Above the Law
Above the Law
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(Boston Globe Staff Photo / John Tlumacki) |
If You Can't Escape the Virtual Waiting Room This Season,
You'll Be Paying Obscene Prices for Fenway Tickets Because
Sellers, Regulators, and Police Brazenly Ignore State Statute
Limiting Ticket Markups and the Red Sox Stopped Going After
Season Ticket Holders Who Sell to Scalpers for Profit
Nobody Wants to Enforce the State's Antiscalping Law
Survey: Have Your Bought Tickets from a Scalper?
"It shouldn't cost a king's ransom for a guy to go with his family to a ballgame. Scalping is against the law. The law should be enforced." -- Joe Boucher, a Red Sox fan from Portland, Maine
Maybe China Has the Answer to
Boston's Ticket Scalping Woes
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Above: Armed policemen guard people accused of swindling, stealing and ticket scalping during a public sentencing rally at the Railway North Station in Chengdu in China's southwest Sichuan province. Thirty criminals were sentenced during the campaign. Local authorities have launched campaigns to crack down on ticket scalping, swindling, and stealing in order to assure the safety of passengers and improve the order of railway stations.
Extra Bases: John Farrell Hired as Sox Pitching Coach
