My tickets from StubHub also came in the mail today that look like Ticketmaster tickets and have the NCAA Championships hologram on it. I think it's legit, but it is nice to have the StubHub Fan Protect Guarantee for a refund if not.
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My tickets from StubHub also came in the mail today that look like Ticketmaster tickets and have the NCAA Championships hologram on it. I think it's legit, but it is nice to have the StubHub Fan Protect Guarantee for a refund if not.
FYI WHO is looking to do a story on this if anyone is interested:
https://twitter.com/whohd/status/712410575704207360
https://twitter.com/whohd/status/712410575704207360
Looking at the fake tickets earlier in the thread bears two important things...
1) Familiarize yourself with face value of the tickets you are trying to purchase. Fakes frequently have that wrong. Why, if they post a fake value they can try to convince you they paid more for it. Bilk you out of more money.
2) Familiarize yourself with the venue, sometimes they make mistakes and list seats that don't even exist in the venue.
That being said, some of the blame falls on the NCAA not doing enough. These tickets are like Super Bowl or World Series tickets in value. Those tickets have many security features. Color shifting ink, holograms, the logos are embossed. That is stuff that is tough to replicate. These big time events also set up scanning stations where you can read if the bar code is valid. They have a website promoting the security features so people know what to look for. So its total BS that the NCAA goes the cheap route and doesn't do so.
My sympathy to the victims, it makes me angry.
1) Familiarize yourself with face value of the tickets you are trying to purchase. Fakes frequently have that wrong. Why, if they post a fake value they can try to convince you they paid more for it. Bilk you out of more money.
2) Familiarize yourself with the venue, sometimes they make mistakes and list seats that don't even exist in the venue.
That being said, some of the blame falls on the NCAA not doing enough. These tickets are like Super Bowl or World Series tickets in value. Those tickets have many security features. Color shifting ink, holograms, the logos are embossed. That is stuff that is tough to replicate. These big time events also set up scanning stations where you can read if the bar code is valid. They have a website promoting the security features so people know what to look for. So its total BS that the NCAA goes the cheap route and doesn't do so.
My sympathy to the victims, it makes me angry.
I said "sorry those don't look like any of the tickets I've seen." He didn't try to argue, or show me the "proof of purchase" he claimed to have had and walked away. I then got the hell out of there using an Uber as I was carrying 1K in cash.
Someone else from CL or maybe the same guy texted me a picture of tickets that look the same or similar. I don't know how to post pic otherwise I would. Tickets are gray and white, lack a hologram, felt fake and don't look like souvenir tickets posted earlier or "regular" ticket with hologram I had in Denver.
