Article: Ticket scalping law is a sham

Article: TAKEN AT FACE VALUE, TICKET-SALE LAW CONFUSING\ \ ...
The Boston Globe;  October 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... sell their tickets at face-value outside Fenway Park ... Patriots' stadium for face-value sales of single tickets ... the state Office of Consumer Affairs this week, officials ... that private sales at face-value were a technical violation ...

Article: Crack Down On Scalpers
The Washington Post;  May 13, 1997 ;     271 words ... ... cracked down on five New York area ticket brokers for scalping Knicks playoff tickets at up to 700 percent of face value. Consumer Affairs commissioner Jose Maldonado said that while state law allows brokers to sell $5 or 10 percent, whichever ...

Article: Sources: Sox balk at ticket resell plan.
The Boston Herald;  April 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... legally sell extra ducats at or below face value, sources said. Officials in the Office of Consumer Affairs confirmed the plan is under consideration ... extra seats - even at less than face value - are lumped in with scalpers who ...

Article: Academic preparation for careers in consumer ...
Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Current consumer affairs professionals were surveyed to identify (a ... competencies as preparation for careers in consumer affairs. Academic preparation in consumer affairs and communications was most preferred when ...

Article: MAYOR BLOOMBERG, CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... following press release: Department of Consumer Affairs Has Already Taken More Than 60 Oil ... Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan B. Mintz announced ... also announced that the Department of Consumer Affairs has suspended more than 60 oil ...

Article: Heat is building on Ticketmaster
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... contacted the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs with allegations of scalping last ... available but at prices far above face value. Seething fans contacted the state Division of Consumer Affairs with allegations of scalping. One ...

Article: CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE MAY BECOME VICTIM OF ...
The Virginian Pilot;  April 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... wasn't much help. But the city Consumer Affairs Division got Dilday's aunt a $326 ... have to rely on the state Office of Consumer Affairs in Richmond. That has Dilday and ... asked Selmer Garland, who appealed to Consumer Affairs last year for help when a dry cleaner ...