Grateful Dead

Dear Grateful Dead Scalpers - Hi. It's us.... AGAIN. Yep. You're still at it, trying to sell tickets you don't have yet to a show you have no interest in. You guys think you've hit the jackpot. Nope. Instead, you've kicked a hornet's nest!!! Well, here's what you don't know. Much like Anonymous, we are everywhere. And we are legion. Who are we? We're former presidents, international heads of state, current US senators, political pundits, doctors, lawyers and Ph. D's. So, we're smart. We're willing to listen to 15 minute drum duets and talk endlessly about the tiny nuances in 30 minute Dark Stars. So, we're patient. We're a group that, in a lot of cases, followed a band around the country, selling delicious burritos, lovingly made grilled cheeses, handmade clothes, all searching for fleeting cosmic connections with a band night after night. So, we're both industrious and persistent. And, above all, by far and wide, we consider each other family. We look out for each other. Which means when you try to screw us, we'll get the word out. And remember, we're everywhere. That post I made yesterday...it went viral. It went to places I'd never heard of, posted by people that I've never met, commented on by people that don't know me from Adam. All of them saying the same thing: We like this guy's style. We're going to do what this guy's doing. And that brings me back to you, Mr. Scalper. We're smarter than you. We're more patient than you. We're more persistent than you, too. We will flag every post that you make where you ask for sums of money that could pay for a used Mercedes Benz. We will flag every post where you tell us that lowball offers (meaning, face value) aren't accepted. We will flag every broker, every season ticket holder who had dollar signs in their eyes instead of kindness in their hearts and everyone that just wanted to make a quick buck off of the most passionate and loyal fan base on the planet. But we're not stopping at Craigslist anymore. People have gotten wise to the fact that you can't sell tickets without holding physical product on eBay. So all of those auctions are getting flagged. And we'll figure out a way to stop you on StubHub too. If you think you're going to shut us out, think again. We'll throw parties at our houses and pop for the pay per view. We'll hang around outside of soldier field (where the sound is actually pretty good) and hang with family instead of corporate VP's trying to catch a part of history while half mumbling the lyrics they remember to Truckin'. We'll let you eat those tickets that you thought you were going to make 1000% profit on. Sure, there are a few deadheads that have done well in life that can afford four figures for tickets, and they'll pay for GA Pit tickets. But after a few days of low hanging fruit, the vast majority of you are going to be left holding on to tickets that you were planning on selling for 10 or 20x face value. And you'll keep holding onto them. And keep holding onto to them. Until you realize that 90% of us won't pay a dime more than face. As I've said before, the price on the ticket is that price for a reason, and it's not negotiable. You clearly weren't banking on a united front. But that's what you've got. You can be smart and sell your tickets for a reasonable price (meaning, face value, or a little more for your time if you must), or you can keep thinking you hit the jackpot. But, as we've already discussed, that's not the case. We're going to keep flagging you until we break you. So, you keep telling me about Forbes articles, offers commensurate with current Stub Hub prices and how it's worth $7500 to make sure I don't miss out on the "concert of the century." I'll keep flagging away. WE'LL keep flagging away. Because we're Deadheads, and we're everywhere. And don't you forget it.

Ebay Policy is event tickets MUST be in the seller's hand. If you have the time, like some of us others doing, please report any and every Auction on Ebay that what these sellers are doing is AGAINST Ebay policy. Force them to wait until June and the panic to sell them ASAP will be on their minds! Thanks for the comments here guys. I am getting a ton of emails from Dead Heads on Ebay loving my auction post. This ad on Craigslist inspired me to do what i can help with the Scalper Scum. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/tix/4917300085.html

Hey now, sober for 17 yrs now, and many shows under my belt, both "back in the day", and now these past years sober. I regularly attend the Wharf Rats meeting on the set breaks, and have a wide circle of sober Dead friends! See the Wharf Rats thread here on Dead.net to meet more of us. I'll be at the Chi-town shows all 3 nights, and will be happy to make your acquaintance.