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Buying concert tickets on ebay

quidsinquentin
quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
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Has anyone ever done this - bought tickets to a concert?

What are the risks, if anyone knows?

My son is after tickets for the Leeds festival. I gather that they're starting price is around £180 and expected to go higher.

If its a rip-off are you covered if you pay with PayPal?

Cheers
The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.

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  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    I sold a ticket on Ebay. I listed it for the price I paid on a BIN and it sold within 3 hours.
    So you can buy non-tout tickets this way. (I'd booked a date when I was still on holiday, so bought a ticket for the next night and then sold my original on).

    Don't pay way over the proper price though; this is what keeps touts going.
    Happy chappy
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
    Cheers Tom

    Trouble is how do I know a tout ticket from a non-tout ticket?
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    The price mainly.

    Even if their a one-time tout, why should you pay 3 times the original price for a ticket?
    Happy chappy
  • Parisien
    Parisien Posts: 930 Forumite
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    tomstickland wrote: »
    The price mainly.

    Even if their a one-time tout, why should you pay 3 times the original price for a ticket?


    Yeah...the same way as airlines "tout" their fares.........you know...the nearer the date the higher the price....!!

    Is it illegal...nope supply and demand!

    I don't honestly see any difference, if you are forward looking enough or plan things well, you never have to pay over the odds, that applies to every thing!
  • pulliptears
    pulliptears Posts: 14,583 Forumite
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    I have bought leeds tickets from ebay for a few years running.

    Leave it until the day before, prices plummet.

    Search locally to you, within 25 miles and ask your seller if you can collect.

    Pay cash on collection and you have pretty much eliminated all scams :)
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
    pulliptears wrote: »
    I have bought leeds tickets from ebay for a few years running.

    Leave it until the day before, prices plummet.

    Search locally to you, within 25 miles and ask your seller if you can collect.

    Pay cash on collection and you have pretty much eliminated all scams :)
    Thanks - never thought of that. I like that idea.

    Do the prices really go down that much?
    The atmosphere is currently filled with hypocrisy so thick that it could be sliced, wrapped, and sold in supermarkets for a decent price and labeled, 'Wholegrain Left-Wing, Middle-Class, Politically-Correct Organic Hypocrisy'.
  • pulliptears
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    Usually pick them up for about £50 - £60 a weekend ticket of you are willing to take a chance. I managed to get 3 adult camping for £150 last year and we all went :)

    Its something we do on a whim, like I say if you are brave enough to risk leaving it until the thursday you can usually get them incredibly cheaply because at that stage the sellers are happy to get any money for them!

    Make sure you ask about collection before you bid though!
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    Is it illegal...nope supply and demand!
    Yes, but I'm not prepared to pay the inflated prices. MSE.
    Happy chappy
  • Alfrescodave
    Alfrescodave Posts: 1,012 Forumite
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    Sellers are meant to have the tickets in their possession before advertising. If the venue is months away and you pay up front (as you must) then you have no comeback when the tickets fail to materialise later.

    Pulliptears advice is sound although you run the risk of tickets not being available but at least you haven't lost your money
  • russ_c
    russ_c Posts: 241 Forumite
    Have you tried looking on scarletmist, a site where you can buy/sell at face value.

    http://www.scarletmist.com/default.asp
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