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It's that time of the year again - baseball fever is spreading like wildfire, and tickets are selling faster than hotdogs. So, your team is playing, and you have to be there. What are your options for buying World Series tickets before there are none left to buy?

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First - the traditional method. Pick up the phone and try to purchase tickets from the team during the scheduled sale period. The bad news, of course, is that these tickets usually sell out within 30 minutes flat. Solution? If the ticket agency or team provides multiple phone numbers to call, get all your friends and family organized to call as many times as possible across the multiple numbers.

What is a ticket broker TicketsNow permits a number of professional ticket sellers to list their inventories on our site. Among our thoroughly screened listing sellers are reputable ticket brokers. A broker is defined as "One hired for a fee to negotiate purchases, contracts, or sales." A ticket broker does just that. There are people who want to sell their tickets and there are also people who want to buy those same tickets. There are two ways that a broker can do this. The broker can buy the tickets outright from the seller and hope that they can sell them. If the market drops or the tickets don't get sold the broker incurs the loss. The second way is the broker could take the tickets from the seller on consignment and keep a fee if they are sold. Either way a ticket broker puts the buyers and the sellers together for a fee.

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Another way of getting your hands on those precious tickets is to identify those among your network of contacts (friends, family members or coworkers) who are season ticket holders for one of the teams. Season ticket holders usually get an option to buy tickets at the face value price. See, it pays to keep in touch!

"But it's important to do your homework and know the demand and your options for getting the ticket you're seeking, " Hicks said. Make sure the ticket broker is licensed by the state and a member of the National Association of Ticket Brokers, which will provide some type of guarantee for a refund if the ticket is not valid. Hicks said consumers can also develop a relationship with a broker so he can alert you to upcoming shows or good deals.

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Alternately, you can surf the Internet. Log on to the tickets section of the team's website - but let's be honest, hoping that the team is going to have tickets on sale is a total shot in the dark.

That's because it's trying to create a marketplace, like eBay or the New York Stock Exchange. It never touches the tickets, ticket holders, not brokers. TicketsNow, RazorGator, and others are aggregators, which pull together inventory from ticket brokers all over the world, he says. Individuals can list tickets too, but that's not the bulk of their supply.

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Besides the team website, other sites, such as Tickets 4 U, offer World Series tickets. This is how it works - season ticket holders who, for whatever reason, are not able to make it to the game, post their tickets for sale on the site. As a result, these sites often sell the best seats in the house. Of course, playoff tickets don't come cheap. But you can also find tickets for more affordable sections on these sites.

cbs2chicago.com — Ticket Resale Now A Mainstream Business TicketsNow requires all sellers to be licensed brokers. On StubHub, anyone can post. See entire article. The Seattle Times — It’s Already a Seller’s Market for Playoff Tickets Another option is to get tickets through companies such as Ticketsnow.com, which deal with licensed brokers. TicketsNow says it screens these brokers by having them provide three references. The company doesn’t buy directly from season ticket holders because it doesn’t want to take the chance that tickets they sell are fraudulent. See entire article.

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And then there are always the ticket broker websites from where you can purchase tickets. Your ticket may be just a google click away.

National brokers muscle in It's not just the local brokers who swoop in to make a profit on the Final Four. based Premiere Sports Travel, based RazorGator began buying up blocks of local hotel rooms years out. "As soon as the bid goes out, we're scouting the area and buying hotel rooms, " said David Lord, CEO of RazorGator, one of the nation's largest ticket brokers.

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A word of caution - please do buy tickets ONLY from reputable agents / brokers / intermediaries. You don't want to buy a ticket and then not get to see the game because what you bought was a scam ticket (yes it does happen), do you?

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So how does reputable translate on the net? In webspace, the site that you are conducting the transaction with should be secure, first of all. Second of all, they should have a past history that vouches for their integrity in dealings with customers. Tip - a seal of approval from the Better Business Bureau, Verisign or other such authorities is a good sign.

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Remember - if you buy your World Series tickets well in advance of the game (before opponents are finalized), there is a good chance of getting tickets at better prices. At this point the demand for tickets will be lower so the chances of finding exactly the seat you want from a site like Tickets 4 U is all the better.

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George Stovall recommends that you visit http://www.tickets4u.com/world-series-tickets.asp to buy World Series tickets.

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