chokeychicken profits off sick child

i'm not discussing anything regarding anything except the dismemberment show, because that's what this is about. i cannot even believe this was brought up here; it was totally unnecessary and unreasonable, but that's besides the point as well.

if you feel the need to ban me, then do it, kosmo. but it will be for personal satisfaction and nothing more. i have never earned nor deserve such an action and doing so because you or other members don't believe i'm donating something to a sick child simply blows my mind.

but if you feel the need to ban me, then do it. if that's what helps makes you kids sleep better at night, then do it. i have done nothing but attempt to comply with ebay policy and raise extra money for a charity I was interested in without it coming out of my own pocket; but, like most things around here, it seems that even that cannot be done without somebody bitching about it.

people's personal livse should not affect their status on a message board if said personal life does not affect said message board. i have never caused a problem here and i never will. i visit this message board because i enjoy the discussion and i enjoy some of the members; nothing further. but kosmo, if you feel the need to make this a huge congressional issue, and talk to eddie and talk to the rest of the staff, then please, be my guest. i'll just make your job easier and save you the trial by not posting at all. its no skin off my back whatsoever and every bitter member who apparenly doesn't believe in a free economy can sleep better at night.

only loss will be you'll have to read somebody else's diary to gossip while you all sit in your cubicle during the day. what a pity.

the only thing i'm going to say on this matter at this point, is that why haven't your responded to GGW's direct request regarding these tickets?

I just read this thread and I can't believe grown mean can act like such complete fucking dorks over concert tickets.

I've still seen nothing to disprove the original headline, "Chokeychicken profits off of sick child." That show got huge publicity because it was a benefit, which surely drove up scalped ticket prices… if he were doing this out of charitable instinct, surely he would take GGW up on his offer?

I read that all of the benefits from original sales of the tickets are benefitting the charity. Did he not pay the price for the tickets, and thus the money is going to the charity?

What he is doing is benefitting off of the poor losers who didn't score tickets and are so desperate that they're willing to pay a premium for tickets.

If the person who started the thread gave a shit about the sick child, they'd spend their energy trying to raise money for the child rather than on being pissy about not getting concert tickets.

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
I've still seen nothing to disprove the original headline, "Chokeychicken profits off of sick child." That show got huge publicity because it was a benefit, which surely drove up scalped ticket prices… if he were doing this out of charitable instinct, surely he would take GGW up on his offer?

Originally posted by kosmo:
the only thing i'm going to say on this matter at this point, is that why haven't your responded to GGW's direct request regarding these tickets?

Because the truth is that he's pocketing all the profits for himself….?

one more thing to add – even if theoretically he does plan to give all his profits to the cause – and there is absolutely NO evidence of that so far beyond his scalper's word – he will STILL profit because participating in such a red-hot sale helps build his client list.

The real question is, would the Callum Robbins fund want to have been "helped" in this manner? They could've auctioned a block of tickets off on Ebay themselves if they thought that was a good way to raise money.

Alright. I've let this digest for 24 hours, and while I don't hold scalpers in high regard, I do feel banning chokeychicken would be harsh.

I'm still not sure that he did anything that violated his user agreement to use this board. It's not like this board is how he received any special treatment or obtained a password needed to buy tickets. DCist has been lurking for years and though we scoff at them, there's really no way to stop them from lurking. Most importantly (and rather smartly) CC wasn't using this board to sell his/her tickets.

That being said, GGW had every right to post his discovery and, conversely, CC should not have been afforded any extra protection simply because he is a member of this board. We have flamed many a scalper on this board and will continue to flame scalpers. Ignoring this and any other ebay sale would have been the wrong thing to do. The only difference is that CC chose to defend his/her postition on scalping, most others have not. We have had one or two people in the past attempt to defend their position, but most left after they began to see that the overwhelming majority on this board deplore scalpers and scalping.

I hope that GGW's post does actually earn more money for the charity, and since CC's rep on this board has taken a serious hit, I feel we will begin to hear less and less from CC in the future as he will always be known as a scalper on the board. There's probably little need to ban him as 9:30 Board nature will take its course.

