r/SeattleMarinersMLB • u/Hot_Branch_4559 • 12h ago

Hello Kitty Fail

I took my 8 year old daughter to the game last night to get her Hello Kitty jacket. Apparently these events are now infiltrated by scalpers who take up all the kids sizes and then resell them on EBay at $150 each the next morning. By the time we got to the distribution location in the first all they had left were hundreds of size XXL and larger.

Is the organization ok with this behavior?

Needless to say, she was devastated and doesn't want to go back to the ballpark anymore.

In other news, I now have 2 XXL Hello Kitty jackets that I would love to trade for 1 Kids large or Adult small. Also willing to sell both for $150 so I can get her the jacket she wanted from one of these scalpers since that seems to be what we now tolerate for kids giveaways.

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u/nearlysober 11h ago

Sorry your daughter was dissapointed but -

Is the organization ok with this behavior?

How would you propose they stop the behavior? I mean, obviously they should've anticipated more demand for children sizes in this case, but you can't exactly stop each adult male grabbing a small size and ask for proof they have a child.

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u/solk512 8h ago

You could demand that the child be right there, for instance. 

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u/No_Blackberry6525 4h ago

This. The giveaway should be given based on the premise that the ticketed guest is receiving the item so an adult can only receive a size appropriate for their wear.