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Viagogo Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is significantly marred by a consistent pattern of customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to issues related to ticket availability, inflated pricing, and inadequate customer service. Customers frequently report receiving invalid tickets, last-minute notifications, and a lack of effective support when seeking refunds or resolution. While some users may have had positive experiences, these are overshadowed by widespread claims of fraud and poor service. The overall sentiment reflects a strong caution against using the platform, highlighting a pressing need for improved transparency and customer support to rebuild trust.

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quality
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Colorado
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Scam, Scam, Scam
December 7, 2017

My wife accidentally got to this website instead of the official website. The website made us feel there were no more tickets available and charged us 3 times as much. Also, they don't guarantee a specific ticket, but just an area as they don't have the tickets yet. I went to the official site and got official tickets for 1/3 of the price.

Do not use this site. It is a huge scam. Next step is BBB.

Best,
Lance

Date of experience: December 7, 2017
South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought tickets for Goldfish New Year concert SA in Cape Town, paid more than double the list price, don't go there its a scam, avoid at all costs, close them down.

Date of experience: December 7, 2017
France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAMMERS
December 5, 2017

Do not buy of this site. Bought tickets for £296. Face value £105. They even added on an £80 booking fee. They do not send you out tickets till the week of the event so you don't know this on booking. Would never use again!

Date of experience: December 5, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolute scammers
December 3, 2017

Never buy any ticket from these guys. They are an absolute bunch of scammers. They sell tickets at much greater price than its actual price from official sources.

Date of experience: December 3, 2017
Oklahoma
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased tickets then viagogo. Could not supply tickets total waste of time will never use again. Purchase from a reputable company

Date of experience: December 2, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible service
December 1, 2017

We ordered tickets for tomorrow at the FlyDSA arena through viagogo and they never arrived - spent over £200. When we contacted Viagogo about the fact we never got our email confirmation or tickets, they have refused to help us or offer any solutions. I am disgusted

Date of experience: December 1, 2017
Morocco
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Absolutely useless
December 1, 2017

Bought two tickets for the Iron Maiden concert in Madrid only to be sold two tickets in different rows. Having written twice I have now been told that the seller made a genuine mistake. Obviously no one at Viagogo speaks Spanish. I am now waiting for two replacements... can you see that pig fly?

Date of experience: December 1, 2017
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Not only do they contravene multiple laws by scalping event tickets, but they also greatly inflate the prices with hidden administration costs. These admin fees are often higher than ticket fees themselves.

It is no surprise that they are under investigation for fraud in multiple countries.

Date of experience: December 1, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Only giving 1 star as I cannot give 0
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE AVOID THIS COMPANY
Absolute rip off merchants who do not give a jot about their customers = Blatantly lie, make false misleading claims and if you need to contact them are extremely unhelpful, churning out nothing but pre prepared generic responses at best and more lies and false promises at worst
Will NEVER book via this site again - Customer service is absolutely abysmal and they do not answer or deal with any queries or concerns at all. Complaints do not get passed on as promised and no one gets back to you - you just go round in a circle of getting fobbed off with ridiculous responses that don't answer the issues raised
USE AT YOUR OWN PERIL - I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FAITH IN THIS COMPANY OR THEIR SO CALLED GUARANTEES AT ALL

Date of experience: November 30, 2017
India
1 review
2 helpful votes
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THEY SCAMMED ME
November 30, 2017

I actually listed my tickets as e ticket by mistake. The concert was on 19th november. I told them i have a physical pass and if you provide an address i can ship it. Then i waited for like 2 weeks and on 15th november they send me the address and i deliver the tickets by 17th. After that they told me to wait 8 days for payment. Now when i asked them for the cash they are like the deadline to send the ticket was 14th November. How can i send the tickets on 14th if they provide the tickets only on 15th. These people lack basic common sense.

Date of experience: November 30, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We purchased tickets for Wales v South Africa International. The tickets were advertised at £85.00 per tickets (x 4). On receipt and download they were in fact child tickets. This was not advertised as such on viagogo's website prior to download and on their receipt. We will not be able to go as we are not children under the age of 16. They are in breach of e-commerce regulations and the sale of Goods and Services Act. On contacting viagogo via telephone they sent a different receipt that now states child concession. They have changed the receipt. We have evidence of original advertisement and receipt stating the opposite. We put this to them. They did not respond when we sent this to them via there complaints procedure and, whist on the telephone, s$#*!ed and laughed at us.

Whilst it would not be fair to comment on the original seller's legitimacy the receipt was also in Russian Ruble and not Sterling as originally advertised.

Having contacted the WRU we have been informed that they have received numerous calls similar to ours but they can not do anything as they did not sell us the tickets.

