As an out of town, long time poster, I've never purchased tickets off CP. The reason being, I've been to one game at the Saddledome since joining this community, and it was before the ticket exchange (if I'm not mistaken).
With that said, this would be my first place to turn looking for tickets. I don't know, but I think I'd pay a premium for ticket here rather than Ticket Master or Stub Hub (within reason). I can't say for sure but I think I'd buy a $120 ticket here rather than a $100 equivalent seat on a ticket website or kijiji.
For me its knowing that all the proceeds goes toward the community member rather than a professional ticket re-seller who lives God knows where, and has no attachment to the team.
I also don't know this for sure, but I feel like if an out of town poster needed tickets, be it myself, Thor, Halifax Drunk, Flamesguy_SJ, or one of the countless others, community members would be more likely to ensure the out of town fan gets tickets. I could be wrong in that, but my gut tells me (which is often wrong, by the way) that if it came down to selling to random no history poster for $120 or to long time out of towner for $100, the ticket would go to the out of towner.
If my hypothesis is correct, then the market value selling of tickets is moot, as the free market would include more than just Canadian currency, but posting history or longevity.
I guess I've come off the fence and have fallen on the side of free market.
Ultamately, if the face value rule stands, and a poster has tickets to sell, they'll turn to StubHub for the premium games meaning a CPer might not get the ticket at all. If anything, fair market sales would increase the amount of tickets here and thus the amount of CPers at the game... ... ... and not posting on the site during the game ... ... ... wait, wait's our goal again
