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Ticketmaster Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from poor customer service and technical issues. Many customers report difficulties accessing their accounts, long hold times, and inadequate support for ticket-related problems. Concerns about cybersecurity and the inability to transfer or resell tickets exacerbate frustrations. Conversely, some positive feedback highlights an easy-to-navigate website and helpful customer service representatives who resolve issues when contacted. Overall, while the company offers a wide selection of tickets, its customer service and technical reliability require substantial improvement to enhance user experience and trust.

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New York
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Dynamic Pricing
September 19, 2017

I purchased two tickets for tonight U2 show in Phoenix about two months ago, At the time I thought they were expensive but I wanted to take my daughter to see them before they stopped touring.
Today the tickets are 1/3 of the price I paid from Ticketmaster and after contacting them I was basically told they will not be giving refunds.
I have been going to concerts for as long as i can remember and this Dynamic Pricing is to me a total scalper move. Next time Im going to take my chances and buy from some shady guy in a trench coat at least he will look you in the eye as he rips you off.

Disgusting and the bands and venues that support these companies need to rethink their strategy.

Bono you left your fellow country man down,,,

Date of experience: September 19, 2017
Kentucky
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Refund
August 26, 2017

I just bought tickets to the upcoming Garth Brooks world tour. I was having major trouble buying just two tickets. I tried three different ways. Thru the app, online computer, and phone each time would not let me. Finally had to buy both tickets separately causing me and person I'm going with set in two different spots. On top of that due to app I accidently bought ticket for the show on the 5th that I do not need. It would not let me refund online and when I called representative said no refunds so I'm out $80 which is $#*!

Date of experience: August 26, 2017
Nebraska
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I select tickets from the concert venue's site, who sends me to ticketmaster. They have me create an account and enter my credit card and when I go to confirm my account, it also purchases $200 the tickets without my confirmation. I wait on hold with their customer service line for 45 minutes only to be told they cannot refund me and that I was lying to them.

Date of experience: August 18, 2017
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Rip off!
July 14, 2017

$15 for bloody fees! Are you serious? Buy two tickets and have to pay Ticketmaster $30 for what!? It's ridiculous. I'm not buying the tickets to the show because of them. I hope they realise this would be the same for a lot of people. Screw Ticketmaster for ripping people off it's actually a joke!

Date of experience: July 14, 2017
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My only comment would be about the clarification that it is ok to load the tickets to enter into the Stadium on the mobile.
We didn't know if We had to print the tickets or not.

Anyway We appréciâted a lot and We enjoyed the game.

Date of experience: June 25, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Beverages are too expensive really could be more economically priced. Parking lots dangerous with large stones. Walkways, steps blocked with patrons, dark, trouble exciting lawn. People sitting in front of chain, where I thought that it wasn't allowed!.

Date of experience: June 25, 2017
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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QUESTION?
June 17, 2017

Has anyone got 2 tickets for $40 a peice, pick the section and row you want and do standard mail and it get messed up or have a problem with it not showing up to your address?

Date of experience: June 17, 2017
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scam job
May 23, 2017

Purchased tickets to deep purple in Detroit right when they went on sale, even picked out my seats at the venue that I have frequented many times. Reviewed my order over and purchased. Receipt printed out, only to be for a show in Virginia! I called and after being on hold for 40 min, was told they could not refund me because they were resale tickets! I never clicked anything for resale and not to mention the obvious fact that I don't live in Virginia and that's not even what I clicked to buy. The woman on the phone says my situation happens all the time. If that's true, then this has to be some kind of scam on their website. I know what I bought and I did not pick out seats for a completely different venue and a different date altogether. Now I'm have to resell these tickets in hopes to get my money back, meanwhile Ticketmaster will even make money on those tickets as well! This crap can't be legal! And after reading other reviews, I feel like a newscaster should be contacted. Something is totally wrong with this company

Date of experience: May 23, 2017
Texas
1 review
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Scam
May 22, 2017

I paid $600.00 for tickets to the Move Beyond Tour at the Smart Financial Center in Sugarland, Texas on May 19th. These tickets were for the meet and greet package with opportunity to purchase collectibles, etc. I repeatedly emailed ticketmaster asking the time of the meet and greet session. I was told I would receive that information the week prior to the event. I did not receive and calling the Smart Financial Center resulted in no answer even though I called up to 6pm the day of the event. The people next to us had attended the event and said they received a text message with the time. (I have received text messages with available tickets for upcoming events, nothing for this one) I believe they are selling more tickets than they can accommodate and are just randomly selecting who gets notified. I am filing a complaint with the Attorney General's office for the State of Texas and urge anyone else who has had this issue to do the same. If the state gets enough complaints they will investigate and hopefully ticketmaster will be kicked out of Texas.

Date of experience: May 21, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I tried to get Harry styles tickets this morning they made me waited two minutes b4 i got on the site it's deviating so by the the time I got on the site the tickets were gone I'm sure they don't like us buying tickets the hinder fans so I rate Ticketmaster no stars cos they don't deserve that.

