Question about buying Alabama tickets

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the scalpers are asking $400 for nose bleed seats, no thanks.

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unless one the teams has lost a few games before we meet, it isn't gonna get any better for you.

If you aren't high on the TAF list, I can't imagine you have any other choice but to buy from someone

I say this to everyone looking to buy big game tickets. Do not pay the obscene prices. If you are not trying to bring a family of four or need an odd number of tickets just show up the day of the game and you will get two for at or very close to face value. I have done this for years for all major sports and have never paid more than a few bucks more than face. A lot of first time scalpers don't list tickets online and expect the same prices on campus. When they realize they can't get even half of what they thought, they are left with tickets as kickoff approaches. When this happens they try to get whatever they can which is where you win.

You're still comfortable with scalpers in the age of bar code scanning?

Obviously you never saw my buddy's expression when he and his scalped ticket were denied entry to the Superdone to see LSU win its first national championship since 1958.

Now, on the flip side, in 2001 I bought what turned out to be bogus tix in Stark Vegas. I got in - just tearing tickets then, no scanning- and after a polite entreaty with the authorities at my seat occupied by legitimate ticket holder- was allowed to mingle in the upper deck with the other LSU folks.

buy some outside the stadium on game day.

That is the answer to any and all ticket related questions that get asked on here. If you have any common sense and or negotiating skill you will have no trouble finding and procuring tickets to any and all events you want to attend without paying the enormous mark up of stub hub

Stubhub is supposedly scam free so you do pay more for that. I've used stub hub to buy and sell tickets and I can't complain.

For stadiums that seat close 100,000 it's always a buyers market. You're best bet if you don't want to use stub hub is to walk around and buy tickets from someone who has extras and is going to the game and isn't a scalper. You'll be pay closer to face value though but you are less likely to get scammed. Just walk around the tailgate area and ask for tickets.

You should go and buy from scalpers on game day. I've done this a lot and never bought fakes. Usually end up paying around $100. Just make sure you familiarize yourself with what the real ones look & feel like before you buy.