Man arrested for allegedly selling phony Disneyland tickets to Carson residents

[olegc]

so today I dropped of my DD at DTD to meet friends and go to the park. Before going home I went to the AM/PM for a drink. There on the corner was some guy waving a handmade arrow-like sign (the kind they dance with) advertising $95 park hoppers. Now - I thought it was the wrong corner for that but I can see why he chose that one over, say, the Sheraton or the Days Inn (which might block traffic) but I thought with all of the other news about false or transferred tickets - this was rather brazen.

[MommyTo3Boys1Girl]

I claimed an offer, out of curiosity, on Facebook for $75 park hoppers. It specifically said you are renting multi day park hoppers.

[tea4two]

We've seen those guys dancing with the signs and looked at the site that was on Facebook. It is so sad to see how brazen and unashamed these scammers are! I hope Disney figures out a way to stop this soon.

[Courtney Anne]

I claimed an offer, out of curiosity, on Facebook for $75 park hoppers. It specifically said you are renting multi day park hoppers.

I had one friend on my facebook argue with me that the renting was legit and that it was not a problem and they had done it before.
I had another friend, my babysitter actually, who went in July with Get Away Today, tell me that her friend wanted to go for the $75 and bring her along. She said RENT TICKETS ??!!?? Are you crazy ???

I don't understand why people think this is okay. IT is a direct violation of the contract on the ticket. Not to mention you could lose your money and then have the ticket confiscated.

[Malcon10t]

We've seen those guys dancing with the signs and looked at the site that was on Facebook. It is so sad to see how brazen and unashamed these scammers are! I hope Disney figures out a way to stop this soon.

I do too. The people who buy usually seem very surprised when they get turned away at the gate. People seem shocked when they get refused AND Disneyland keeps the tickets. I don't think most realize it isn't allowed.

[olegc]

I claimed an offer, out of curiosity, on Facebook for $75 park hoppers. It specifically said you are renting multi day park hoppers.

I guess it's like all the weight loss supplements and gadgets on TV - they are not stopped UNTIL they are found to be guilty or breaking some sort of law by someone in authority. Until then the consumer is totally on his or her own.

I think Disney should treat this like concert ticket scalping and try to bring it under the same controls and law.

[candles71]

More than the concert scalping laws, there is a law on the California books that makes it illegal to share lift tickets*. I know it involves a fine but I can't recall whether there was jail time (if there was it was like 6 months max). I would think it would not be a stretch to apply it here as well. Curiosity had me checking Craig's list and there are several advertising to share tickets to save money.
Put me in the bring on the bio-metric scanners crowd. I have no problem with Universal Studios scanning my finger print, I won't have a problem with Disney doing it either.

*I do like that some of the resorts in my area now have a ticket specifically for parents to share, like the child swap passes at DL, so that they can trade off watching the kids.