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Beware of Fake PSU Football Tickets
WNEP-TV, PA - 13 hours ago
... Hazel and Rudy Bilka have been Penn State football season ticket holders for four years but they used to turn to scalpers to get in to Beaver Stadium on game ...


Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:07:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

Scary news here, Penn State fans - looks like counterfit tickets to Nittany Lions football games are becoming more and more of a problem. Thankfully, this article does provide some advice on how to make sure your tix are the genuine article.

"Since each ticket has a unique bar code, counterfeits will get caught before they get into the game," the author writes. "There are ways to check if a ticket might be fake before buying. The easiest is to turn it over and rub the ink. The words Penn State should disappear for a second or two, then come back. But Meredith warns the only way to be 100 percent sure is deal with Penn State directly, or a reputable ticket agency."

Anyone here ever unfortunate enough to have fake tickets in the past? Or does anyone have any additional advice that all of us could use to help protect ourselves from these ticket scammers?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Scary news here, Penn State fans - looks like counterfit tickets to Nittany Lions football games are becoming more and more of a problem. Thankfully, this article does provide some advice on how to make sure your tix are the genuine article.

"Since each ticket has a unique bar code, counterfeits will get caught before they get into the game," the author writes. "There are ways to check if a ticket might be fake before buying. The easiest is to turn it over and rub the ink. The words Penn State should disappear for a second or two, then come back. But Meredith warns the only way to be 100 percent sure is deal with Penn State directly, or a reputable ticket agency."

Anyone here ever unfortunate enough to have fake tickets in the past? Or does anyone have any additional advice that all of us could use to help protect ourselves from these ticket scammers?

Why Penn State?...Its not like they are headed for a national title...

[Lefty Noob]

Well, I'm sure all schools have to put up with their fair share of this, but check out this older thread -- Nittany Lions football tickets -- which mentions that the school sold out 21,000 student tickets in just 13 days, a university record. The students wanted more, but the school declined to make more tix available. Coming off of last season, the demand for PSU tickets was high, and that's probably how the whole thing got started.