Sex Fan Suffers Big Disappointment

Just how much are Sex and the City fans willing to pay for The Ultimate movie-going experience? The NY Post reports that one woman laid down $19,000 for a seat at tonight's premiere, only to find out she'd been scammed.

Ella Sherman, who flew in from Singapore for the big night, will still get a seat at the premiere thanks to New Line Cinemas, but, you see, "It was the after-party that was the big thing for me," she told the paper. The backstory here is that Sherman entered an eBay auction "peddled by" the travel company Destination on Location; after winning she "hoped to hobnob with the stars and planned to write about her Big Apple adventures for a leading Asian magazine."

Other perks for the winning bidder included five nights at an upscale hotel, shopping sprees at Carrie-approved stores, temporary membership to the Soho House and, of course, coveted spots to the premiere and after party. The money was also supposed to go to Artists Against Abuse, a charity that the travel company claimed was Kim Cattrall's favorite.

Now the 30-something, single Sherman is fending for herself in the Big City, just like Ms. Bradshaw before her, and Destination on Location isn't refunding any of her money -- saying they too fell victim to a fraudulent eBay seller. Guess no one's a winner when it come to the Sex and the City movie; but at least Sherman got her very own Carrie-style NY Post photo shoot.

Photo of Ella Sherman via the NY Post.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on May 27, 2008 9:00 AM

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yomama

I'm a woman and laughing my ass off at this fool. So sick of all the publicity for this movie. I wanna take SJP and the entire cast and pecker their heads with a Manolo Blahnik heel.

Dude69

Everyone should just point at this airhead idiot and laugh our asses off!! And any women who has ANY sympathy for her (I am looking at you, Stacy Horn) should be cursed to be 50 lbs overweight for the rest of their lives.

sonyactivision

She should have paid the way for two of her closest friends so they could hang out at a bistro and chit chat about their misfortune long enough for someone to overhear and prepare a jar of acid to shower them with when they start their 15 block walk back to the Comfort Suites.

spiritross

Hey buyer beware

Try buying scalped tix for a Yankees World Series Game

You got about a 2-1 chance that your ticket is a fraud

Spirit of 76

There are fans and then there are fanatics. She crossed the line and then some. I guess it's true that there's a sucker born every minute. On the bright side, she still isn't as unattractive as SJP.

allie25

her bag looks tacky.

eyekantspel

I don't see how anyone can feel sorry for her. If she paid for her transaction using a credit card, as one would expect, she won't lose her money.

Bubba

The good news is that more rubes will be flocking here for the criminal class to take advantage of. And that's good for the economy!

Think2wice

Sniff...it is sad...it's like going to the Hajj and paying 19,000 riyals only to find out that you *won't* get inside the Kaaba...sniff.

lanciano

this idiotic woman gives women a bad name.

Splicer

Good. I hope she gets scammed again for twice as much next time that one brain cell that's left in her head misfires. I love the show The Office but wouldn't spend two cents having any desire to meet or greet any of the stars. They are on TV, I am at home. Big difference.

Stacy Horn

I actually have sympathy for her, but that said, now she actually has something to write about so it should be fine in the end.

Tim N.

Proving once again that people who are that into this show aren't all that bright to begin with.

Just think, she could have spent that money on her 1,000th pair of shoes.

eyekantspel

Stupid non-story. If she had any brains, she paid using paypal using a credit card as source of funds. Dispute the charge with the credit card merchant, and she'll most likely not pay a dime.

So she's almost certainly not losing any money, but meanwhile gets a lot of free press and attention. On top of that, with all this press attention, I'm betting that the Sex & the City Sisterhood steps in and grants this dummy admission to the afterparty anyway, just to generate some good p.r.