14 DAY TRIAL // As every year goes, some industrious people have attempted to sell their WWDC tickets on eBay, charging almost ten times the original asking price to give them away.
“With tickets selling out in less than 2 minutes, this is one of the most coveted tickets in the world. Ticket shall be transferred onsite at the Moscone. Attendance Guaranteed or your money back,” according to one description.
The auction has now been ended by the seller, according to a notice on eBay.
“This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.”
This means either Apple’s legal team contacted this person to tell him / her it’s not ok to resell a WWDC ticket, or the seller simply found someone who would pay the full price in cash.
The seller, who asked $10,000 (€7,671) for the ticket, promised to deliver the badge at the venue. The deal sounded sketchy, to say the least.
On its developer site, Apple clearly states that WWDC tickets are non-transferable.
Along with activation codes, the tickets “may not be sold, resold, bartered, auctioned, or transferred in any way,” the company states.
It doesn’t get any clearer than that. Needless to point out, you should proceed with caution whenever someone tries to sell you a WWDC ticket.
Apple can cancel your membership at any time, even after you have attended a few coding sessions.
“Apple reserves the right to cancel your ticket or deactivate your activation code.”
There is one instance where tickets can be transferred from one person to another, but Apple has to offer its seal of approval for that.
“As an exception to the foregoing, requests to transfer tickets (including activation codes) among team members may be submitted to Apple for consideration at [email protected],” the company states.
It adds, “Apple reserves the right to reject any transfer requests. Any other transfers will render the ticket null and void without any responsibility to Apple.”