Are Scalpers Really Selling ‘Pope’ Tickets?

 Craigslist? Ebay? Stubhub?

Where will they appear next? The Pope is making a few stops on his "North American Tour" and tickets to see him are going fast. Here is the catch. If you get them from a legitimate source, ie your church or the lottery that Senator Schumer held, those tickets are free. But what people are doing is re-selling them. In fact, tickets to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia later this month are selling for big bucks on Craigslist.  It only took 30 seconds for all ten-thousand free tickets to be claimed on Tuesday.  Now, people are selling their tickets on various websites with prices on Craigslist reaching north of 500-dollars.  Tickets are also offered on other sites, like eBay, for upwards of 15-hundred dollars.

Keep in mind, the World Meeting of Families Philadelphia are reminding people that the original tickets were free on a first come first served basis and that there is no way that the tickets listed on ebay, craigslist, etc can be validated as being actual tickets.

If you do make it to one of the Pope's speeches, here is a list of prohibited items that you can not bring with you.