The Colorado Rockies settled a lawsuit with a man who wanted to buy World Series tickets and resell them for more than three times the face value.
Jeff Sobieck sued the Rockies on Thursday, claiming that he had confirmations for a dozen tickets and that his credit card was charged $4,694 but that he received an e-mail Oct. 24 saying his order had been canceled, the lawsuit alleges.
“Plaintiff is seeking not only the initial $4,694 investment, but also the amount … which he would have made for each of these World Series tickets,” Sobieck’s attorney wrote in the lawsuit.
Sobieck, who could not be reached for comment, claims the market value of each ticket was at least $1,500. He sued for $13,306 plus the $4,694 he was charged, the lawsuit says.
Hal Roth, general counsel for the Rockies, said the team settled with Sobieck on Friday, but he declined to disclose the terms of the settlement. He said he also didn’t know whether Sobieck was a scalper and, if so, why the team would settle with him if he planned to resell the tickets.
“I don’t want to characterize him one way or the other,” Roth said, adding that he did not know why Sobieck’s order was canceled last week.
A man named Jeff Sobieck was one of the initial members of a company called Prime Time Tickets LLC, according to 1996 articles of incorporation records from the secretary of state.
No phone number could be found for a Colorado-based Prime Time Tickets. Sobieck’s attorney couldn’t be reached for comment.
