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Hi roo people, I've set up a meeting tomorrow to buy a GA wristband from a local yokel on craigslist for $200. Pretty good deal! The guy has already forwarded me these three e-mails and says that the wristband is unregistered and still in its original packaging. Is there anything else I should ask of him? Anything else I might need that is included with a legit purchase? Sorry if this is a stupid question; I've never gone to 'roo before.
Post by lukescrazyarms on May 7, 2013 17:13:39 GMT -5
MAKE SURE IT REGISTERS and MAKE SURE YOU ACTUALLY DO IT.
I bought one last year for Firefly...the first day when it scanned it worked great, the second day they said that someone had called up and reported it stolen and they wouldn't let me in. Luckily the girl at customer service just hooked me up with a ticket but I can't say everyone will be that lucky. Just make sure you get it and register it under your name so that if there any problems you can just show them an ID and try to work things out. Other then that, meet up at a public place and don't get raped. . .
Hi roo people, I've set up a meeting tomorrow to buy a GA wristband from a local yokel on craigslist for $200. Pretty good deal! The guy has already forwarded me these three e-mails and says that the wristband is unregistered and still in its original packaging. Is there anything else I should ask of him? Anything else I might need that is included with a legit purchase? Sorry if this is a stupid question; I've never gone to 'roo before.
Thanks kid
I saw from another thread you are from Minneapolis and just made this connection. I saw that listing on craigslist last night and told my friend. The guy said he was beat by 10 minutes by someone else who was interested. Nice snag
Anyway, I would bring a laptop and register it in his presence. Meet in a coffee shop or someplace where you know you'll get Wifi. It would suck to go home, try to register it, find out you got scammed, and then never hear from the guy again. At the very least, it's comforting to know the guy hasn't opened the package yet, but you'll still want to be certain.
I saw from another thread you are from Minneapolis and just made this connection. I saw that listing on craigslist last night and told my friend. The guy said he was beat by 10 minutes by someone else who was interested. Nice snag
Haha, WOW. Small world!
Anyway, I think I will bring my laptop to register it right there. Although I was considering waiting a little to register just in case the shit completely hits the fan and my friend who is driving somehow backs out, which seems unlikely but you never know...
all i would say is that if you are meeting the person, make sure they have all the stuff that came along (there was a bandanna, a bag, the wristband, a bumper sticker)etc. doesnt hurt to verify all this. esp if he is opening the package in front of you
Hi roo people, I've set up a meeting tomorrow to buy a GA wristband from a local yokel on craigslist for $200. Pretty good deal! The guy has already forwarded me these three e-mails and says that the wristband is unregistered and still in its original packaging. Is there anything else I should ask of him? Anything else I might need that is included with a legit purchase? Sorry if this is a stupid question; I've never gone to 'roo before.
Thanks kid
Anyway, I would bring a laptop and register it in his presence. Meet in a coffee shop or someplace where you know you'll get Wifi. It would suck to go home, try to register it, find out you got scammed, and then never hear from the guy again. At the very least, it's comforting to know the guy hasn't opened the package yet, but you'll still want to be certain.
that is an excellent idea! reminds me of when I was the nurse in a school where the majority of parents just did not care. I kept emergency contact cards on all the kids, and by the second month of school the parent's number would be crossed out and changed about ten times. I was forever dialing numbers that had been disconnected. so I got smart, and when a parent came to pick up their kid (after the social worker went out to the house, or we called a neighbor to go bang on the door, or they came when the kid didn't show up on the bus), I would ask for their number. then with the parent standing there, I would pick up the phone and dial it on speaker. fully 75% of the time it would be yet another wrong or disconnected number, smh. so eventually they realized I wasn't effing around.
I have a friend who for the last 4 years has bought her roo bands off craigslist. She will get a photocopy of the persons drivers license, and if they wont give to her she wont buy it. She hasn't had any issues yet. I realize that may be a little extreme for some to ask for that but it works for her. I definitely recommend registering it in his presence.
Well I bought it today! WOO! He seemed like a really nice guy. I didn't bring my laptop because it was raining and I only have a bike so I didn't want to risk having that in my backpack. He had the bag, the bandana, the sticker, the original envelope with his address, the little pamphlet, all of it. The wristband was still wrapped up tightly in its rubber band so I have every reason to believe him when he say he didn't register it because it clearly has not ever been opened.
Now what's this I hear about the wristband having his name embedded in it since he bought it but hasn't registered it? Will that get me hassled at all, or is it mine all mine as soon as I register?
You should be fine. I bought all of my groups tickets and they paid me back and until they register Bonaroo doesn't really know who the other two tickets are for because one person clearly doesn't need three wristbands for themselves
Well I bought it today! WOO! He seemed like a really nice guy. I didn't bring my laptop because it was raining and I only have a bike so I didn't want to risk having that in my backpack. He had the bag, the bandana, the sticker, the original envelope with his address, the little pamphlet, all of it. The wristband was still wrapped up tightly in its rubber band so I have every reason to believe him when he say he didn't register it because it clearly has not ever been opened.
Now what's this I hear about the wristband having his name embedded in it since he bought it but hasn't registered it? Will that get me hassled at all, or is it mine all mine as soon as I register?
I cant imagine the name actually being embedded. I bought the ticket for me and my boyfriend so by that logic my name would be embedded in the band. It will have your name associated with it when your registered. Did you get reliable contact info? Just in case you have any issues.
Yep I still have the guy's e-mail and phone number. At $200 it was an absolute steal. That's less than the price of a ticket to see Prince in a few weeks...
Personally I'd use www.stubhub.com way way before I'd ever use Craigslist.
This really boils down to a lil math.
Say you find one on stubhub for 240$. And $200 on Craigslist you are giving Craigslist a $40 risk rate. So you are saying you hope to have your wristband work more than ~70% of the time to break even. Probably true. But I bet not by a whole lot. So you maybe over time make like 10-20$ a rip padding bak in the times it no workie.
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