SWIM got a nice surprise in the mail - Page 2

gunjah · #11 2007-07-19, 18:24

If your nearby (within mass, ri, or ct) just go to Gillette stadium and sell them. Just research where the seats are and what not. Youll probably be able to get BIG money for those tickets. Is the price printed on the tickets? If so just sell them for that if you want to avoid trouble, youll still be making huge money. Hell, you could even offer to sell them to one of the scalpers, im sure they would buy them.

Grand Masta Thief · #12 2007-07-19, 18:46

ebay them, you will probably get over retail value, legally

Sententiae · #13 2007-07-19, 19:12

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Originally Posted by EnhancedLogic

The law actually says whatever arrives in the mail belongs to you even if it was a mistake. You can ask any lawyer this and the reasoning behind it is simple.

For example....
If Best Buy shipped you a 2000 dollar plasma tv by mistake, it is not your responsibility to burden the cost of bring it to the actual own who lives three states away.

That's if they were shipped to you, with your name on it. Since it wasn't address to him, it's mail fraud.

You should be all set though, I'd sell them to the scalpers. It's less work and if anything goes wrong, they can't track it back to you.

halo007 · #14 2007-07-19, 21:05

...That's pretty low...

But I guess you should never pass up an opportunity... but still...

Why don't you just give him back his tickets, and he'll probably take you to a couple games :P

BostonKid · #15 2007-07-19, 22:08

if you go scalp them you have to sell them for the price their worth sell them for more you can get in trouble and they have liek undercover rent a cops acting liek they wanna buy them and seeing how much your sellin them for

BostonKid · #16 2007-07-19, 22:09

oh and you should check atleast a game or soemthing out considering the pats kick ass and all

outsmartyouwithignorance · #17 2007-07-20, 01:16

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Originally Posted by halo007

...That's pretty low...

But I guess you should never pass up an opportunity... but still...

Why don't you just give him back his tickets, and he'll probably take you to a couple games :P

QFT he probally would take you to a few games

bc1718 · #18 2007-07-20, 03:34

Be very careful. I'll give you a warning now, this probably would not work. My dad has season tickets to the Patriots and he told me that if your tickets are lost/stolen, you can report it to the box office at Gillette Stadium or something. They will cancel the barcodes on the tickets you have and reissue new ones. He told me that if you try and use the canceled barcodes, they can arrest you on the spot. Idk if its true or not but it is what i've heard.

However, someone may have a point when they said it doesnt matter because it came in your mailbox so it legally belongs to you. I'm not sure.

whocares123 · #19 2007-07-20, 05:48

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Originally Posted by bc1718

Be very careful. I'll give you a warning now, this probably would not work. My dad has season tickets to the Patriots and he told me that if your tickets are lost/stolen, you can report it to the box office at Gillette Stadium or something. They will cancel the barcodes on the tickets you have and reissue new ones. He told me that if you try and use the canceled barcodes, they can arrest you on the spot. Idk if its true or not but it is what i've heard.

However, someone may have a point when they said it doesnt matter because it came in your mailbox so it legally belongs to you. I'm not sure.

This makes the most sense. The guy that was supposed to get the tickets is definitely going to call and say he never got them, the Patriots will say they sent them, they will both conclude they somehow got lost, and I'm sure they can then make those tickets void, and promise to send him new ones for the same seat. Who the fuck do you think you're dealing with here? The team makes a shitload from ticket sales, and season fucking tickets cost a shitload. They don't just let this stuff go.

Best idea is to take the guy his tickets. I don't know if he'd give you a reward because it's just something people do when they get other people's mail by mistake, you know. And if what I assume above is right, it's not like the tickets are irreplaceable. He'll probably say "oh thanks, I was wondering why those hadn't come in yet. Bye."

Alternative idea: Keep them, let your neighbor get his replacements, and wait until football season and sell them on the street to people before games, then get the fuck out of there. When the tickets come up void at the gate, you'll be nowhere around and the guy that bought them from you won't know where to find you.

deadhero · #20 2007-07-20, 08:19

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Originally Posted by whocares123

Alternative idea: Keep them, let your neighbor get his replacements, and wait until football season and sell them on the street to people before games, then get the fuck out of there. When the tickets come up void at the gate, you'll be nowhere around and the guy that bought them from you won't know where to find you.

Best idea so far. Enhanced_logic is wrong - opening mail addressed to someone else is a federal offense in the US, even if it does come to your address. It's not legally yours just because it accidentally got delivered to you. Maybe the laws are different in Dreamland.

Anyway, be careful, because that guy you ripped off will know where to find you - scalping around the stadium the following sunday.