Ticket Tout in administration

ukmonkey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6443273.stm

BBC_NEWS wrote:

Ticket firm customers face losses
Thousands of music fans could lose money totalling £1.4m and miss concerts they have paid to see after a ticket agency went out of business.

The administrators for the firm, Ticket Tout, said customers would not receive tickets they were awaiting or refunds.

About 6,500 people are affected, with claims averaging more than £200. Fans can call a helpline on 020 7194 1015.

People who paid for tickets by credit card could be refunded by their card supplier, the administrators said.

'Lack of funds'

Ticket Tout, set up in February 2006, went into administration on 6 March.

"The company's offices are now closed and no further trading will take place," said a statement by joint administrators Lane Bednash and Mark Reynolds of Valentine & Co insolvency practitioners.

Initial investigations suggested there was "no possibility of refunds or of providing tickets to consumers who have placed orders with the company due to lack of available funds and the quantum of the claims", the statement said.

A special website has been set up at Insolvencynoticeboard.co.uk to provide information to the public.

Just a heads-up really.

If you've paid them using a credit card, you may be able to claim a refund from your card provider, please contact them for details of the procedure.

Hopefully noone on here will be affected by this.

justincase_3

ukmonkey wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6443273.stm



Just a heads-up really.

If you've paid them using a credit card, you may be able to claim a refund from your card provider, please contact them for details of the procedure.

Hopefully noone on here will be affected by this.

Thanks for the info., although I think with the name Ticket Touts I would have given them a miss!

ukmonkey

***bump***

greytroot

must admit with a name like that i would never have used them. hope everyone used a cc.

I mean would you use a bank called robbing gits or get a builder called botch it and scarper. naw!

ukmonkey

Aye, but it's just a name at the end of the day. I do agree with you on the principle though.

Leanne200

I used to buy tickets from them for some events regularly... never had a single problem, they were a very good and a helpful company. I thought they ceased trading ages ago (around November last year) because the director of the company sadly died unexpectedley.