[link|http://money.cnn.com/2002/02/14/olympics/olympics_tickets/index.htm|It's not quite a risk-free investment]

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN/Money) - Jay Barton spent about $12,000 a year ago for tickets to this month's Winter Olympics, but the Salt Lake City resident figured he'd be able to sell most of the tickets he bought at a profit and cover the cost of going to the events he really wanted to see.

It hasn't worked out that way.

Many of the tickets he's sold, such as the $885 tickets for the opening ceremony, were sold at a loss, while other tickets were sold for only face value. He sold two of the opening ceremony tickets for $600 each, and had to sell his figure skating final tickets that he wanted to use himself at face value in order to make that sale. His four $885 tickets for closing ceremonies have yet to be sold.