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I never had a problem selling my Beacon tix for face value in front of the theater.....until last year. I usually go the first Friday and Saturday nights of the run, and last year I sold a spare Orchestra level ticket toward the back (I believe Row R towards the middle) on the Friday night for just $30. I think I paid closer to $80 with TM charges and fees. While that sounds bad, there were many many many people outside that night unable to sell their spare tickets at all (especially Balcony ticket-holders). Again, in years past I've never had problems getting back what I paid.....maybe last year was just a fluke. Does anyone know the law in NYC with regards to re-selling tickets? A couple years ago I went with a Manhattan-ite, and he thought it was completely illegal to sell tickets in front of the venue at all.....even at a loss. A cop refused to answer me when I asked. I will say that last year, whatever the law is, they seemed to be just going after scalpers trying to turn a profit. There was one undercover cop (dressed quite obviously as a faux-hippie) who kept walking around asking if anyone had tickets (there were like 15 guys walking around yelling "Who needs a ticket?" ) and if you responded she would ask how much. If you said "face" or ANYTHING under face, she would just walk away. The only reasons I would say that she was undercover, and not just looking for a deal, is b/c she apparently was disinterested in even a $15 ticket, and about every 5 or 10 minutes she would take a break and go hang out with the two uniformed cops at the barricade in front of the venue. That, and again, her hippie get-up looked a bit contrived. So again, does anyone know the ticket re-selling laws in NYC?