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OnlineCityTickets Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to issues with ticket delivery, refund policies, and customer service responsiveness. Many customers report being charged exorbitant fees, receiving invalid tickets, and facing unresponsive support channels, leading to frustrations and claims of being scammed. While some customers appreciate the variety of events offered, the overwhelming sentiment reflects a lack of trust and reliability. The company's rigid policies regarding refunds, particularly for postponed events, further exacerbate negative perceptions, suggesting a need for improved customer service and clearer communication.

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Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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TERRIBLE. I will never, ever attend a venue that uses OnlineCityTickets. 2 tickets, priced at $156 each - totaled $421 dollars AFTER check out. No break down of fees, no warning, and of course NO RETURNS or exchanges. I spent over an hour on the phone listening to prompts to try and speak to a representative. No luck. This company should be ashamed of themselves. People will pay fees but you must be 100% transparent or else is seems like ROBBERY.

These tickets were purchased as a Christmas gift and due to the extra $100 in charges it looks like the budget for gifts for my family just got smaller. Disgusted.

Date of experience: November 28, 2018
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy!
November 30, 2018

Helpful and friendly representative made the transaction easy! Looking forward to giving these tickets as a gift!

Date of experience: November 28, 2018
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Overpriced by far
November 28, 2018

Bought the tickets for almost $135/ticket. Real cost of the ticket was $70/ticket. As per the artist's disclosure, every ticket purchased came with a free digital download of the new album. We didn't receive that either. Bad business. Bad prices. Not worth the effort. If you decide to believe the "Good reviews", make sure your ready to pay the price.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Overpriced fee
November 27, 2018

I paid $27 in taxes and fee's for a $34 ticket! My subtotal said $34, but my paypal account was charged $61. Horrible customer service and no refunds of course!

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I purchased tickets for an event online and it never confirmed the purchase details. The system error. So it purchased 4 tickets instead of 2, and it collected additional 180 as processing fees. I am not happy with them at all. Never use the service again.

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I purchased tickets for an event in Boston, but did not receive them on time. Customer service promised to send them before the start of the event, but never did, and after that they were not reachable. Avoid this company!

Date of experience: November 24, 2018
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible Customer Service
November 24, 2018

I called to add a ticket and was transferred back and forth between sales and customer service 5 times, none of them relaying any information to each other. Not one was of very much help.

Date of experience: November 24, 2018
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have to put my ticket on my smart phone
I can not do that
I had asked that my tickets be emailed to me and was told you would

Date of experience: November 23, 2018
Louisiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy
November 23, 2018

It was easy to order tickets by one phone call, but I may not receive my tickets until the day before the event, that sucks. The only proof of purchase I have is a confirmation letter on my G-mail account, that sucks. It would be better if I got the tickets via my email account sooner & quicker. Also I will not know where my seats are actually at until I get tickets day before the event. I wish I could have afforded to get my tickets when they were $24.50 instead of $51.00 plus other fees, I paid $196.63 for 3 tickets. Got tickets day before event, Daughter printed for me on her computer. Thanks.

Date of experience: November 23, 2018
District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Exuberant fees!
November 23, 2018

Horrible service fees! The actual cost of a ticket! You don't know this until after you pay! I was charged OVER $100 for a service feels. It also said free for download of tickets yet I was charged $7.50

Date of experience: November 22, 2018
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ticket resellers are silly when you live in the city where the event is. You should be able to go to the venue to purchase. Instead they send you to a reseller who jacks up the price just to take more of your money...

Date of experience: November 20, 2018
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fraudulent business
November 18, 2018

DO NOT buy tickets from this organization! We have called them every week since purchasing our tickets in April! They promised our tickets by 10/16/18. The show is 10/18/18! Still no tickets and the show us completely sold out! Liars and thieves! Trying to get a credit card refund! Ruined our weekend!

Date of experience: November 17, 2018
California
1 review
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I bought a ticket for 9th October, the concert has been rescheduled more than 3 times (the last scheduled is gonna be almost 1 year from now).
Off course I gave up, I can not go to the next schedule!

They said: "You are not able to be refunded, if you are unable to make the new date, you would need to look into reselling the tickets online"

The customer service is terrible, they do not care about the customers... It was my first and last time buying tickets with them

Date of experience: November 16, 2018
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rip Off!
November 16, 2018

You pay way more than face value of the tickets. This people are the lowest form of scum. The only way they can sleep at night knowing they continue to rip people of is they have no souls.

Date of experience: November 16, 2018
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very pleased
November 18, 2018

Romeo was very helpful and Polite. If I ever never needed services again from here I would definitely ask for him again

Date of experience: November 15, 2018
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought two tickets for an event, 3 weeks prior to the event. The site inflated the price to 3x (compared to the price on the tickets that e-delivered a day before the event.) and added almost 40 dollars (per ticket) charge for handling. What a scam.

Date of experience: November 15, 2018
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Nobody told
November 15, 2018

Me that six of my tickets had obstructed view. For ninety dollars a ticket there should be no obstructed view.

Date of experience: November 15, 2018
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do NOT USE THIS SERVICE
November 14, 2018

I mistakenly ordered one instead of two tickets online and immediately called to purchase a second. I was ordering 7months in advance and was even told there were plenty of tickets available. However they would not guarantee me a seat next to my 8 year old daughter. They recommended that I get the second seat and just hope that other patrons would be okay with switching places the day of the event. It was also suggested to me to purchase 2 tickets and try to sell the 3rd one on my own. When I inquired the ticket price increased by $50. May I remind you this was for an event 7 months out. I was very upfront and truthful about the situation. Im sorry I can not afford to purchase an extra $250 ticket. Steer Clear of this online service.

Date of experience: November 14, 2018
Georgia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Steer clear!
November 14, 2018

I'll admit, using them was my error. I thought they were affiliated with the venue. I ordered these tickets in July for a November 18th show. Do I have those tickets? NO! They "assure" (via phone tree, I don't think there are any people working there unless you are buying) that your tickets will be delivered in time for the event. Guaranteed. How hard is it to email a ticket? NEVER AGAIN! They can't even tell you the face value of the ticket. They send you a lump sum bill. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!

Date of experience: November 14, 2018
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent
January 24, 2019

It was good service by Oliver. He spoke clearly and helped me to purchase the tickets that I needed today.

Date of experience: November 13, 2018