If you plan on trying to score tickets to see Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band this time around, the Attorney General's Office is trying to make sure you don't get swindled.
Ever since Springsteen announced their upcoming 2016 tour, tickets have already gone on sale on third party sites, even though they're not officially up for grabs until December 11.
These are called speculative tickets. Re-sellers offer them up at inflated prices, try to purchase the actual seats when they do go on sale, and pocket the difference.
Tickets to see the Boss in Rochester have been listed at up to $4,000 already, and up to $5,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which caught the attention of Attorney General Eric Shneiderman.
"We may be in the Glory Days of music, but many fans feel stuck in the Badlands when scheming sellers are able to jack up prices for concert tickets they don't even own."
Not only are speculative tickets being sold at exorbitant prices, but these re-sellers don't always come through with what they've advertised.
Shneiderman sent letters to three third-party ticket exchange sites, asking for information about how they combat these practices. So far, the AG's office reports that Stubhub and TicketNetwork have responded, and taken those speculative tickets down.
