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Officials warn DNC visitors of hotel, ticket scams
Charlotte Observer ^ | 8/31/12 | Meghan Cooke

Posted on 08/31/2012 5:47:09 PM PDT by Libloather

Officials warn DNC visitors of hotel, ticket scams
By Meghan Cooke
The Charlotte Observer
Posted: Friday, Aug. 31, 2012

**SNIP**

Better Business Bureau of Southern Piedmont President Tom Bartholomy said credentials to see President Barack Obama deliver his acceptance speech at Bank of America Stadium, which were handed out recently, will likely go on sale on Craigslist and eBay. But the BBB warns that some credentials sold by third parties could be counterfeit.

Bartholomy said legitimate credentials have security features. People with fake tickets will be turned away, he said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: charlotte; dnc; hotel; officials; scams; ticket; visitors; warn
RAT on RAT scamming. Couldn't just call it 'spreading the wealth around'?
1 posted on 08/31/2012 5:47:17 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

They are getting scammed by their party, why not by local entrepreneurs?


2 posted on 08/31/2012 6:01:47 PM PDT by doc1019 (Given my choices, I will not be voting this time around.)
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To: Libloather

Counterfeit tickets to see an empty chair president. What could be more fitting?


3 posted on 08/31/2012 6:03:29 PM PDT by raisetheroof ("To become Red is to become dead --- gradually." Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Libloather

P2 warns ‘rats of the scams run by the Dear Leader.


4 posted on 08/31/2012 6:06:32 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather
Bartholomy said legitimate credentials have security features. People with fake tickets will be turned away, he said.

And the folks without proper credentials won't be allowed in to vote? I think the Democrats are suppressing the vote here. And I think women and minorities will be the most affected by this Democratic vote suppression scheme. The minorities in Carolina are mostly black. So it is just like the days of literacy tests, poll taxes and segregation at the DNC!

5 posted on 08/31/2012 6:13:46 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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you need a ticket and ID to get in.. what a bunch of racists.


6 posted on 08/31/2012 6:15:37 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: Libloather
I paid to see real Greek columns at Bank of America Stadium. Instead I get fake ones at Panther Stadium. What a rip-off.
7 posted on 08/31/2012 6:34:40 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Cardinal Dolan's DNC prayer is titled "Ritus exorcizandi obsessor a daemonio")
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To: Libloather

Folks in Charlotte need to be watchful of pickpockets, hookers and thieves of all stripes during the convention, and that’s just the delegates


8 posted on 08/31/2012 6:38:12 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Figment

Hahaha


9 posted on 08/31/2012 7:09:10 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Libloather

Geez......they’re Democrats......they’ll put a dollars worth of quarters into a parking meter and then blame Bush when they don’t get a root beer.


10 posted on 08/31/2012 8:02:05 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Libloather
"There's a sucker born every minute"

A DNC convention seems a natural place for them to "congeal"...

11 posted on 08/31/2012 8:17:59 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Libloather

And don’t forget the OWS crowd ... they will be there to provide entertainment for them ... as Auntie Nancy says, “I’m so proud of them (OWS). I’m sure they will have a lot to add to the convention.


12 posted on 08/31/2012 8:37:05 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Skittle pooping unicorns are more common than progressives with honor & integrity.)
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To: Figment

"I warn you, monsieur, you must always be careful. There are vultures everywhere.....vultures everywhere."
13 posted on 08/31/2012 9:23:54 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (I need a good stiff drink. How 'bout you?)
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To: Libloather

Perhaps hordes of people will swarm the convention site thinking that Obama will be there handing out some Obama-stash. Wonder what happens when they realize there is no Obama stash?


14 posted on 09/01/2012 1:13:19 AM PDT by AlexisHeavyMetal1981 (x)
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To: Figment
You speak with great truth!

HA, HA, HA!

15 posted on 09/01/2012 7:07:54 PM PDT by hummingbird (I CAN CU2!)
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