Scalping Sundance tickets is seriously frowned upon, but that hasn't stopped a handful of profiteers from peddling festival tickets on eBay. On Wednesday afternoon -- the eve of the festival -- the online auction site listed 27 Sundance items, ranging from $99 for 2 tickets to Southern drama "Ballast" (nobody famous is in it) to $299 for 2 tickets to "Assassination of a High School President," starring Mischa Barton and Bruce Willis.
Many sellers try to skirt anti-scalping guidelines by "selling" the Sundance film guide (which is free and available everywhere), then throwing in "free" tickets with it. But the site's biggest rip-off may be 2 tickets to the official Opening Night Party for $375. Oooh, your chance to party with the stars!!! Um, not quite. First of all, stars go to private parties, not the official ones. And second, if any did show up, they'd be whisked off to a private VIP room where you'd never see them.
--Brandon Griggs