Sammy Sofa

You keep talking like you expect people to do something, but it's the Cubs' call. They're not doing anything wrong.

Losing all the weight I have, I'm forced to resort to clothes I've not worn in years, so my fashion selection is basically like a one man-time machine back to the mid-aughts. I was thinking I was just shamefully rocking a bunch of dad jeans, but now I'm even more horrified to realize they're LACKEY JEANS.

Well...yeah. Like I said before, I was expecting/hoping the Cubs can see those sales to see that we're not trying to sell our tickets to make money and are instead selling the ones we can't use mostly just to get the tickets' face value back. And have others have rightly pointed out, teams are always upfront about being able to do what they want with the tickets. You haven't stumbled across something nefarious; it sounds like you were doing something to make money using your tickets and they decided to no longer provide you with tickets to sell for a profit.

What's not to believe? You said you sold almost all your tickets and bought a flex pack; those are the STH they decided to cancel.

Now that makes more sense.

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He sold all but 8 games out of 89. I really don't think it's that strange. And it's not a new development. Maybe it's completely subjective or maybe they have some sort of threshold re: percentage of games sold, or maybe there's some sort of formula that takes things like seniority and crap into account too. They've been doing it for years and they said they were doing it and they never made any distinction about whether they were sold through StubHub or other ways. They just clearly don't want people buying them with the primary intent of making money off of them/selling them. As others have mentioned, maybe the out of towners that are selling most/all so they can have access to playoff tickets can talk to their rep and see how at risk they are for this type of thing. But again, I would bet a ton that most of the STH don't go to most of the games. So if only going to 8 is too few, then what about 10? 15? 20? Plus if people are using StubHub, are the Cubs able to see how much they're being sold for? If so, OK, if someone is selling most of their tickets and making a huge profit, fine, but most of the tickets we sold were simply because nobody could go to those particular games and we were looking to make back the face value. That's why I'm saying it feels like something is being left out here, and it's probably how much he was making off of these tickets.

Yeah, basically everyone here is screwed, and most of the season ticket holders, period. Like I said, there's no way most STH aren't selling or gifting most of their tickets every season. As long as it's through StubHub, it's ridiculous for them to start giving people the boot. It still feels like something is being left out of this tale of woe.

Yes, David, we all know that; the point is that the Cubs themselves direct STH as to how they can sell their tickets if they can't use them. If this guy is going outside of that to sell his, fine, then it makes sense he got the boot, but if it's simply because he's "selling too many of his tickets" and he's doing it "officially," that's horse horsefeathers. That's why it seems like something is being left out of this.

Yes. They said that their decision was final due to extensive re-selling on the account. I'm contemplating my options at this point. Part of me says to walk away, but another part of me says they may be in violation of the law. It turns out that Illinois is actually not very friendly toward restricting the resale of tickets as long as it's done through a reputable business like Stubhub. See: See 815 ILCS 414: "Any term or condition of the original sale of a ticket to any theater, circus, baseball park, or place of public entertainment or amusement where tickets of admission are sold that purports to limit the terms or conditions of resale of the ticket (including but not limited to the resale price of the ticket) is unenforceable, null, and void..." Something is missing here; it's not like they don't want people selling the tickets through approved means if they can't use them. They didn't explain why it would be a problem if you were selling them legit?

Have you tried calling them?

Call your ticket sales rep and find out what's up.

I felt bad when I found out that dude with the cane actually needed it.

If the person is selling it via the Cubs-approved channel, I don't really understand why it should be a problem. Fine, if they're selling ALL of their tickets, that's one thing, but even most of them, come on; the amount of season ticket holders who actually go to most of the games instead of selling them or giving them away has to be pretty damn small.

No way; Almora is going to be a beast and you're going to feel like a dope for leaving him out of your sig. Only a fool would leave when a player THAT exciting is at the plate.

Dex was a baller, and a baller deserves a baller video.

I thought it was an intentional joke, and kept expecting it to be a parody of over the top fan tributes, but then it ended and it was, all, "welp, I guess that was THAT." I think the music was supposed to be a creepy joke and the message of gratitude for dex was genuine Well, then it just sucked.

I can't stop hearing the thread title like Alanis Morissette is yowling it. THANK YEW DEEEEEEEEEX THANK YEW INDIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Why is this happening.

Aaahahahahahahahahah!

I thought it was an intentional joke, and kept expecting it to be a parody of over the top fan tributes, but then it ended and it was, all, "welp, I guess that was THAT."

If you don't want to see such a thing, it might be a good time for a piss break when he comes to bat. I can only hope I keep using my powers for good.

Damn, Dex got paaaaaiiiiiid. Nice.

That video is...weird. From the early aughts middle school girl music choice to the overall vibe that's all "RIP Dexter Fowler."

Everything's coming up piss-break!

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