LOL! Happened to me and my friend in the 1980s, this black dude came up to us at Penn station NYC and said he could sell us two tickets to see the Rolling stones, $40 bucks a piece so we gave it to him. And he told us to wait right here, he be coming back with the tickets just as soon as he got them from the hotel Pennsylvania across the street. Guess what? He never came back! What a surprise! LOL. True story, we were naive as hell.
That same guy likely went on to make a career of selling tickets to the Statue of Liberty and the Staten Island Ferry!
That happened to my brother in law, my husband told him not to trust the guy with the “tickets.” Brother in law was a know it all and did not listen to his older brother. They were late teens, early 20s. Brother in law lost $200. This was in the late 70s.
Happened in Detroit.
LOL!
Only took me that one time to learn about scalping.
We did see the concert, but found out that tickets were only $35 each, so the $80 overage was a lesson.
Once burned, twice learned.