You're probably right, but I doubt that Argentina match will sell for less than what I paid.

Yeah I think you're right. And the prices might creep closer to true crazy if Messi finally gets off the fence and declares he's gonna play.

deadbq03 said:

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Are we sure tickets are actually selling on stubhub for these prices, or is this wishful thinking?

I'm inclined to say the latter… because there's extremely low volume right now. And that makes sense. There's still a full ticket draw left (up to this point, we've only had the "early" and "presale" draws).

If you saw hundreds or thousands available, and their prices were clustered, you could maybe say that's how much they're going for.

I see 10 yahoos selling for Category 1, and a massive spread in prices for the exact same thing.

These guys are fishing right now.

Maybe it's different for other games but I suspect it's the same across the board right now.

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Planning on waiting to see if the prices drop for games a few days out

deadbq03 said:

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Yeah I think you're right. And the prices might creep closer to true crazy if Messi finally gets off the fence and declares he's gonna play.

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He's going to play.

BBRex said:

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I went for the cheapest Houston tickets I could find on Stub Hub before the announcements today. About 20 minutes after I bought them, I found out I had Netherlands vs. TBD. I'm pretty happy with that.

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Be careful with StubHub cuz word on the ticket resale streets is that the only verified resale ticketing platform is the one that FIFA is creating itself. Taking 15% from the buyer and 15% from the seller.

jessexy said:

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BBRex said:

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I went for the cheapest Houston tickets I could find on Stub Hub before the announcements today. About 20 minutes after I bought them, I found out I had Netherlands vs. TBD. I'm pretty happy with that.

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Be careful with StubHub cuz word on the ticket resale streets is that the only verified resale ticketing platform is the one that FIFA is creating itself. Taking 15% from the buyer and 15% from the seller.

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Can you explain what you mean? The tickets on stub hub aren't legit?

Thanks for the heads up. As I understand it, since I bought them through the app, StubHub's guarantee is in place, which means that if there is a problem, I would at least get my money back. It would suck to miss the match, though.

The big problem is that for most ticket holders, there's literally nothing to transfer right now.

All I have is a receipt saying I have Cat 1 tickets. I don't have anything to transfer. So if people are listing Cat 1 on Stubhub, then they're hoping that they'll be able to transfer the tickets via the World Cup app (which doesn't even exist yet).

Furthermore, FIFA's own ticket resale platform is down for maintenance until December 14 - which tells you all you need to know about what they think about the resale marketplace right now… I.e. as I mentioned previously, with at least one more official ticket draw still remaining (and I think it's the biggest one), it's very hasty to even try to mess with resale right now

Best of luck to all who try, but I'd advise waiting until the end of the next phase of ticketing. And yeah, it's probably best to use the FIFA marketplace (when they bother to bring it back online).

That's a good point. But it should be protected by StubHub.

I've already bought the tickets so where were you when I bought them? Keeping this a secret?

BBRex said:

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I went for the cheapest Houston tickets I could find on Stub Hub before the announcements today. About 20 minutes after I bought them, I found out I had Netherlands vs. TBD. I'm pretty happy with that.

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I got tickets to this game in the draw, Cat 1 tickets. Now my big decision is if to go or resell them! I am probably going...I went to a game in Dallas in the 1994 WC and had a blast. I want my son to go and have the experience of a WC game in person.

Netherlands are legit fun to watch

My guess is that if you wait til a day or two before most matches in Houston, you'll be able to get significantly cheaper tickets

The Netherlands game is probably the exception to that though