[Hoot Gibson]

Yep, you are correct... should've never paid the higher price.

Selling their property isn't the crime here... selling them illegally at prices higher than face is. How are you missing that???

Asking Fayette Police to round them up isn't the issue either... I just know if I was a cop and the scalpers are standing there doing it and look at them and say things like, "I'm giving them these tickets, not selling them" and the second they turn their back they grab the money... that's a slap in the face to me.

I am not missing anything. I understand that the scalper broke the law but I just do not believe the law is reasonable or fair. It takes a buyer and a seller agreeing on an above-face value price to break the law, so you only have yourself to blame for the scalper breaking the law. Did you really expect to buy a ticket near Rupp to watch a 13-0 UK team play at face value???

Obviously you thought it was worth $175 x 2 to see UK take on one of the worst teams in the NCAA. Maybe you would have felt better if the scalper had offered the tickets to you for $200/each and then let you negotiate the $175 price that you paid. Have a Happy New Year and leave your bad case of buyer's remorse behind in 2009.