Post by staggerstag on Aug 13, 2018 17:33:57 GMT
I've only ever used Seatwave two times, for Nick Cave (way before he became arena material) and as I recall I only paid about 10% over face value. I got the tickets promptly through the mail. One was a last minute decision to go see the band in Amsterdam which had sold out. The other was for a smallish venue in East London which sold out quite quickly before I could apply direct.
I suppose times have changed a bit. A ticket for crappy U2 in London in October is as high as £825.99, the cheapest at £116.82. Echo and the Bunnymen at the London Palladium in October £135.70, so over £270 (plus fee) for you and your partner/buddy. Let's see what Housewives' Choice Barry Manilow is going for in September. I thought it might be higher but it's £50 up to £320.
This will all stop from October when Seatwave and Get Me In will cease to exist under Ticketmaster UK.
The touts will still have ways to snap up all the tickets at face value and sell them on at inflated prices, though.
I believe StubHub is quite popular in the USA. And StubHub UK is not owned by Ticketmaster (EBay, I think?) so tickets can still be bought from a secondary source once Seatwave and Get Me In are gone in the UK.
Have you ever used any of these sites to purchase (or sell) event tickets? If not, would you ever?
LINK (apologies for the sickly Ed Sheeran pic in article)
I suppose times have changed a bit. A ticket for crappy U2 in London in October is as high as £825.99, the cheapest at £116.82. Echo and the Bunnymen at the London Palladium in October £135.70, so over £270 (plus fee) for you and your partner/buddy. Let's see what Housewives' Choice Barry Manilow is going for in September. I thought it might be higher but it's £50 up to £320.
This will all stop from October when Seatwave and Get Me In will cease to exist under Ticketmaster UK.
The touts will still have ways to snap up all the tickets at face value and sell them on at inflated prices, though.
I believe StubHub is quite popular in the USA. And StubHub UK is not owned by Ticketmaster (EBay, I think?) so tickets can still be bought from a secondary source once Seatwave and Get Me In are gone in the UK.
Have you ever used any of these sites to purchase (or sell) event tickets? If not, would you ever?
LINK (apologies for the sickly Ed Sheeran pic in article)
