Burning Man is quite the investment, from the preparations to build the temporary city in the Nevada desert to tickets that sell out in minutes once they go up on the official site.
Not everyone can snag a pair. Some people who desperately want to go, turn to a third party seller that can scam them out of thousands of dollars.
Nathan Orlandi of San Francisco bought four tickets for $2200. He picked them up from a seller he found on Craigslist back in June.
Orlandi says one person from their group is stuck outside the Burning Man gates at will call. She was turned away for what turned out to be a void ticket.
Racking up the cost on this loss is the RV and Trailer that Orlandi and his group rented for another $5,400.
Those who return to Burning Man year after year, say fraudulent ticket sales are an ongoing issue.
Katya Shkolnik said she was scammed out of $1,070 last year when she also found a seller on Craigslist that guaranteed her tickets through the popular site, TicketFly.
Shkolnik received a legitimate-looking confirmation prior to her purchase.
“And TicketFly informed me that you were scammed. So the site, the form, the logos they incorporated and signature, was all ripped off,” she said. “And I work in tech part of my job was identifying false sites so it’s not like I’m just someone off the street I considered my self somewhat savvy.”
The Burning Man website advises when buying third-party tickets, to get them from a friend or someone you know.
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