As do ticket scalpers trying to turn a profit on StubHub and other websites for baseball's exhibition season.
For concierges, being prepared can mean having an extensive network of service providers and ticket scalpers at their fingertips.
The state-run Xinhua news agency said many who were waiting in line were scalpers, though those reports couldn't be immediately confirmed.
There were even scalpers outside the arena selling tickets before the game for one of the few big draws of the season.
Speaking at an event in Davos, he blamed the empty seats early in London 2012 on the organisers' clamp-down on so-called touts or scalpers.
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In Florida, where half of MLB's 30 teams train, online scalpers are asking hundreds of dollars--multiples over face value-- for games involving Boston or New York.
Meanwhile, the intense East Coast rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees is generating both record box office receipts for each team and big profits for online scalpers.
Throw in other oldies but goodies Jimmy Buffet and Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters, along with country superstars like Keith Urban and husband-and-wife team Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and Summer '07 is a paradise for scalpers.
At least ticket scalpers probably think so.
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Apple has struggled to keep up with worldwide demand for the device, with early customers losing out to scalpers who sold the iPads on the street or spirited them off to China, where they sold them at a large markup.
While WIPO's report mainly focused on abuses in registering domain names -- with name "scalpers" often purchasing choice domain names and then selling them at a high price -- ICANN said that it needs to develop a more comprehensive policy regarding all intellectual property issues.
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