at 11:38 pm to BoulderTiger)
I never understood why Chicken allows ppl to scalp tickets on this site. I can see ppl wanting to atleast get the percentage of their tradition fund with the ticket price but beyond that is scalping. last time I looked scalping was illegal in louisiana.
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TigersRuleTheEarth
LA-Lafayette Fan
Laffy
Member since Jan 2007
26745 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/22/09 at 11:43 pm to Ponchy Tiger)
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last time I looked scalping was illegal in louisiana.
This is from 2006, but I think the only thing that has changed is that you are allowed to ask for face + any donation you made to acquire the ticket (e.g. Tradition Fund or TAF fee):
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Louisiana • Prohibits ticket scalping except through the Internet • Allows tickets sold through an Internet website that meets the following criteria to resell tickets without price limits o Website must be authorized by original seller and venue o Must guarantee full refund if the event is canceled, the purchaser is denied admission through no fault of his own, or the ticket is not delivered as promised and this results in an inability to attend the event o Website must disclose its guarantees (La. Rev. Stat. § 4: 1)
LINK
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gxlfnut
LSU Fan
BIG B R
Member since Oct 2005
2894 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/23/09 at 6:16 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth)
chicken doesn't allow scalping, this is a member generated web site, chicken does not censor the content of our posts, only post that are forwarded to the administrator are reviewed, of course chicken reads a lot of the post, but he can't be expected to review all
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TigersRuleTheEarth
LA-Lafayette Fan
Laffy
Member since Jan 2007
26745 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/24/09 at 9:21 pm to gxlfnut)
I just wanted every one to know that the scammer has contacted someone as recently as Friday 8/21. He is still lurking around here. Be careful.
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gxlfnut
LSU Fan
BIG B R
Member since Oct 2005
2894 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/24/09 at 10:22 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth)
a lady in arizona emailed me with the same story, and there are quite a few scammers on craigslist, just waiting for a sucker to sent that money via walmart, money order, or western union, also the scammers come out on ebay this time of the year, if it looks too good to be true, then its not true, the ole hook line and sinker, another fish is caught
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clamdip
LSU Fan
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
7690 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/24/09 at 11:04 pm to Teamtne)
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I have bought and sold tickets numerous times on here over the years without meeting face to face and have never had a problem. I live just outside of Memphis,TN.
Ditto. I live in Denver. There are 3-4 games a year I won't be able to make. And usually 1 game a year I'm looking for tickets. I generally use PayPal or meet in person if the timing works out. Haven't been burned yet.
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INVESTR7
LSU Fan
LAKE CHARLES
Member since Nov 2008
67 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/24/09 at 11:17 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan)
NO SHITHEAD IT WAS NOT ME, I WISH I HAD TIX TO SELL!!!!!
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Barbster
LSU Fan
Marrero, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2008
64 posts
| re: Got scammed by someone trolling this board...be careful (Posted on 8/26/09 at 3:57 pm to BoulderTiger)
Here is my story of getting scammed last year.
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=14838081
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