
. . . I would sell that bitch. Okay, probably not out of respect but I would be lying if I said I wouldn’t be tempted to!
Scalpers are slanging tickets to tomorrow’s memorial service for Michael Jackson like blue magic on websites like eBay and Craigslist for up to $25,115. I’m going to stay recession proof and just watch it on television.
Fan websites lit up yesterday as word of ticket winners – and eBay and Craigslist scalpers – spread. A posting on Craigslist read: “I’m willing to sell tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial – best offer will be taken.”
Ebay tried to swoop on ghoulish profiteers. “Any tickets for the memorial service will be taken down,” a spokesman said yesterday. Some of Jackson’s followers said they felt repulsed by the greed.
“There are a few eBay sellers already selling the memorial tickets and they have not even been picked to go?” wrote one fan. “These people are sick, How could they!” wrote another. Organisers have gone to extremes to stop people on-selling tickets, with plans to check IDs before strapping wristbands on fans as they collect their tickets.
But there is nothing to stop winners selling their second bracelet. “Theoretically, the second wristband can be sold,” organiser Michael Roth said. Police yesterday tried to persuade fans to stay away from Los Angeles’ Staples Centre, where up to 700,000 people are expected to congregate. [NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. EVER. - - Fresh]
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