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Fandango Reviews Summary

The company has garnered significant negative feedback, primarily centered around its customer service and refund policies. Customers frequently report difficulties in obtaining refunds or resolving issues, often facing long wait times and unhelpful automated responses. Complaints highlight misleading ticket information and website glitches that lead to erroneous purchases, further exacerbating customer frustration. While some customers express disappointment with the service, there are few mentions of positive experiences, indicating a general sentiment of dissatisfaction. Overall, the company appears to struggle with effective customer support and transparency, leading many to seek alternatives for their movie ticket purchases.

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New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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This business is honestly horrible. I purchased tickets for a show in the wrong theater, when I called (20 minutes before show started) I was unable to get anyone. Despite waiting OVER 45 MINUTES ON HOLD. I went to the internet to see if anyone else had this issue and I found this site with all of these negative reviews telling me a refund was impossible. I called them the next morning as soon as the office opened. After waiting for 35 MINUTES a woman finally answered. She had a terrible attitude- you could tell she deals with angry customers every single day. She told me I could not possibly get a refund after the show started because the funds are transferred to the participating box office. No credit to my account, no apology, 0 effort. I asked to speak with her manager. Her response? "Shes just going to tell you exactly what I just did". I didn't like that. The manager was a piece of work, she was EXTREMELY rude from the get-go. Almost humored at the fact that she couldn't possibly issue me a refund. After she informed me that she could not refund me, I began reading the posts on this website to her, informing her of how low customer satisfaction is in her company and telling her Fandango will not be around much longer if they continue this scam. She told me that it is not her or her companies fault that their customers are not thorough enough to read their terms and conditions before conducting business with them.

I would love to sign a petition to bring this company down, I have a fire in my heart because of how disgusting these people are towards their customers. STAY FAR FAR AWAY!

P. S AMC will not be able to issue you a refund for your Fandango ticket (yes, obviously). But sometimes they will give you a complimentary ticket for your troubles, because even they know this company is horrible. I had 3 different workers at the theater warn me of their crap since then. They say they deal with it alllllll the time and it is a well known issue in their line of work.

Date of experience: March 31, 2017
Colorado
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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No customer service!
March 31, 2017

I am trying to get a refund for tickets I just purchased because I selected the wrong theater. No phone number, the "can't make the movie?" link is broken, " Sorry an error occurred while processing your request.", and the chat says it will take 35 minutes... Really?

Date of experience: March 30, 2017
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fandango is a rip off
March 30, 2017

I ordered tickets for the wrong day. Tried to switch and they wouldn't let me. Kept getting an error message. Will never go through them again! Didn't want a refund. Just wanted to switch times. Terrible company and app.

Date of experience: March 29, 2017
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awful
March 28, 2017

I purchased tickets online for my daughter. I called the theater to confirm what she needed to bring. I was advised just the confirmation number. I sent her with a snapshot of the confirmation email. When she arrived they told her they needed to be printed afterall. They tried to print the tickets. An error message kept popping up. The box office gave her a phone number to call to get refunded. I called two different days, both times the wait was over 5 minutes, the second day, I waited for 38.5 minutes on hold only to be connected to a man name Mark who was rude and continued to interrupt me. He told me that they do not issue refunds after the show has played yet he put me on hold to call the theater which doesn't make any sense since he said they don't issue the refunds. Regardless, I advised him of this poor communication and customer service. He told me he would escalate it to corporate and this could take 5-7 business days and that was nearly two weeks ago. I have since emailed them twice requesting an update, and have yet to receive a response. I paid for 2 tickets and a service charge to the tune of $27 and all we did was pay them to provide poor customer service. They stole my money as far as I am concerned. From what I have read this has happened a lot which leads me to believe they do it on purpose. I would suggest someone look a little closer at this business.

Date of experience: March 28, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible! Bought 6 tickets online, tried to exchange / refund and was denied. Tried calling multiple times and could not get through. Finally utilized the only help chat after waiting an hour and "James" denied my request then disconnected us.

So rude, will NOT ever do business with Fandango again!

Date of experience: March 27, 2017
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fandango needs to GO!
March 27, 2017

I ordered a movie on Sat for Sun in 3D. Kiosk at Regal spits out a Sat 2D ticket, luckily their were enough seats to accommodate me. While waiting for movie to start in lobby I observed 2 others who got double booked for the same seat of 2 different showings. Unfortunately for 1 their showing was sold out and all the ticket master could do is give out a gift card. USE REGAL.COM OR MOVIETICKETS.COM AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME HASSLE!

Date of experience: March 27, 2017
Indiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Took two weeks to hear back from customer service and then told me it was too late to give me the refund. DONT USE!

Date of experience: March 23, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bought 4 tickets, called before showtime for refund, was told 'system is down, will put note in account& you will be contacted within 48 hrs... still waiting 5 days later. Called customer service 4 times after finally getting thru was on hold 50+ minutes with no resolution. Was told to submit 'proof' via email - screenshot of call to fandango before showtime - because no evidence of my original call. Try to email proof & keep getting error on fandango end. Soooo now I'm told to fax the proof, which I did, but have not received any communication from fandango. Fandango is a joke. They made the initial error, now over had to waste 4+ hours of my time to get a refund. Will never use again. And from the other reviews I've read this is the norm for fandango.