This and the attributable loss connected to this (transport, accommodation etc) is over £1000. 00

TRADING STANDARDS, DISPATCHES, PANORAMA, PLEASE GET THESE GUYS BEFORE THEY RIP HALF THE COUNTRY OFF.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS WEBSITE

Date of experience: November 30, 2017
Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Long story but please read and watch out for this company! I purchased a ticket through Viagogo, but did not receive it in time for the event, despite Viagogo's terms stating that "When You purchase tickets on viagogo, viagogo guarantees that You will receive the tickets You paid for in time for the event." Viagogo will not give you any information about ticket pick up time and location (if the tickets are not e-tickets) until after you purchase the ticket. I was traveling on the day of the show I bought the ticket for and my flight was delayed. I called Viagogo at the number provided in my confirmation email in case of complications on the day of the event, and I was told that they would be in touch later with options to help me receive my ticket. Apparently the only solution to this problem was to have someone else in Nottingham pick up the ticket for me. Of course this was a ridiculous suggestion considering I would have done so if I had known someone, so I asked for a refund but was refused one without an explanation as to why I could not get my ticket at a later time or why I could not get a refund. I traveled to another country to see this show and paid well over face value for the ticket, but it was a complete waste of money. If they would make the pick up time/location clear prior to purchase, customers would be aware of the risk they would be taking in making the purchase, but for some reason they wait until after you purchase the ticket and then won't issue refunds if you can't get the ticket, and on top of that won't even try to help you get the ticket outside of the 1.5 hour pick up window. From my experience, Viagogo is incapable of accommodating its customers, as well as lacks foresight in considering customers' potential travel plans or complications with the ticket pick up time/location, and is staffed by extremely uncooperative and incompetent customer service representatives. Not to mention that Viagogo's terms also state "In the rare instance that a problem arises and the original ticket Seller does not provide You with the tickets listed for sale, viagogo will, in its sole and absolute discretion, review comparably priced tickets and offer You replacement tickets at no additional cost, or viagogo will issue You a refund for the cost of the tickets." Clearly Viagogo does not hold itself to the same standard if IT fails to provide a ticket. I emailed the company on the day I returned home and got no response, so I emailed again the next day and still no response. Absolutely and completely unacceptable and unprofessional. If I can discourage one person from using this God-awful company then that is all I can hope for. DO NOT USE VIAGOGO.

Date of experience: November 29, 2017
Switzerland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never received my tickets while they were saying I had already received them. Total lack of accountability also on the final price (100 euros more).

Date of experience: November 29, 2017
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I sold tickets on this website and never got paid for them. They're customer service is atrocious. Avoid this website at all costs. I feel like people are still getting caught to their tricks and should be more aware.

Date of experience: November 28, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bastards
November 27, 2017

Stay well clear! Their Customer Service is pure bull$#*!. They sent me an authentic Ticketmaster ticket for Robert Plant in Perth Scotland. Charged three times the ticket price. I wanted to sell it on. They recommended I should opt for an e-ticket, which would reach a buyer right up to the day of the concert. There were no instructions about how to upload the e-tickets to the buyer. I cut and pasted on the ticket details, uploaded and Viagogo then said the buyer would not accept as an e-ticket and I should copy the original and send it before the concert date, which I did. I then recalled that this contemptible company saying on their $#*!e site that this was unacceptable. Of course! How could I be so stupid? What venue is going to accept a photocopy? Hook line and sinker. Nearly decided to go to the concert after all. Then petrol costs and an overnight stay persuaded me to cut my losses. I am a pensioner. £150 already lost! These are a bunch of crooks. Search engines should cut this arsehole company out. Bastards!

Date of experience: November 27, 2017
Hungary
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DO NOT USE VIAGOGO
November 26, 2017

I bought 2 tickets for an event on Viagogo and after realizing that I payed 3 times the original price I immediately listed it for sale. Viagogo sold my tickets 2 weeks before the event started and told me I would be payed a couple of working days after the event. After 15 complaints and threathening to press charges I finally got payed 5 months after I sold my tickets!

Date of experience: November 26, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAM ARTISTS!
November 24, 2017

Turned up to Stevie Nicks in Dunedin NZ tonight only to find tickets were FAKE! Viagogone can't be contacted. Rip off crooks!

Date of experience: November 23, 2017
GB
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Andre Rieu Belfast
November 22, 2017

Bandits. Mis-information after trying to download my Tickets. Wrong name on tickets. Information on tickets completely wrong. Emailed them dozens on times... Answers from them complete rubbish. Nothing done... Scammers... Do not go near this website... Gangsters..

Date of experience: November 22, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very, very bad service
November 22, 2017

Bought tickets for ATP finals in O2 London (2 childs by mistake)contacted them, ypu cant talk to anyone, no exchanges ot refunds are made so they offered to resell my tickets so from £105 paid theyve paid me for my already sold tickets £32... and did not get to watch the finals either as of one wrong pressed button and zero support from Viagogo AVOID AVOID AVOID!

Date of experience: November 21, 2017
Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Unbelievably, licensed bandits
Do not get near this site.
For me the price of the tickets increased by more than $ 400 for two tickets, only after the order was approved.

Date of experience: November 21, 2017

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Founded in 2006
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