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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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Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ticketmaster is awful!
January 16, 2017

They sold me the incorrect tickets and would not change to correct tickets or refund my money. Their customer service is rude and not helpful at all. Never use these people. Go to Stubhub!

Date of experience: January 16, 2017
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered tickets for Bruno Mars concert and requested to have the tickets mailed to my address. After waiting the designated 7 - 10 business days per the email, I waited a few more days. I then called in an attempt to have either the tickets resent or emailed to me. The representative I spoke with simply told me to keep waiting. When I asked for a time period they just said keep waiting and if it does not come I can get it to will call. I paid $500+ for the tickets and would feel more comfortable if I had the tickets in advance. After requesting to speak to a supervisor, I was placed on hold for 20 minutes before they hung up on me. I will purchase any tickets through Ticketmaster again. I was astounded by the customer service provided by such a company.

Date of experience: December 16, 2016
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thieves
November 9, 2016

They will not refund you once they charge you twice for the same ticket. Do not use them. They stole $40 from us.

Date of experience: November 9, 2016
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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These people are crooks, They overcharged me by 100.00 per ticket. I purchased them the first day they came on sale a8 Months in advance.
The venue called the day of the concert and told me that I had purchased cheap seats and that they were giving me a free upgrade. The upgrade consisted of a front & center ticket for 100.00 less per ticket. This company is a rip off!

Date of experience: November 3, 2016
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't bother..
October 15, 2016

Opened an account with the hope of getting tickets for a show going on sale. They sold out in 2 minutes. The only tickets available were resale sights. Really? What's with all of this confirming you're not a robot nonsense then?

Date of experience: October 14, 2016
Kentucky
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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OVERPRICED
September 30, 2016

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Date of experience: September 30, 2016
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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They Don't Give a Damn
September 26, 2016

Ticketmaster is a massive company, makes billions of dollars and is not accountable to anyone but their stockholders. Being a near-monopoly, they feel as though they do not have to address customers' problems that pop up. Their refusal to to negotiate consumer concerns will eventually be their undoing. Enough is enough for me. They provided a chart to choose seats but after I purchased the seats, they changed the configuration so that I am no longer in the front row. Because of bad knees I can only sit in the front row. I would not have purchased the tickets. They not only refused to give me a refund or change seats, they would not let me re-sell them (even at face value) because it is a ticketless event. I spend thousands a year on tickets and have finally reached the final straw. I urge everyone to either buy tickets at the box office if available or simply not go to the concert. There will be other concerts. Unless the public takes a stand, Ticketmaster will not change.

Date of experience: September 26, 2016
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not rely on these guys for any service whatsoever! All they will do is sell the tickets and that's it! Ridiculous after people spend thousands of dollars on tickets. I get more and better service buying a coffee at Tim Hortons!

Date of experience: August 29, 2016
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ticket master has sold out to third party sellers called " ticket master resale " stay away from anything that states ticket master, tickets won't be secured but payment will be taken, don't risk it use other sites like ticket tek, you have been warned

Date of experience: August 18, 2016
Brazil
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It doesn't work
August 2, 2016

I'm trying to buy ticktes for the addc concert in Washington. The mesage is always the same: the map is actingo up. Ridiculous. Don't know what the hell happend to this company. Last year I bougth tickets for the U2 concert and a broadway musical. No problem at all. Now, the site is totally useless.

Date of experience: August 1, 2016
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A useless company
July 11, 2016

Have spent hours unsuccessfully trying to buy tickets for Donny and Marie in Las Vegas. The site security which tries to make sure you are not a robot simply does not work. I keep getting the message saying that the map is acting up. Nor can you buy tickets over the phone as they are too busy presumably dealing with hundreds of dissatisfied customers. When you finally get to buy your ticket you are then charged another 20 percent for extra charges. Suggest you buy your tickets elsewhere.

Date of experience: July 11, 2016
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My complaints are simple. If the price says $42.50 then I expect maybe $5 of additional fees but by the time I entered my payment information the price was $63.00. The site is just full of questionable and aggressive marketing tactics. As soon as you submit payment you are redirected to pages of other aggressive marketing schemes offering FREE cruises, magazines, etc. I was just expecting better from a company that is so widely recognizable and used by so many entertainers and organizations. I know better for next time I guess!

Date of experience: June 10, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Tried to purchase Coldplay tickets through Ticketmaster's web site during presale... chose seats, went to pay for them, and received message "Sorry, we cannot complete this transaction at this time." End result: tickets disappeared. Tried again... same result. Tried a third time... same message. A week later, during regular ticket sale, SAME THING! Contacted customer support... got a "canned" email apology with an 800 number for assistance. Worthless... no human answered. Will NEVER purchase tickets through this joke-of-a-business. They don't give a rat's a** about customer service.

Date of experience: May 25, 2016
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible Service
May 19, 2016

I bought four online tickets ($500) by mistake to the wrong copa America game taking place at Soldier Field, Chicago. A simple wrong click of mouse.

This is one month ahead of the event. I called them right away to explain it was the wrong purchase and they said they would have to check with the venue (client). They called back saying they can't refund or exchange. I asked to speak with the supervisor but no help.

I have worked in retail and have been a client myself for over 30 years and have never experienced worse customer service. I'm stuck having to go to a game I don't want to watch... Never again dealing with their bs! Oh and if I try to resell the tickets through them, there's a total fee of $200.

Just outrageous. Stay away people...

Date of experience: May 18, 2016
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought tickets to a show in Durham NC for May the 7th, 2016. To see DWELE perform. I bought the tickets in MARCH. We got to the show and sat through the first half and no DWELE! Then people in the audience started asking where is DWELE. So, I went out to the box office and they told me he pulled out the show five months ago. So, ticket master was still selling tickets for DWELE to perform when I bought my ticket. Now there telling me its nothing they can do! TICKET MASTER IS DOING FALSE ADVERTISEMENT TO SELL TICKETS! This is not the end of this matter. And the ART OF COOL FESTIVAL WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS. I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR 3 DAYS. They are the organization that had the show!

Date of experience: May 10, 2016
New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My friends and I brought three tickets for a concert and never received our tickets because the tickets that they sold us actually didn't exist and even though we got a refund it just wasted our time and almost wasted $390 dollars, like how do you screw up that badly? It took five emails and three phone calls for them to tell us that we weren't actually getting the tickets, worst day ever I'd say.

Date of experience: April 17, 2016
Missouri
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Avoid Ticketmaster
April 7, 2016

Absolute worse customer service in the web world; their main number was busy all day today, their FAQ does not work. If at all possible avoid Ticketmaster.

Date of experience: April 7, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No tickets received
March 10, 2016

I ordered my tickets BEFORE christmas and after the 10-14 day delivery estimate they havent come in... its march 10th and my event is april 1st- 3rd

Date of experience: March 10, 2016
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ticketmaster
January 15, 2016

24 dollars in random bull$#*! fees. You guys are $#*!ing ridiculous. You charge 30% of the $#*!ing cost of the ticket just to sell it. Go $#*! yourselves $#*!ing jew $#*!s

Date of experience: January 15, 2016
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Per Kentucky statute 518.070, selling tickets above face value is illegal.

Date of experience: December 18, 2015