Do you think I can trust someone I met online.
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October 30th, 2009
There was an ad on Kijiji, a student looking for Cirque du Soleil tickets. She said she was on a student budget and couldn’t afford the minimum $100 ticket, and those are for bad seats. She was hoping someone could donate 1 ticket to her, or at least offer her a cheap deal.
I have two tickets which I might not be able to use. The tickets I have are actually VIP tickets. Amazing seats, backstage pass, champagne, the whole works. Lets say they cost more than the $100 minimum. Anyways, I responded to her, saying she can have both tickets IF she can promise me that she and whoever she is taking will volunteer for a whole day at a soup kitchen.
I am hoping that by doing something nice for a stranger, it will inspire this stranger to do something nice as well. But do you think I can trust a random person to do this. Or would there be a tendency to just take the ticket, say “yeah, I’ll do it next week” but end up never volunteering.
Old Mister Happy says:
Short answer, hell no, the chances of her volunteering with a friend for a whole day are slim to none, and that is optimistic.
It would have made more sense to sell her the tickets at a discount and donate the money.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Zanzibar Sansepanz says:
Get them to volunteer before they get the tickets.Find out what soup kitchen they would volunteer at and then contact the kitchen to confirm that they volunteered. If yes.send off the tickets.if no.keep them. Or you can take a leap of faith and trust that they would do it and just send them the tickets.
October 31st, 2009 at 12:50 am
cavena l says:
hey
To tell you the truth, whoever the girl is. i dont know, but i doubt she will ever visit a soup kitchen nevermind volunteering at one. If i were you i’d keep my ticket. in times and days like these i trust no one. i think the girl is playing you, and moreover why would she want to see cirque du soleil. especially when she cannot afford it. i think there is more to the story. because something is a little off.
ciao
October 31st, 2009 at 1:36 am
Eagle Eye says:
No don’t fall for it if you know someone in person I would say yes if not don’t bother . If there is someone that does already volunteer to the food kitchen give it to them at least you know that they already are doing some good and so will you .
I don’t know ,you but you sound like a generous person to me , be aware not everyone out there is so nice.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:12 am
Aporia says:
It’s a nice thought, but if you’re going to give those tickets as a gift, you are forfeiting any right to demand conditions. Not only can you not enforce them, but you shouldn’t. It’s nice that you suggest it to her, and possibly she will, but if you’re going to give them away to her, you can’t force her to do it.
If she were truly super honest and polite, she would decline the tickets if she had no intention of dealing with your conditions.
October 31st, 2009 at 2:55 am
beagle says:
Love your idea. When it comes to buying and selling things on line just make sure you are in the stronger position.
Interestingly, I know the kind of tickets you have. My wife and I attended a Cirque de Soleil performance and purchased those types of tickets. They are not cheap tickets by any means and you are giving her a great deal.
I would reconsider letting her have both tickets unless you can make sure 2 people volunteer. You did say she requested only one ticket. That’s why I suggest this.
As one poster suggested, be sure the volunteering is done BEFORE you release the tickets and make sure both volunteers are there for the entire time.
I’d be hesitant giving her “both” tickets because she may choose to use just one and sell the other one herself.
If there is no way for you to verify that she [and friend] did complete the volunteering then all bets are off. You will have no problem selling your tickets on Craig’s List at a modest discount. Those shows are generally sold out well in advance. Donate the money to the soup kitchen for supplies or food.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:51 am