Should I post this business practice on my resume? Forum

[steubenville]

My chances at landing a firm job are extremely difficult. That is why I started to think about how I was able to pay down some of my law school loans this past year. Simply put, I resell sporting event tickets over the Internet. It fully complies with all laws, and I paid both federal and state taxes on income generated, yet "scalping" certainly carries a stigma with a lot of people, and is actually illegal in some states (again, not mine). If I put on my resume under "work experience" that I was able to make a significant amount of money doing this (factual), do you think it would help, hurt, or make no difference?

[SeymourShowz]

First off, I hate scalpers. But as long as you are not buying tickets to phish shows, I'll let it slide.

Do you have a name for this business? sole-proprietor? LLC? I think a business name and having formed an entity under which to conduct your business ads a good bit a legitimacy. It's cheap too. So yeah, I'd try to dress it up a bit, but it at least shows you have some ambition.

[seatown12]

I'd put it in an Interests section rather than Work Experience

[Grizz]

Definite conversation starter.

[Lawl Shcool]

Do you have a name for this business? sole-proprietor? LLC? I think a business name and having formed an entity under which to conduct your business ads a good bit a legitimacy. It's cheap too. So yeah, I'd try to dress it up a bit, but it at least shows you have some ambition.

This. Make it look legit and give yourself a CEO title. It would definitely be a good interview conversation starter.

[NotMyRealName09]

People like you are assholes. You purposely buy more tickets than you intend to use, wait for the market to dry up, then sell your tickets at inflated profits. You are a ticket scalper douchebag. Put that on your resume.

[lawgod]

People like you are assholes. You purposely buy more tickets than you intend to use, wait for the market to dry up, then sell your tickets at inflated profits. You are a ticket scalper douchebag. Put that on your resume.

Making them available at the true value to people who don't plan every game they will want to attend way in advance.

[beardown_tho]

People like you are assholes. You purposely buy more tickets than you intend to use, wait for the market to dry up, then sell your tickets at inflated profits. You are a ticket scalper douchebag. Put that on your resume.

either the tickets go to the first person who is in line (your system)
or they go to whoever pays the most (his system)

i don't know that your system is vastly superior

[kalvano]

Make it sound like a real company, like "ILikeToFuckPeopleOver, LLC".

[seatown12]

Why didn't the people whining just buy tickets when they came available at the announced price? Why should I feel sorry for the person who didn't care enough about the team to get tickets in advance?

[kalvano]

Why didn't the people whining just buy tickets when they came available at the announced price? Why should I feel sorry for the person who didn't care enough about the team to get tickets in advance?

Because they can't. Ticketmaster and other companies set aside a massive amount of premium tickets for promotional and other use, and then ticket broker companies use software to overload ticket purchasing systems, or hire a ton of people to log on the instant they can and force everyone else out.

[seatown12]

This guy is obviously not a massive ticket broker with system-cheating software.

Furthermore, I buy tickets all the time, including for premium events, so I know from experience that it is possible.