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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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GB
1 review
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How can tickets on Viagogo be 10x the price then on the actual events website. TOTAL SCAM! I paid 170 usd a ticket for seats that are sold for 27 usd.
And the company just says 'oh well' all sales are final. No control of pricing on their site and no transparency. Makes me so angry to take advantage of people like that.

Date of experience: June 14, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely Terrible
June 14, 2017

Bought my ticket a month in advance of the concert. Spent above and beyond as Paramore are my all time favourite band. I was having some issues with getting the ticket and managed to email (got a vague and useless reply), as none of their phone numbers I found after ridiculous digging actually connected.
A week before the event I emailed again and got an automated reply that it was not getting through to their servers. Checked my account and it said they were having issues with my order. Sent another email, no reply. Checked my account two days before the event. Order cancelled with no call or email to notify me about this.
Terrible service, little to no customer support, hard to reach and uncommunicative staff if there even is any. 0/5 would not recommend at all.

Date of experience: June 14, 2017
Hungary
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrible service.
June 14, 2017

Horrible service. They were unable to provide the tickets I have purchased and for which my credit card has been charged. I highly recommend to use other ticket agencies to avoid difficulities. Even though they offered other tickets, I still dont know if I get to go to the concert and there has been no word about refunding the price difference or the full price.

Date of experience: June 14, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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ROB DOGS
June 13, 2017

Bought tickets to see Brooks/Spence fight. Paid over £60 per ticket, plus delivery fees of £25, plus booking fees, all came to just under £200. When tickets arrived, price was £45 per ticket. I contacted viagogo to complain I'd been charged over £100 on top of ticket price and received email basically telling me I couldn't have a refund (I wasn't asking for one)and telling me they could charge what ever they wanted and it was up to the individual whether they paid it or not. Which is true, however, the extras are not clearly marked and are hefty and excessive. On the night, we spoke with others sitting with us and discovered they'd paid £45 and no extras. What a rip off. I have just bought tickets to see Jonathan Pye in Feb 2018 and paid £22.50 per ticket. With a £2.50 booking fee per ticket. I checked with viagogo, just to see, and guess what, same pop ups urging you to be quick, only 16 tickets left (what rubbish) best price is £45 per ticket, and then you'll have booking fees, delivery fees etc. This site is just a con. Avoid like the plague. It's a real shake down to get as much money out of you as possible. Daylight robbery.

Date of experience: June 13, 2017
Hong Kong
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Luckily...
June 13, 2017

Luckily, I got full refund for the two tickets I bought. I will never try any online ticketing site like Vxxx, ticketxxx... Buying tickets directly from the seller would be more reliable.

Date of experience: June 13, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased two tickets for Hans Zimmer which are noted on the order as £49.50 each plus service charge of £6.70 each total price for two should have been £112.40.

They have charged me £77.22 for each ticket, £43.87 booking fee, £5.95 handling fee & £8.77 VAT. Total price for two tickets now £213.03.

This is unforgivable and something should be done to stop this bunch of thieving racketeers.

Date of experience: June 13, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Like so many others, I have had a terrible experience with Viagogo and would recommend anyone reading this review to avoid them at all costs. I was persuaded to use the company by the promise of a bargain ticket for the Download Festival, which I paid for just over 3 weeks before the event. Everything seemed fine at first... the transaction went through without a problem and I received a confirmation email advising me that my ticket would be available for download no later than 3 days before the event, but this turned out not to be true. 2 days before the event I still hadn't heard anything and decided to contact them to to find out what was going on. Unfortunately, this turned out to be easier said than done, as there are no contact details given on their website whatsoever (try and find them if you don't believe me).

In the end I gave up on the idea, hoping that I would hear from them the following day, which indeed, I did in the form of a second purchase confirmation identical to the first one, but with a new order number., No explanation was given, but I deduced that something had gone wrong with the original order, so they had sourced a replacement ticket. The ticket itself failed to materialize, however, and as the festival was less than 24 hours away, I realised I was going to have to speak to them no matter what. After wading through various forums on the internet and trying a number of different contact numbers, I managed to find one that worked. I was then subjected to about 25 minutes of grating hold music, before finally managing to speak to someone. To my relief, the ticket was then made available to me.

Except that when I arrived at the festival, I was told by the staff on the gate it was void because the original purchaser had obtained a refund. Cue another phone call to Viagogo and more of the terrible music. Then the real farce began... someone in the event box office kindly agreed to speak to Viagogo on my behalf and was given numbers for at least 5 other tickets, all of which were just as useless as the first one. I then demanded a refund and purchased a ticket at the box office, but it didn't end there.

