Just clicking the wrong button can cost you hundreds of dollars for those "Phantom of the Opera" tickets at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. And one of the worst things is you can spend far less for much better seats if you buy from the center's site at www.tbpac.org. ...more

November 15, 2008

Retailers trying to brighten up what looks like a drab period for shopping are rolling out eye-catching packaging, celebrity tie-ins and contests for everything from Hannah Montana tickets to an African safari. ...more

December 13, 2007

TAMPA - The four remaining contestants vying for Hannah Montana tickets now are clinging to the 12-foot statue instead of its base. ...more

November 13, 2007

Regarding "Brokers Hurting Children" (Letters, Nov. 9): It's not just Hannah Montana. Tickets to the recent Jimmy Buffet concert at the Ford Amphitheatre were sold out on Ticketmaster, but an internet broker had plenty of $126 face-value tickets for $266. Go to the Ruth Eckerd Hall Web site and click on tickets and you'll be switched to a broker's Web site where tickets for Trisha Yearwood are being sold for $126. The face value is $ 47.50. ...more

November 11, 2007