Joe Nocera, Columnist, Talking Business, New York Times

Internet Puts a Sugarcoat on Scalping

January 21, 2008 at 12:06 am PT

Big games tomorrow. Green Bay against the Giants at Lambeau Field. New England versus San Diego in Foxborough. Winners go to the Super Bowl. Big, big games.

Do you want to go to one of them? Seriously. Even though the first kickoff is less than 36 hours away, I’ll bet you could. Late Thursday evening, I checked StubHub, the leading vendor of tickets in what’s now called the secondary market. “No Risk Playoff Tickets” screamed the site’s headline.

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