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Tech Sideline is Shutting Down Our Ticket Exchange Boards

After two decades, we have decided to shut down our ticket exchange boards. Here’s the bullet-point summary, with more detail below.
  • The ticket exchange boards were originally created over 20 years ago, due to excessive attempts to sell tickets on our regular message boards.
  • Since then, several good alternatives have been created to transfer/sell tickets, making our boards unnecessary.
  • Scammers are ripping people off using our ticket boards, including the subscriber ticket board.
  • The scamming and customer service issues, plus the existence of legitimate secondary ticket markets, have led us to the decision to shut down our ticket boards.
  • We anticipate this will lead to people trying to sell tickets on our regular message boards. Note that any posts attempting to sell tickets will be deleted without comment, and repeated attempts will result in suspension of posting privileges.

The History Of Tech Sideline’s Ticket Exchange Boards

When we added message boards to our site in the late 1990s, it created a huge forum for Hokies to communicate with each other about Virginia Tech athletics.

Message board posters understandably found the message boards to be a good venue to post tickets for sale. Repeated posts looking to buy and sell tickets quickly irritated people who wanted to discuss sports, so we created a Ticket Exchange board where sellers could connect with buyers.

This was back when tickets were physical and the method of selling them was to exchange the physical tickets for cash, in person.

Scammers Show Up And Start Ripping People Off


Over time, electronic cash apps and banking apps were created, and buyers could transfer money electronically to sellers. This enabled scammers to falsely represent themselves as owners of tickets, receive money transfers, and disappear.

We responded by creating a subscriber ticket board to wall off the board from non-subscribers.

That worked for a while, but scammers became more sophisticated. The model for scammers now is to purchase stolen credit cards off the dark web and register as a TSL subscriber using false information and a stolen credit card number. The scammer then reads the subscriber ticket board, finds targets who are looking to buy tickets, contacts them offline (not on the actual message boards), and rips them off via email, Venmo, etc.

Multiple Ways of Selling And Transferring Tickets Securely Are Created


While all this was going on, ticket buying and selling services such as StubHub and SeatGeek were created. While not scam-proof, these apps and websites are much more secure than attempting to buy and sell on our ticket boards.

Hokiesports.com also has a way to transfer tickets. If you’re a seller, simply log in to your account on hokiesports.com, click “Transfer” under “My Tickets,” and transfer your tickets to someone else.

Our Ticket Exchange Boards Are No Longer Necessary


Not only are our ticket exchange boards no longer needed, but they are a breeding ground for Hokies getting scammed and ripped off. So our decision to get rid of them is an easy one, which we probably should have made earlier.

At some point, something becomes a “net negative,” and that’s when it’s time for it to go.

Please Do Not Attempt to Sell Tickets On Our Regular Message Boards


We are now “Back to the Future,” with no ticket exchange boards, and we anticipate that posters who want to sell tickets or buy tickets but who aren’t comfortable with StubHub, SeatGeek, Facebook, etc. will post tickets for sale on our boards.

Note that if you do this, your post will be deleted without comment. Repeated attempts to buy or sell tickets will result in the suspension of your message board privileges, even if you’re a subscriber.

Ticket Buying/Selling Resources


Here are some venues to buy and sell Virginia Tech game tickets. There may be more options than what are listed here: