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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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1 review
2 helpful votes
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This company is a joke! I ordered tickets on 1/25/16 and they were to have shipped 3-day air with UPS. The delivery date came and no tickets. I filed a report with UPS and attempted to call Online City Tickets. You cannot reach a rep unless your event is within 24-48 hours. You have to send an email and wait for a response. No response came on my order and so the next day I filed a dispute with PayPal. That got their attention and I got an email notice saying tickets were being overnighted - but still no call from anyone or response to my email - just an automatic shipping notice. 2 days later I get a call from a rep who wants to give me the tracking number. I told her a dispute had been filed and I was then transferred to a manager who told me he was sorry but phone calls are not a normal part of their customer service. When I asked about compensation he offered me $25 (against my order of $275) and said that was the best he could do. Today I get a call saying they will not issue my refund until I close my dispute with PayPal stating I am satisfied. Seriously this company has the worst follow-up and customer service I have dealt with. I would not recommend them to anyone!

Date of experience: February 9, 2016
California
5 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I had purchased tickets for Carrie Underwood concert in November of 2014, for a February 2015 show. I selected section 5 for the venue, and when the tickets arrived they said section 19! I contacted my credit card company to explain that I needed the charges stopped. After fighting back and forth with my credit card company, and this ticket company, I have still lost and I'm stuck with the payment! The customer service is awful here! They are very rude and they hang up on you every single time! I wish I could afford to take them to court, but considering I'm stuck with a $700 charge, I am unable to. I am extremely unsatisfied with this company. After reading the rest of these reviews, I really do hope that there is a class action lawsuit against these people! This company should be shut down!

Date of experience: February 8, 2016
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bought tickets from online city tickets only to discover when we arrived to the concert that our seats had been resold twice by this company. Someone was already in our seats with the same tickets. Luckily the venue came thru and gave us tickets that were even better seats. I will never use this service again. But I am happy to report that after making me jump through many hoops, the ticket company did issue me a credit.

Date of experience: February 7, 2016
Minnesota
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Are my tickets real, order #040-0097-8397, ticket #*******. Now that you have totally ripped me off I hope atleast the tickets are good. I really do not want to get there and they say NO! Amazing xmas present, turned into a nightmare! Please respond, so upset!

Date of experience: February 6, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Was told I would be on the 50 yard line if I was at a football game and tickets are not for that section. When I called to figure it out I was told all sales r final. Dont buy here they don't help fix problem. They just say sorry like that does anything. Buy else where

Date of experience: February 5, 2016
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Online city tickets purchased tickets to de leppard concert. The concert was cancelled by def leppard 10 minutes before the doors were to open. Contacted online city to receive a refund and they claim event postponed and will be rescheduled. My tickets are for 1/30/16 at the amway center. This was the date and time I set aside to go to this event. Def lepppard has cancelled most of there winter dates. Through March which is well documented. On many sites like rolling stone and other publications. This company has refused every effort to refund and resolve my issue and they have refused every attempt to correct this issue. This is fraud and theft. To Take money and not refund the money for a cancelled concert. I feel a class action lawsuit against these type of companies is coming soon. They refuse to refund money to purchasers for cancelled events or even if postponement. Purchasers are entitled to refunds and they may not be able to attend any future rescheduled event. Even have a 100 % money back guarantee.

Date of experience: February 3, 2016
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Good experience
February 1, 2016

The tickets were 2 days late, but other than that, everything went smoothly

Date of experience: January 31, 2016
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Easy!
January 30, 2016

You pay for the good things in life. Yes, cost was much more than face value, but I was willing to do that. Buying these tickets for a Christmas gift was worth the price. The email came immediately and download/print went perfect.

Date of experience: January 30, 2016
Ohio
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't Get Fooled!
January 29, 2016

Shame on me for not paying better attention. I was so excited when the Peter Gabriel & Sting concert was announced and I jumped right on my computer to get tickets. I consider myself a savvy consumer, but I was fooled into thinking I was buying tickets through the venue. The website is set up to look just like Ticketmaster. I can not believe that I paid almost $125 in "service fees" for a $48 face value ticket. I received my tickets, which is to their credit, but the way that the sale is set up is completely a RIP OFF! I can't go back, but I won't be fooled again! I wish I had checked them out before I was duped. I could have FRONT ROW seats for what I paid for upper level nose bleed seats.

Date of experience: January 28, 2016
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Whoa, so many extra charges... I' m never going to do business with them anymore!

Date of experience: January 27, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Disgusted. I thought I was buying tickets through the actual venue. Tickets haven't even gone on sale yet. I haven't purchased concert tickets in 20 years. I was hoodwinked. They would not refund my money. This is a completely deceptive act and practice.

Date of experience: January 27, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Tickets are sold for more than face value and mark-up is exorbitant. You might expect and not even mind that if you really have to get your hands on some highly sought-after tickets. But beware the estimated delivery date. From my own experience and those of other reviewers, it seems they make a practice of delivering tickets only a few days before the event. Their customer service will give you specious reasons for that involving the actual seller's not receiving the tickets until then -- but if that's the case it makes me think the sellers are delaying delivery in the hopes of a) selling the ticket for even more to someone else to make it worth refunding you your money, or b) obtaining tickets for lower than face value if the concert doesn't sell as well as anticipated and making even more money off you. In either case, your credit card will be charged immediately for something you will then anxiously wait months to see if you actually receive. My advice is to just stay away.

Date of experience: January 25, 2016
Texas
1 review
8 helpful votes
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They suck monkey balls. For real. NEVER buy from them. I don't even want to give them one star, only giving them 1 star because you can't give them no stars. I called tickets.com to find out why it said my $30 tickets said they were $16. "You bought them from a third party" guess who that was? Online city tickets. They paid $91 total. I paid them $158 total. Nice to know these a-holes like to rip off good people but if anyone is reading this please don't buy from them. Avoid them at all costs

Date of experience: January 22, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Go to another site
January 19, 2016

We bought tickets for Disney on ice tickets seemed to be a fair price maybe even a little cheaper then the competitors... got me and my sister and all our kids the tickets the price was ok I know many other sites have extra fees that's normal got the total seemed good clicked to order and after the payment went through an obnoxious fee amount was added that wasn't in the before total I mean an outrageous amount of money about the price of each ticket doubled called the customer service they wouldn't do anything wouldn't let us cancel or anything trust me go to tickets master or buy from stadium you would save your money and a headache!

Date of experience: January 19, 2016
New York
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I just bought 3 ticket to the Washington Wizards game on online city tickets and paid less than face. If you look you can find deals.

Date of experience: January 19, 2016
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Absolute $#*!
January 18, 2016

I bought Lower Level Tickets for a concert but received Bench tickets which a lot less valued. I called to get a refund but they didn't budge. After talking to them for a few hours they finally gave me SOME money back from service charge. It should be ALL the service charge because they didn't jack $#*! for service. All they did was send me $#*! tickets for extra money

Date of experience: January 18, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
12 helpful votes
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WORST COMPANY EVER
January 16, 2016

I am so livid as I write this. Save yourself the grief and your blood pressure by avoiding these asshats. I bought my tickets for Tool on November 20th of 2015. Here it is January 15th 2016 and still no tickets. The concert is tomorrow! I've gotten blown off, hung up on basically $#*!ed over. These snotty disrespectful people have stolen my money and I intend to dispute all charges. Not toto mention they are WAY overpriced, which wouldn't bother me as much if they sent me my tickets.

Date of experience: January 15, 2016
Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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We received an email that Muse will be in NYC so clicked on the link believing we are on their official website and ordered 2 tickets for $600 when they arrived the value on the ticket was $74. It was way too late when we realized something is wrong. But just now after reading all the reviews I am glad the tickets arrived before the concert. Honestly, I wish I would read the reviews before my order.

Date of experience: January 15, 2016
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never never never again!
January 12, 2016

Never got my link for download... spend several hours trying to contact someone and kept getting recordings. Finally got someone and they put me on hold for 30 min. Never had time to finish because my lunch hour was up...

Date of experience: January 12, 2016
Connecticut
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Thieves
January 9, 2016

Janet Jackson has cancelled both tour dates and now thinks 2017. I want a refund of my $829.10. No response from this scam company.
Don't go near them!

Date of experience: January 9, 2016