I bought a $126 concert ticket for my sister and now she can’t go. Will I be able to make a profit selling the ticket?
I bought a $126 concert ticket for my sister and now she can’t go. Will I be able to make a profit selling the ticket?
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‘I’m having trouble accepting that I’ll probably lose some money’
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Dear Dollar Signs,
I wanted to surprise my sister with concert tickets so I went out and bought them for the two of us, but it turns out she can’t make it on the day I picked. None of my friends like the artist and now I’m stuck with an extra ticket that cost me $126.
I’m having trouble selling it on StubHub because I waited a while to list it and had to mark up the cost in order to have a chance of making back what I paid. I’m having trouble accepting that I’ll probably lose some money in the end.
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