Those broker tix did not necessarily come from the presale. When the venues( or whomever) allot tickets, they usually allot a good chunk of them directly to the brokers. I know this from some extended discussions with a few brokers during another tour I was getting tix for, also there was an excellent local( Boston) investigative piece on this about 2 years ago. Everyone gets a big piece of the pie, and fans usually end up with the high priced crumbs - at least with the fan club tix the fans are pretty much getting first crack at some good seats. If you go to several shows during the tour, the $45 fan club fee doesn't seem quite so high. on 11/18/03 5:18 PM, Maggie White at mwhite@gw.smbsd.k12.ca.us wrote:

There are now 114 listings for Sting tickets on eBay. Go brokers!

There are some prices in the $900 range. Boston front row has an asking price (no bids yet) of $1,300. Los Angles, third row pit, are $1,200, from a BROKER! Those had to come through the pre-sale.

There are a few single great seats at not too much above face value for anyone who got shut out and is desperate. There are also some at ridiculous prices!