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The couple spent $500 on bogus tickets they tried to purchase from Craigslist.
Chappelle, a Yellow Springs area resident, can be seen surprising the couple in a video posted to Twitter.
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"Happy Valentine's Day, you guys," he told Deidra and Eddie Dickens and two others. "I don't mean to interrupt your dinner."
Last night we told you this Charlotte couple was scammed out of hundreds of dollars trying to buy @DaveChappelle tickets on Craigslist. Tonight we were there as DAVE HIMSELF hand-delivered the group tickets! Awesome! @WBTV_News pic.twitter.com/tHMElvDcZE
— Alex Giles WBTV (@AlexGilesNews) February 15, 2019
On Wednesday the TV station did a story outlining how the Dickens were scammed and never received four tickets they thought they were buying to Chappelle’s show at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
Tickets to his two Valentine's Day shows sold out within 24 hours of being announced last week, according to The Charlotte Observer.
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Deidra Dickens told the TV station the seller never provided the tickets and stopped communicating with her.
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Eddie Dickens often uses a wheelchair and needed an end seat.
Chappelle told the TV station that delivering tickets to the couple felt good.
“It felt like I just got to make something wrong, right,” he said. “And it didn’t hurt me or cost me anything to do it. I am just happy it worked out.”
Credit: Kevin Winter
Credit: Kevin Winter
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Chappelle, who won his second Grammy Award in the Best Comedy Album category Saturday, urged people to purchase event tickets from reliable sources.
“Take any opportunity that is presented to you to be kind,” he said.
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