OT: Interesting trend developing

[pittdan77]

For background, I live very close to Happy Valley. Over the last week, I've been approached by three people offering me (a known and somewhat loathed Pitt fan) an opportunity to purchase Pitt tickets to every game but Penn State at the amazing price of face value. I'll add, that there are several reasons why I don't attend more games with distance being in the top five but would love to be a season ticket holder.

Basically, I'm philosophically opposed to offering more than "free" as my opening and closing bid because I certainly don't want to ruin their perception of the lowly Pitt fan but mostly because I have zero inclination to help them out. They laughed at us for buying a million tickets, no reason to let them laugh at us twice for bailing them out. When the scoff, I suggest they donate them back to the University to hand out to kids which also seems to be unacceptable. (Draw your own conclusions there,)

In truth, I really am looking for some fun responses because I enjoy that sort of thing and given the narrative, I should expect at least forty thousand similar offers in the next few weeks.

 

[Pitt79]

I'm all about self interest, and don't care what anybody thinks, if I was you, I'd offer to buy tickets to games I'd actually want to go to at a discount. I'd offer maybe 50%. It's ALL ABOUT ME, so I don't care if they think I'm cheap or anything like that. Get tickets at a good price for yourself, don't think about all that peripheral nonsense. Look at it this way, who cares if you "help them out" if at the same time you're fulfilling your own needs.

 

[Pitt79]

Some of you take this stuff way too seriously, like as if there is really a war or something between Pitt people and Penn State people, it's only like that among diehard types. Average, typical people don't take things that seriously.

 

[pittdan77]

Some of you take this stuff way too seriously, like as if there is really a war or something between Pitt people and Penn State people, it's only like that among diehard types. Average, typical people don't take things that seriously.

Nah. I just like to have fun. I don't take this seriously at all. Sorry if I made it out that way.

I offered to pick and choose and at a discount but none of them seem to be willing to budge so far. I probably will buy something eventually.

 

[Jpripper88]

Nah. I just like to have fun. I don't take this seriously at all. Sorry if I made it out that way.

I offered to pick and choose and at a discount but none of them seem to be willing to budge so far. I probably will buy something eventually.

There isn't another home game all year you won't be able to get tickets to at or below face value and probably for better seats. Good luck to them. They'd be better off donating and taking the deduction.

 

[Saboteur]

Nah. I just like to have fun. I don't take this seriously at all. Sorry if I made it out that way.

I offered to pick and choose and at a discount but none of them seem to be willing to budge so far. I probably will buy something eventually.

Tell them you'll trade them their remaini g Pitt tickets and two tickets to next year's game in State College forface value of the PITT tickets.

 

[JohnnyGossamer]

Hmm. Trend, eh? Maybe more Penn State fans bought the full season than I realized.

 

[Piranha]

Hmm. Trend, eh? Maybe more Penn State fans bought the full season than I realized.

PS only received 3,300 tickets, so even if 7k Nitwits bought season tickets that takes u to a little over 10k.

 

[zwicker]

For background, I live very close to Happy Valley. Over the last week, I've been approached by three people offering me (a known and somewhat loathed Pitt fan) an opportunity to purchase Pitt tickets to every game but Penn State at the amazing price of face value. I'll add, that there are several reasons why I don't attend more games with distance being in the top five but would love to be a season ticket holder.

Basically, I'm philosophically opposed to offering more than "free" as my opening and closing bid because I certainly don't want to ruin their perception of the lowly Pitt fan but mostly because I have zero inclination to help them out. They laughed at us for buying a million tickets, no reason to let them laugh at us twice for bailing them out. When the scoff, I suggest they donate them back to the University to hand out to kids which also seems to be unacceptable. (Draw your own conclusions there,)

In truth, I really am looking for some fun responses because I enjoy that sort of thing and given the narrative, I should expect at least forty thousand similar offers in the next few weeks.

No skin off our noses. Us PSU fans bought the Pitt vs PSU game and got the rest for free. We are looking to dump the rest and they will end up on StubHub.

Pretty much confirms that most of the Pitt season tickets sales are a farce and the Pitt/PSU game will be a ton of PSU fans.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

PS only received 3,300 tickets, so even if 7k Nitwits bought season tickets that takes u to a little over 10k.

I think the correct answer is that brokers bought up thousands realizing the profit potential. Sure, maybe a couple thousand PSU fans bought them but brokers are shrewd. They realize a deal when they see it. The university even threatened to cancel broker bought tickets so you know they were flooded with broker order requests.

The question is how many Pitt fans vs PSU fans are buying tickets in the secondary market. My guess is that secondary market tickets are 80/20 PSU since 40K or so Pitt fans and 10K students already have tickets.

 

[Jpripper88]

No skin off our noses. Us PSU fans bought the Pitt vs PSU game and got the rest for free. We are looking to dump the rest and they will end up on StubHub.

Pretty much confirms that most of the Pitt season tickets sales are a farce and the Pitt/PSU game will be a ton of PSU fans.

You aren't good at math, are you?

 

[pittdan77]

You aren't good at math, are you?

Can't read the OP either.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

You aren't good at math, are you?

Isn't saying that a nitter isn't good at math sort of redundant?