resale of Skin's tickets

[onlydarksets]

Thanks - yeah, it sounds like they are saying one thing and doing another.

It's pretty hypocritical considering the "face value" of club seats is under $100, yet they charge $4500 a year ($450 per seat per game) by tacking on a "club level luxury tax" so they can get around league rules for ticket pricing.

Does that mean they will revoke a club level seat if you sell it for $300? (i.e., more than the face value but less than you paid for it)

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Thanks - yeah, it sounds like they are saying one thing and doing another.

It's pretty hypocritical considering the "face value" of club seats is under $100, yet they charge $4500 a year ($450 per seat per game) by tacking on a "club level luxury tax" so they can get around league rules for ticket pricing.

Does that mean they will revoke a club level seat if you sell it for $300? (i.e., more than the face value but less than you paid for it)

I was just going to say the same thing. I think our club tickets have a face value of $60 on them. But technically we dont acutally pay anything for football tickets. We are essentailly paying 4K a year for the right to own the seat. So any concert that comes to the stadium, we get first chance to buy our own seat. And then the football tickets are just kinda given to us and they randomly put $60 on it.

[jgalecpa]

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

I was just going to say the same thing. I think our club tickets have a face value of $60 on them. But technically we dont acutally pay anything for football tickets. We are essentailly paying 4K a year for the right to own the seat. So any concert that comes to the stadium, we get first chance to buy our own seat. And then the football tickets are just kinda given to us and they randomly put $60 on it.

Not to go off topic, but you don't want to read the many cases (100% of those contested) the IRS has won that limits the business deduction of tickets to the face value printed on the ticket, and that the seat license is completely non-deductible Pursuant to Title 26 US Code Secs 167-168

Rat Bast*rds!

Jim

[celts32]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Thanks - yeah, it sounds like they are saying one thing and doing another.

It's pretty hypocritical considering the "face value" of club seats is under $100, yet they charge $4500 a year ($450 per seat per game) by tacking on a "club level luxury tax" so they can get around league rules for ticket pricing.

Does that mean they will revoke a club level seat if you sell it for $300? (i.e., more than the face value but less than you paid for it)

That might be a point in theory, but in reality the Redskins are not revoking any club level seats...they have a hard enough time keeping those levels filled at those rediculous prices. The only people they play hardball with are the general admission season ticket holders. The only thing they have to say to club level ticket holders is "thank you very much sir"...

[expatriated_in_PHX]

someone mentioned to me that I should sell my individual tickets at face value and then add a profitable shipping charge. It was a thought.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by celts32

That might be a point in theory, but in reality the Redskins are not revoking any club level seats...they have a hard enough time keeping those levels filled at those rediculous prices. The only people they play hardball with are the general admission season ticket holders. The only thing they have to say to club level ticket holders is "thank you very much sir"...

You're absolutely right, but it's indicative of the hypocrisy. They won't go after club level tix until they sell out.