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Does Anyone Know Update and advice still needed
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Never mind the dodgy 'Norwegian buyer' story - and I agree with all the advice you've been given on that part of the saga - the bit in bold makes me wonder if the tickets are even genuine in the first place. As does your son's reluctance to take the most obvious route to getting a refund.
Of course the tickets are genuine. He went onto the Reading Official site and they sent him a link to ticketmaster. Would they sell him dodgy tickets?
He's not a liar or dishonest as you are insinuating. He bought them from ticketmaster. I have the tickets here with the ticketmaster envelope.
That is the trouble with coming on here. You come on here for advice (which I am very grateful for and am trying to persuade him to follow), and end up being accused of something - in this case dishonesty.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0 -
Of course the tickets are genuine. He went onto the Reading Official site and they sent him a link to ticketmaster. Would they sell him dodgy tickets?
In which case, I would certainly phone them and try to resell via them - if they are not coming up on their website, an agent may be able to help.2021 GC £1365.71/ £24000 -
BrassicWoman wrote: »In which case, I would certainly phone them and try to resell via them - if they are not coming up on their website, an agent may be able to help.
I have asked him twice to do that but he won't take my advice so I can't do any more. At the end of the day its up to him.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0 -
yes, all sounds a bit dodgy - if someone were travelling from Norway surely they would have sorted tickets well before now.
Did your son potentially get scammed himself, which is why they can't go and he doesn't want to lose face to his parent(s) admitting this and expecting the 'I told you so / why didn't you tell us before / what made you buy from that site' etc that he thinks he might get?
Assuming they are weekend tickets with camping I'm pretty sure these are more than £200.
How did he pay? Can he look at reclaiming via his credit card / paypal if he's been scammed?
As I said I have the tickets here in the ticketmaster envelope. He didn't pay for camping. He booked a hotel - which he has managed to cancel. On each ticket it says total price £221.40 so I imagine that is what he is selling them for, I just gave a vague price of £200.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0 -
The reason for not going could dictate his rights here - e.g. if the girlfriend changed her mind, she could well be liable for her half of the tickets.
Its her that doesn't want to go for whatever reason but he would never make her pay.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0 -
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Just found out the Norwegian has booked a hotel. He didn't have anything booked before, so he is going to send the tickets there. Keeping my fingers crossed that it is genuine.
We checked the people out on Facebook and Twitter and they seem okay.The forest would be very silent if no birds sang except for the birds that sang the best0 -
PLEASE do not rely on the fact that these people 'seem ok'.
All they have to do is tell Paypal that they haven't received the tickets, and Paypal will refund them unless there is electronic proof of a signature to say that they have received them.
It is as simple a scam as that - People have taken pics of them handing goods over, hand written receipts, even emails from the people concerned confirming that they have the goods - But if you don't have an electronic proof of signature and delivery, Paypal will side with the 'buyer' and refund the money to them.
Meaning in this case that your son has no tickets and no cash, either.It aint over til I've done singing....0 -
I have asked him twice to do that but he won't take my advice so I can't do any more. At the end of the day its up to him.
And i think the above is the answer.
If he's old enough to be going Reading festival, then frankly he's a big boy and can sort himself out. Dont ask him twice, because as you have found out he doesnt need to take it.
Yes, i know,i know, parents just want to help and all that, i get it it, i do.
In the grand scale of things if you do as asked and take the hint that he doesnt need your advice then he's going to learn a life lesson, and if he cocks it up and loses 400 quid then so be it. But the lesson he learns from it whether good or bad will be invaluable.,Fully paid up member of the ignore button club.If it walks like a Duck, quacks like a Duck, it's a Duck.0 -
Contact the Norwegian buyer and say the sale is off. Far too dodgy for me!
It sounds like he probably has an “uncle from Nigeria” who can transfer the money over!!
Reading has sold out he can easily get a local buyer, put it on instagram.Life is like a bath, the longer you are in it the more wrinkly you become.0
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