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JohnnyRingo

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3. In fairness...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 12:48 PM

Nov 2019

I don't think the ball park would be allowed to scalp the tickets to the RNC through Stub Hub. If not Trump, someone else would have paid that amount because such luxo seats don't go to "the secondary market".

Having said that, $500 does seem pretty light, but such seats are reserved as gifts for VIPs and that amount is what would be claimed at tax time. I doubt Trump expected to pay anything at all, because... you know.

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RNC pays face value for Trump party's luxury seats at World Series game [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 OP

I bet he wished he had stayed away. 33taw Nov 2019 #1

The MLB isn't going to scalp their own tickets. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #2

Point being missed. The cost is not the problem. The bigger issue is in the OP excerpt BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #5

Best line in article DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #10

I was wrong DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #20

In fairness... JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #3

The issue is not the cost. It's the ethics of Congressional reps receiving "free tickets" BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #6

I guess I misunderstood. JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #9

But it's more than that BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #11

The article said DENVERPOPS Nov 2019 #21

President Obama sits with the people IcyPeas Nov 2019 #4

President Obama never feared normal people the way Trump does IronLionZion Nov 2019 #12

Beneath them? Scarsdale Nov 2019 #17

What a great Cuba video! Now I want to go watch a baseball game in Havana. NBachers Nov 2019 #15

Not since Calvin Coolidge: this was a American tradition. Koch Ebola Nov 2019 #7

Can we kill off the "throws like a girl" insult? onenote Nov 2019 #18

Girls throw way better than Donny boy IronLionZion Nov 2019 #19

I hope MLB isn't expecting to actually get paid for the seats. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2019 #8

"how to pay for the ticket" left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #13

Worth it! Excellent entertainment for America. truthisfreedom Nov 2019 #14

The RNC should pay Scarsdale Nov 2019 #16