ROCHESTER, N.Y. – As the Buffalo Bills played their first pre-season game, News10NBC investigated the team’s free training camp tickets. During camp, dozens of tickets were found being sold illegally on the secondary market.
When News10NBC alerted StubHub, the company immediately took the tickets down and now it looks like it’s fining the people who posted the free tickets for sale.
Greg Tedone grew up a Giants fan near New York City but fell right into Bills Mafia when he went to SUNY Geneseo.
“And now I’m training my young family to also becoming Bills fans,” said Greg Tedone, who posted Bills’ camp tickets on StubHub.
He jumped into the lottery for Bills camp tickets and won but there was a conflict on his day. In an effort to get tickets on a day his family could go, he put his tickets up for sale on StubHub.
Berkeley Brean, News10NBC: “Did you know at the time you posted these tickets that it was illegal to sell free tickets on the secondary market in New York?”
Greg Tedone: “I did not. That seems like an obscure law to me.”
It passed three years ago and the law “outlaws the sale of free tickets.”When News10NBC contacted StubHub, the company took the tickets down and then contacted sellers like Greg in an email. They asked for “proof of purchase.”
Not only did they charge back the money he got for three tickets – about $423 – they tacked on another $99.
“Correct,” Tedone said. “The amount they have now transacted to my credit card is almost $100 over the amount they paid me for the tickets that I thought I had sold.”
In July, StubHub said “Sellers who violated our user agreement now face hefty penalties, including permanent suspension from the marketplace.”
Berkeley Brean: “What happened to the tickets do you think?”
Greg Tedone: “After I uploaded them I think they went unused.”
Tedone does not recall any warning on any camp ticket that said it could not be sold and he wishes StubHub returned his tickets.
“In which case I would have continued my efforts to either acquire new tickets or give them a deserving family that wanted to take their kids to the game,” Tedone said.
News10NBC found Bills camp tickets getting sold on eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. StubHub says the user agreement states penalties can equal or double the cost of the ticket.
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