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Strawberry Festival Warns Of Overpriced Concert Tickets

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By DAVE NICHOLSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 17, 2008

PLANT CITY - Fans of Taylor Swift can pay more than $150 for a ticket to her concert March 1 at the Florida Strawberry Festival through online sites such as eBay.

Or they can buy one directly from the festival for the face value of $45 plus handling fees.

Festival officials say they are alarmed that scalpers are asking steep prices for tickets to the festival's headline concerts, even though tickets remain for each show. Swift's show is the festival's most popular, but even that one has 2,000 tickets remaining, said Ron Gainey, Strawberry Festival Association secretary and director.

Seats for other shows have been listed online for big prices, festival officials said. Scalpers have resold headline concert tickets before, but not for these prices, they said.

The festival tries to discourage scalping by using an online ticket company that flags suspicious large purchases, Gainey said. About 70 percent of the ticket sales are via the Internet.

Tickets are available at www.flstrawberryfestival.com or at the box office, 2209 W. Oak Ave., Plant City. For telephone sales, call (813) 754-1996.

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