Thread: Tickets: Why Won't They Scan Barcodes from a Mobile Device?

The scanners do read the bar code off the phone, but most of the Staples employees seem think otherwise. I've only had one person who was willing to try it, and it worked. What you can do is have them manually enter the numerical code that's next to the bar code using the number pad on the scanner. It's the exact same data that the bar code transmits.

Originally Posted by Atticus

Good point, but you could get one of those ticket holders with the lanyards. Though I guess those are kind of, uh, retarded.

They sent lanyards with the season tickets.

Originally Posted by SirJW

I asked my ticket taker last night if he could scan my phone he told me they are under direct orders not to do it.

I just don't get it.

Originally Posted by jt

I just don't get it.

Most likely it is because of a rash of people taking photos of tickets and then using them as their own. Warnings have gone out recently, about posting pictures of tickets on Facebook, or other social media sites, because thieves are stealing the image. Technology is great, but it also has opened up a whole new field for people to exploit.

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Originally Posted by DougW8

Most likely it is because of a rash of people taking photos of tickets and then using them as their own. Warnings have gone out recently, about posting pictures of tickets on Facebook, or other social media sites, because thieves are stealing the image. Technology is great, but it also has opened up a whole new field for people to exploit.

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silly Dougie, article really meant the Sacramento Kings.

Originally Posted by DougW8

Most likely it is because of a rash of people taking photos of tickets and then using them as their own. Warnings have gone out recently, about posting pictures of tickets on Facebook, or other social media sites, because thieves are stealing the image. Technology is great, but it also has opened up a whole new field for people to exploit.

How about this idea :
Get a camera with telephoto lens. Snap photos of fans wearing their tickets in lanyards with the barcodes and ticket numbers exposed. Re-create the barcodes on paper tickets or, when they finally get the process down, as mobile device barcodes. As long as you enter before the other people, you're in.

Originally Posted by admorrow

How about this idea :
Get a camera with telephoto lens. Snap photos of fans wearing their tickets in lanyards with the barcodes and ticket numbers exposed. Re-create the barcodes on paper tickets or, when they finally get the process down, as mobile device barcodes. As long as you enter before the other people, you're in.

Every season ticket has a unique barcode for every game.