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Wis. State Fair officials warn of bogus tickets

By Associated Press August 3, 2008 - 3:57 p.m.

WEST ALLIS (AP) — After a spate of useless tickets were presented, Wisconsin State Fair officials are warning people to only buy tickets from authorized sources.

Fair spokeswoman Patrice Harris said unauthorized sellers outside the fair gates have been selling tickets that have already been scanned and used for admission.

Once fair tickets are scanned, they can’t be used again. However, there’s no way for a consumer to know if their ticket has been scanned until they try to use it.

The fair says that through Saturday night, more than 3,300 fairgoers had presented void tickets purchased from unauthorized sellers.

momof5
Aug 4, 2008 at 10:54 a.m.
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MikeF: re-read the article. The scammed tickets are legit; just already used. So, unless the State Fair uses Staples to print their tickets, you're hypothesis is bunk.

billnewbie
Aug 4, 2008 at 10:22 a.m.
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The security is the bar code. It protects the state fair from counterfit tickets. After the ticket takers scan the tickets, they hand them right back. It seems to have escaped their notice that there is no way for a scam victim to know a used ticket from an unused ticket.

garyprimer
Aug 3, 2008 at 11:09 p.m.
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You're probably right. I'm guessing that there is no security built into the tickets. Too bad people get taken advantage of in this way. Scalpers shouldn't be too hard to spot. I hope that they have some undercover security people working on that.

MikeF
Aug 3, 2008 at 10:23 p.m.
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The "unauthorized sellers" are probably using something like http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p... to print the tickets.

ReconTHeJon
Aug 3, 2008 at 10:07 p.m.
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good job Gary

garyprimer
Aug 3, 2008 at 9:29 p.m.
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I did all of the research for you.
http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p...

garyprimer
Aug 3, 2008 at 8:23 p.m.
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If they can't be used again, why aren't they destroyed? Or if they are needed for another purpose, why not employ a little 20th century technology and punch a hole in them? Very sad that this is a problem for educated people.

upnorthwi
Aug 3, 2008 at 4:15 p.m.
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How sad that there are people that have no quams about ripping people off to even attend the fair!!

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