The email I received confirming my money would be refunded stated that this could take up to 10 days. In the circumstances I felt this was completely unacceptable and phoned them up to have a little discussion about it (as well as to query why I had received another email on the final day of the festival advising me my tickets were ready for download). Their answer was that 10 days is how long a money transfer takes, which is strange, as the transfers I have made usually clear the same day. There are plenty more criticisms I can level at this pathetic excuse for a company, but it's late and I'm tired, so they can wait for another day. In the meantime, let me just reiterate that you use them at your peril.

Date of experience: June 12, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fraudsters
June 12, 2017

I booked 2 tkts online. They asked for bank details & then tried to charge me £122.99 with the option asking "do you still want to order. Naturally I pressed the NO button. They still took my money & I then discovered there is no way to contact them. Citizens advice told me they have committed fraud. My bank has blocked the card but could not guarantee the transaction going ahead. The fraud squad said they will not get involved as I had already given my bank details! DO NOT BUY FROM THESE $#*!S!

Date of experience: June 12, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Criminals
June 11, 2017

Face value of 2 tickets = £120, cost from Viagogo £245 - do not support this company - this company is the reason why you can never buy tickets at face value cost.

Date of experience: June 11, 2017
Hungary
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Escroqueries
June 11, 2017

Surtout évitez d'acheter des billets à travers cette compagnie... 2 X le prix du marché et aucun ticket online suite à l'achat...

Date of experience: June 11, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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My 78 year old mother bought tickets from these comments/women to see Rod Stewart in Durham. She paid double the face value. Disgusting company

Date of experience: June 10, 2017
Singapore
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Viagogo claimed the seats I was buying were "Close to the stage" - row 6 in fact! Turns out they were in the highest section in the very back row on the side... No seat could have been further from the stage. They also made no mention of the 180 EURO "service charge" on top of the ticket price until after they charged my credit card. As for the ticket price itself - it ended up being 10 times the face value of the ticket! Viagogo has perfectly combined their false and misleading selling statements with 'urgency marketing' to hook you in and then exploit you. Recommend to stay away!

Date of experience: June 10, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Con you into thinking tickets are running out.
Overcharge you for the ticket value then slap on exorbitant fees for delivery.
Absolutely disgraceful and greed at its worst
Do not use them!

Date of experience: June 10, 2017
Belarus
1 review
0 helpful votes
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лохотрон
June 8, 2017

в феврале оплатил свой электронный билет на концерт Rammstein. Сегодня 9 июня (два дня до концерта), а билетов до сих пор нет.
в тех поддержке отвечают раз в 3 дня. говорят, что всё ок, не переживайте, хотя на их сайте указано, что клиент получает свои билеты не позднее, чем за 3 дня до мероприятия.
в общем, до концерта осталось 2 дня, а билетов как не было, так и нет.
Так что советую вам лучше не тратить деньги на эту бездарную контору, которая не может выполнить свои обязательства.

Date of experience: June 8, 2017
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stay away from this company. When your tickets don't arrive they won't want to know or help. They say UPS have delivered them and that's that! Even though they didn't, and have no 'proof' of them being delivered to the listed address. Viagogo state their customer guarantee on their site, but it counts for nothing and tickets aren't replaced or refunded. Alot of money paid for concert tickets that we cannot now attend. They are in breach of all sorts and shouldn't be allowed to trade. Stay away people!

Date of experience: June 8, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
June 8, 2017

I DO NOT recommend Viagogo! They will charge you crazy fees, steal your money and offer no reasonable explanation. Customer support is zero. I just called them, put in my order number as requested and was told to visit the website. The website offers no direct link to someone at customer support and gives me a message saying the event was 3 months ago and no support is offered, when the event was 10 days ago!

DO NOT USE VIAGOGO!

Date of experience: June 8, 2017
Ireland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm really embarrassed to have fallen for these scammers. The site looks professional and tricks you in to thinking that tickets are selling out fast. When you eventually commit to paying a 'high' fee, you are then hit with a hidden additional large booking fee. I tried cancelling my order immediately, but they have so far refused. I can't believe sites like this are allowed to exist. I hope the authorities eventually catch up on these crooks.

Date of experience: June 8, 2017
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Absolutely disgusting my husband paid over £320 for 2 ticket to see rod Stewart in shewsbury tonight travelled over 400 mile round trip to be sat right at the back could hardly see anything he also had to chase our tickets up as they didn't even arrive at time he was told never ever again will we buy off this site we'll stick to ticket master in future dont buy off these they are a rip off

Date of experience: June 7, 2017
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM

They are bad business people and should be out of business!

Date of experience: June 7, 2017
Sweden
1 review
2 helpful votes
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SCAM
June 7, 2017

SCAM, PLEASE STAY WAY! I bough tickes to soccer game LaLiga, last Malaga game and tickets was unvalid. I was forced to buy the tickets on arena and lost 200$, not just that. The stress and feeling fooled destroyed the weeknd.

Date of experience: June 7, 2017

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Founded in 2006
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