Buying Tickets to Sunday's Vikings-Packer Game? Here's How to Not Get Scammed

If you are looking to get last-minute tickets for this Sunday's much-anticipated Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers game, make sure you don't get scammed.

The only place to purchase tickets where fans are guaranteed a seat at the game is with the Vikings Ticket Office, TicketMaster or the NFL Ticket Exchange.

According to the Star Tribune, the average resale value tickets to Sunday’s game is $447.

Minneapolis police say fans are taking a chance that their ticket will be fake if they purchase from any other venue, including Craigslist, Ebay and ticket brokers.

If fans feel they have to purchase tickets from a scalper outside the stadium, here are a few tips;

• Purchase closer, rather than farther from the stadium
• Take a photo of the person that you are buying from, and possibly their driver’s license or ID
• Have the seller walk with you to the gate to make sure that you get through the gate
• Ask the seller if he has a business card, many brokers that are out will have one and gladly share it for future business

There will be bad tickets on the street. A hard copy of a ticket is not a better purchase than an e-ticket. Many times the e-ticket trumps the card-stock because the original owner transferred the ticket online.

Police say the best place to purchase will most likely be the NFL Ticket Exchange.

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