Scalpers were complaining of bad business yesterday, in most cases offering prices below the face value.
Out at the track 30km from the city, scalpers - called 'yellow ox' in Putonghua - were selling the most expensive three-day package tickets at one-third the original price.
'Business isn't very good. I still have a lot of tickets to sell for the next two days,' said one man standing with several scalpers outside the entrance gate.
He was offering a 3,300-yuan ticket, the second most expensive, for only 1,000 yuan. Every entrance around the massive track had several scalpers offering similar deals.
'I can give you a discount,' one said. Scalpers said many people who received tickets as gifts were now trying to off-load them. But they hoped business would pick up for the final day tomorrow.
'I can't predict the price. It's just like the stock market,' another scalper said.
