5,000 bleacher seats for the Inaugural parade–cost $25 each–available through Ticketmaster yesterday at 1:00 pm eastern sold out in one minute, literally. The general admission tickets are being legally being scalped on eBay and StubHub along with tickets that were purchased through the Presidential Inaugural Committee. The Washington Times reported:

A seller on Craigslist, the nationwide want ad for virtually anything, offered four tickets for sale, writing, "I am looking for $2,000 for the set or best offer and I can also split these tickets up. All reasonable offers are accepted. Witness and own a huge piece of history.

Linda Douglass, the inaugural committee’s chief spokeswoman said inaugural officials strongly disapprove of anyone seeking to make a profit from the sale of the tickets.  

The GA tix on eBay have starting prices below face value, but no telling what they’ll end up going for. Don’t want to do general admission? Both eBay and StubHub have scalpers offering preassigned seating. On eBay, you can pay $4000 for a set of four being sold by someone in Illinois:

4 tickets together yellow row 8 seats 31-34 1/20/2009

while on StubHub, there’s single bleacher tickers going for $3,530 each and VIP general admission bleacher seats for $1,950 a pop. 

Oh then there’s the caveat factor--one seller is advertising these "parade" tickets:

MALL STANDING
Row: G/A.
Price: $811.00 each

But…lolwut? Standing? The PIC states:

Tickets are not required to view the parade, but the purchase of tickets will guarantee spectators a seated spot along the parade route. 

Which means there’s plenty of standing room. The Washington Post reports that about 175 of avilable space will be bleachers and the rest will be for standing:

Fewer bleachers will be set up this time, meaning more space for standing-room crowds.

And pro-tip: The parade isn’t viewable from the Mall, and watching the swearing-in on Jumbo-trons on the Mall is free. Sheesh.