by goonmasterskibidi April 29, 2024
Get the scelping mug.Purchasing large quantities of goods (usually tickets) early with the sole intention of re-selling them at a higher price at a later date (closer to the event).
(Thanks to ~Sunigirl~ for the original entry!)
(Thanks to ~Sunigirl~ for the original entry!)
Mike Damone: Busted for scalping Ozzy Osbourne tickets. Now working at 7-11 .
(from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")
(from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High")
by anna_k March 22, 2005
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Reselling tickets for a profit. When done on an individual level, this is often considered illegal, but when it's a company catering to rich people, somehow that makes it o.k. for them to buy up all the tickets and then scalp them. Here is how a ticket company delicately explains what they do:
"The box office is the original source for tickets. Tickets out of the box office are sold at “face value”. If available, tickets out of the box office are generally less expensive, but the seat selection may be severely limited. If you are unable to obtain the tickets you want through the box office, and you are willing to pay above the face value for tickets, we can help you get the seats you are looking for.
Many people use our services because the official box office no longer has the type of seats they want.
It is important for the customer to understand that we are an independent agency that buys and resells event tickets on the secondary market. We apply a service charge to each ticket that we sell, so the price printed on the ticket will generally not be our selling price. Since our tickets are sold on the secondary market, our prices are determined by the "market value", which is based on supply and demand. The “market value” can be substantially higher than the “face value” of the ticket. Please remember that in most cases we have to pay quite a bit over the "face value" for the tickets that we offer for sale."
"The box office is the original source for tickets. Tickets out of the box office are sold at “face value”. If available, tickets out of the box office are generally less expensive, but the seat selection may be severely limited. If you are unable to obtain the tickets you want through the box office, and you are willing to pay above the face value for tickets, we can help you get the seats you are looking for.
Many people use our services because the official box office no longer has the type of seats they want.
It is important for the customer to understand that we are an independent agency that buys and resells event tickets on the secondary market. We apply a service charge to each ticket that we sell, so the price printed on the ticket will generally not be our selling price. Since our tickets are sold on the secondary market, our prices are determined by the "market value", which is based on supply and demand. The “market value” can be substantially higher than the “face value” of the ticket. Please remember that in most cases we have to pay quite a bit over the "face value" for the tickets that we offer for sale."
That damn ticket broker bought up all the tickets and now they're scalping them at triple face value, but my homie got his ass busted just because he had an extra ticket and tried to recoup what he paid for it. Why is it that when the broker does it, it's legal? That's some shit.
by JonnyR July 14, 2006
Get the scalping mug.To take a prime work shift and then sell it to another worker, thus earning income without having to work.
Jon-Mark: I picked up 7-10 phones shift everyday for the entire week, and then sold them to Zeina for $3 an hour. I made money without showing up to work by shift scalping!
by dhe@fas February 9, 2009
Get the shift scalping mug.1. The process of removing the human scalp from the skull, usually performed by a ticked off native.
3. Buying tickets with the intention of selling them at a later date closer to the event.
3. Buying tickets with the intention of selling them at a later date closer to the event.
1. "Magua got tomahawked for scalping Uncas and throwing him off a cliff."
2. "I feel like going scalping, I have plenty of tickets for good seats at the public execution."
2. "I feel like going scalping, I have plenty of tickets for good seats at the public execution."
by Braveheart's thirst for blood August 20, 2006
Get the scalping mug.Spam + Yelping = Spelping
When one person (or a group of people) join Yelp.com and make up bogus accounts just so they can review their own business favorably, or flag unfavorable reviews that legit Yelpers have written.
This term was derived by Boston Yelpers
When one person (or a group of people) join Yelp.com and make up bogus accounts just so they can review their own business favorably, or flag unfavorable reviews that legit Yelpers have written.
This term was derived by Boston Yelpers
Person 1: Did you see the reviews for <insert business name here>? Looks like spelping to me, what do you think?
Person 2: Yea, one review, 5 stars, and doesn't say much. Total orange head too.
Person 1: Yea, I'm flagging it.
Person 2: Already on it.
Person 2: Yea, one review, 5 stars, and doesn't say much. Total orange head too.
Person 1: Yea, I'm flagging it.
Person 2: Already on it.
by Jen H December 16, 2008
Get the Spelping mug.To have sex with a ghost. Either by them passing through you and stimulating your senses, them taking physical form and interacting or by possessing another for the purpose of sex. Usually the first. Skelping is easiest at certain times of the year and the day.
by Moloch-Tepes September 6, 2012
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