Date of experience: May 5, 2017
GB
1 review
10 helpful votes
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After waiting 5 month and paying for postage charges as well still didnt got my ticket. After more then 30 min on the phone, from which i was listening some $#*!ty music for 28 min, they just told me that I need to pick up my tickets at the box office? WORST company ever,

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAM! DO NOT USE!
April 30, 2017

Why haven't I received a pdf of my tickets and why doesn't the booking reference on the tickets match the reference on my email. Why have I been sent etickets when I asked for printed tickets? Why were the tickets addressed to the wrong person? Why can't I sell my tickets on StubHub who say the tickets you have sent me are invalid?

Date of experience: April 30, 2017
Indiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The Ultimate Soul2Soul Experience -Section 104 Row 1 Seat 1,2. The best tickets a person can get. No better tickets available. Quality seats are going for nearly 10 grand with scalpers. Ticketmaster tells me I can't get a refund but I can transfer, which is different than their stated policy for this type ticker. The Second email says that now I can't do either but I can sell to a family member. All that I want to do is give to a $#*!ing family member (for free). But these halfwitted, double talking jerk offs can; t get their policy or facts straight. More or less, they are making sure no one can use the ticket so they profit and have to offer nothing in return. Sorriest bunch of morons I have seen in some time.

Date of experience: April 26, 2017
Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This was my first time selling tickets on Ticketmaster. This story starts out great! Posted my two tickets, and they sold within two days. I get an email letting me know that they sold and I would be paid within 7-10 business days. The day I sold them was MARCH 10,2017. It is now APRIL 13,2017 and I have not been paid! I am so frustrated. MANY emails and phone calls later, I am horrified by the lack of knowledge that the reps have! Not to mention, answers to emails take days! I will give you the quick story to what they told me. FIRST, under your account "payent options", you have BUY & SELL. Well, I set up my sell card option as the same card I used to buy, this was the first NO NO, but they do not tell you on the site to not use the same credit card for both. So that caused a 10 day delay. So, I added a different card under "sell" and was told that this would correct the problem. Another 10 days later, no money and my answer is "it didn't work for some reason". So, at this point I was told to add my checking account, wait 5 days to verify two small deposits, which I did on April 5,2017. I was told that day that NOW the process would restart and I would get my money with 5-7 business days. NOW, on April 12,2017... I get another email saying that my CLAWBACK card, which is my credit card stored under "PAY" is not verified and that is why it is not working! So guess what! I just updated it to yet another credit card. WHEN DO I GET PAID?!?!? I have no idea who can help me and why they do not care that I have not been paid for over a month now. At this point, I am out my tickets, the $315 that I spent on them, and Ticketmaster has been paid twice sitting there with all that money... All the while, not paying me what is due to me! PLEASE Ticketmaster give me my money!

Date of experience: April 13, 2017
New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I just got scammed out of over $1,000. I asked for a refund from ticketmaster after the concert was canceled and rescheduled for a time I could not attend and they gave the refund to the third party although I was the one who requested it. I asked for the third party persons contact info so I could resolve this with him and Ticketmaster said they could not give me that info. Buyers beware!

Date of experience: March 26, 2017
New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Flawed website
March 25, 2017

Spent 1 hour trying unsuccessfully to have my tickets emailed to me. Website only gives an option to "print at home" with the stipulation that if you choose that option (the ONLY option on the webpage) your tickets CAN NOT bet sent to you. To deal with this by phone would require a 20 min wait on the phone. 1 hour to get $200 worth of tickets delivered = POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Date of experience: March 25, 2017
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been trying to use a ticketmaster gift card for 3 years. The events you can use the card for are very limited. The New York Yankees referred me to ticketmaster to buy tickets. I can pay with my credit card but i cannot use the gift card because NY Yankee tickets are not a ticketmaster approved event.

Date of experience: March 4, 2017
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never use this site!
The worst customer service.
I sat on hold for more than an hour after being transferred and sent around. TERRIBLE!
When I finally spoke to someone they were useless.

Date of experience: February 27, 2017
Missouri
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I tried to buy tickets to a professional sports game for a group of 15 people. However, Ticketmaster flips out if you attempt to buy over 9 tickets. Therefore, I had to make two accounts, with two different emails to try and get the remaining six tickets. After I sign in to my new account, and typed in all the billing info, I pressed submit order. Guessed what happened next? The screen read "Sorry, this exceeds your ticket limit". Then returns me to the home page.

Date of experience: January 25, 2017
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Stolen 50 bucks
January 16, 2017

Recently purchased u2 joshua tree tour for Vancouver. I am already a member of the u2 website, tried to make a purchase in their website using my member code, but they kept charging me 50 bucks extra for subscription (which I already had the code for). Didn't wanna lose the tickets so I paid, but they are really annoying to deal with blaming me for the mistake of their $#*!ty website.

Date of experience: January 16, 2017