Justice for a Disney Ticket Scammer?

By Robert Niles: We've said it more times than we can count: Don't buy theme park tickets on Craiglist or eBay. Nevertheless, people continue to do this, hoping for a great deal but ultimately being disappointed when the tickets they buy turn out not to work.

You're better off waiting in this queue to buy your Disneyland tickets than trying to buy them on Craigslist.

Still, no one who sells these fake, expired, or inactivated tickets on Craigslist or eBay deserves to get away with it. Ultimately, it's the seller who is at fault for these scams, not the victim.

That's why it's good news to see someone who allegedly sold some bogus tickets actually get caught and charged. Here's the story of one Southern California man who is now facing charges for selling bogus Disneyland tickets on Craigslist, thanks to a buyer who had the good sense to take a cell phone picture of the seller's car when she met him to complete the deal.

In this case, the tickets in question appear to have been the type that you can buy in a grocery check-out lane. The report suggests that the suspect shoplifted them, so they never had been activated at the register, rendering them useless plastic cards. In other cases where people sell bogus tickets, the tickets might not have any unused days on them, might be associated with another person's photo or finger scan (making them useless to you), or might be outright forgeries.

Again, let's take this opportunity to share our advice once again: Buy your theme park tickets from the theme park's own website or authorized resellers. You can find authorized resellers through your local auto club, credit union, human resources department, or student union. (We have links to official ticket purchase pages on theme park tickets page.) You will not find authorized theme park ticket sellers on Craigslist or eBay. So, please, stay away when you are ready to buy your tickets.

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