Tickets for Michael Jackson Memorial Being Scalped

When are free tickets not so free? When they’re for Tuesday night’s memorial service for Michael Jackson at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and when opportunists who were fortunate enough to secure them in a lottery post them on sites like craigslist and eBay.

CNET reported that one craigslist poster was offering two tickets to the service for the bargain-basement price of $2,000. That listing was since flagged for removal. But many posters inserted their e-mail addresses and phone numbers directly into the headlines of their posts so they could be contacted directly.

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