Originally posted by chokeychicken:
lay off; everybody isn't a fucking prick.

That is true sir. But every scalper is.

speaking of scalpers:

i spent the afternoon trying to track down tickets for this week's Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden and found a guy on NYC.craigslist who was nice enough to sell tickets for 4 sessions to me at face value … AND he's a syracuse fan! the wonders never cease!

re: banning

i don't see a reason to ban. i think he should just leave on his own.

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
The real question is, would the Callum Robbins fund want to have been "helped" in this manner? They could've auctioned a block of tickets off on Ebay themselves if they thought that was a good way to raise money.

I'll bet they're more concerned about the health of their child and their mounting bills than they are worried about the moral implications of a ticket scalper who hands them a check.

Maybe its just me, but something tells me that the Callum Robbins fund doesn't give a shit about the issue.

definitely - the fund itself doesn't care, as it doesn't have any feelings.

people involved with the fund, however, might not be impressed that someone is making money off their fund raiser. these things take time and effort - which should translate into money for the sick kid.

but like you said, maybe its just me.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
people involved with the fund, however, might not be impressed that someone is making money off their fund raiser. these things take time and effort - which should translate into money for the sick kid.

The sick kid is still getting his money. The people who set up the fundraiser no doubt anticipated a sellout which at $15 per ticket times 600 tickets is $9000. And guess how much they'll get from ticket sales? $9000! It's not as though the 200 he's going to get for a pair to this is going to be deducted from their funds, even if he keeps it. If they wanted to make more money, perhaps they should have set ticket prices higher.

The moral outrage over this has nothing to do with it being a "charity" concert or "sick kids" and everything to do with the opinion of this board on scalping in general. And as is so often the case, the fine denizens of 930.com prove themselves utterly incapable of handling any disagreement with the world they face like mature adults. When confronted with Washington Post articles they dislike instead of writing into the Post, they bitch on here and curse J. Freedom's name. When confronted with evil BigYawn insulting their favorite band instead of sending the editor an email, they bitch on here and cause drama. When confronted with a citizen operating legally within the capitalistic system we have instead of writing their congressman and asking them to change the laws, they bitch on 930.com. Oh, how easy to be an activist in a world where "putting your money where your mouth is" involves no more then logging onto a nightclub's messageboard. And to think, we're the more mature DC-area music messageboard!

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
perhaps they should have set ticket prices higher.

nothing like internet libertarians… :roll:

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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
The moral outrage over this has nothing to do with it being a "charity" concert or "sick kids" and everything to do with the opinion of this board on scalping in general. And as is so often the case, the fine denizens of 930.com prove themselves utterly incapable of handling any disagreement with the world they face like mature adults. When confronted with Washington Post articles they dislike instead of writing into the Post, they bitch on here and curse J. Freedom's name. When confronted with evil BigYawn insulting their favorite band instead of sending the editor an email, they bitch on here and cause drama. When confronted with a citizen operating legally within the capitalistic system we have instead of writing their congressman and asking them to change the laws, they bitch on 930.com. Oh, how easy to be an activist in a world where "putting your money where your mouth is" involves no more then logging onto a nightclub's messageboard. And to think, we're the more mature DC-area music messageboard!

as was the case yesterday, the only thing I have to say regarding this matter at this point… is to ask if there is any indication that chokeychicken has taken up GGW's direct challenge for him to walk to talk regarding his charity giving ways.

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
one more thing to add – even if theoretically he does plan to give all his profits to the cause – and there is absolutely NO evidence of that so far beyond his scalper's word – he will STILL profit because participating in such a red-hot sale helps build his client list.

The real question is, would the Callum Robbins fund want to have been "helped" in this manner? They could've auctioned a block of tickets off on Ebay themselves if they thought that was a good way to raise money.

This is probably the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read on this forum.

You sir, are an idiot.

i totally didnt think this thread title was literal

but here we are