Date of experience: March 21, 2017
Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Fandango sucks!
March 20, 2017

I ordered tickets for a dinner theater movie and never got confirmation. I went online to Fandango and waited 11 min. To get to chat. The guy basically told me to bad go to another movie. The next movie was at 10 pm the perfect time for a dinner movie with your 2 kids.

Date of experience: March 20, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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SCAM ALERT
March 19, 2017

Do not use fandango. Horrible customer service and lies. I'm out 42 dollars and they disconnect the help line before you get resolution. Hair was the so called customer service rep and he lied to me about the theatre response. I spoke with the theatre after I was off the phone with him and they said the exact opposite of what he said

Date of experience: March 19, 2017
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst customer service I have ever received. I purchased 8 tickets for beauty and the beast and received confirmation of my purchase and was charged $72 for the tickets. I didn't get a confirmation email so I called fandango. I waited on hold over 20 minutes and when I was finally connected to a rep she said she showed 3 failed attempts at making the purchase. I finally asked for a supervisor who said my transaction failed. I told her I have a picture of the confirmation and can show the money coming out of my bank account and could I send it to her. She said I could and that she would pass along to executive department for review which would take 3 to 5 business days. I asked if she could expedite it and she said no. I asked what she could do because I have family coming from out of town the next day and she said she will pass along to executive board. I asked for a manager and she refused me one. So now, I am out $72 dollars and have to disappoint 4 children that they can't go to the movies today. I am also a supervisor in customer service and this is absolutely unacceptable.

Date of experience: March 18, 2017
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't bother wasting your time trying to fix your Fandango issues. Just move on, never use this damned company again and tell all of your friends, relatives, aquantances, neighbors, coworkers, and any random person you bump into on the street to stay the F away from this company! Period!

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Arizona
1 review
5 helpful votes
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DONT USE FANDANGO
March 12, 2017

This company is a total rip off! My boyfriend and I tried to redeem our gift card that we got for our anniversary and received an error message on the site that the gift card was invalid. This was our first time using it. We tried calling the customer support line and chat and was told they weren't able to do anything about it, because their cite is under maintenance and didn't know when they would be done. Totally given the run around. I garuntee when we try to use this gift card again, we will get the same damn error message and we will call back and either be told it was a different issue or their damn website is still "under maintenance". We will NEVER use this company again and let out friends know about our experience. Based on other reviews it's clear they don't value their customers.

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Illinois
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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CRAP Customer Service
March 12, 2017

Extremely long wait... for no refund. Even though I started on hold 1 minute after buying the wrong ticket. They only give a FAN=f'ing -dango credit. Unless you want to pay for being on hold for 30 minutes by relinquishing the service fee.

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Just Crap!
March 12, 2017

Customer service through the chat, was terrible. I was asking simple questions, and getting the run around. I guarantee, we will never use Fandango again.

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Fandango's website sucks. I've tried over and over again to purchase movie tickets and it gives me an error page each time. I tried calling there customer service line and its a complete joke. It tells you that all the agents are currently busy and disconnects the phone on you. What is the point in having this type of website if its not even going to work. This company needs to get there $#*! together. They need to at least allow you to put in your phone number so an agent can call you back.

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Ohio
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Was sent $50 fandango gift card for Christmas with no expiration date. Finally able to go to movie this weekend only to be told when tried to redeem "offer had expired". I have tried to call, on hold for 25 minutes and still no one. Have been on customer support web site waiting 10 minutes to be connected to an agent. And the nearly 5$ service fee to redeem if it actually did work? Forget it! Don't waste your time or money.

Date of experience: March 12, 2017
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Gone forever
March 12, 2017

Perhaps the worst customer service chat experience I've EVER experienced. I loved Fandango and pretty much used them 100% of the time for my family of five movie purchases. Couldn't resolve one simple issue and now will NEVER use them again.

Date of experience: March 11, 2017
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible. Tabbie FORCED a disconnect on our chat, leaving with my request unresolved and unanswered. Just aweful.

Date of experience: March 11, 2017
Idaho
1 review
1 helpful vote
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FANDANGO'S CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCKS. THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. SPENT HOURS TRYING TO PURCHASE TICKETS WITH THERE GIFT CARD, THEM TO SIGN UP AS VIP MEMBER, AND TRIED TO USE MY DEBIT CARD, THEN MY CREDIT CARD. THE SYSTEM SAYS TRY AGAIN, TRY AGAIN. YOU CAN'T PURCHASE TICKETS ON LINE AT THIS TIME PER THE CUSTOMER AGENT. 3 AND 1/2 HOURS WASTED THIS EVENING. THIS SUCKS. TO LATE TO GO SEE THE MOVIE I WANTED TO SEE TONIGHT. CHAT'S SUPERVISOR'S ATTTIDUE IS OH WELL... DISCONNECT.

Date of experience: March 10, 2017