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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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Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Do Not Use Viagogo
May 27, 2017

We purchased 3 tickets for a Wallabies Game at Suncorp Stadium that were together. Get the download and discover they are in someone elses name, the cost is double and the tickets are not together. Ticketek and Suncorp Stadium have both declared that they will not honour tickets purchased through Viagogo. Viagogo have not responded to complaint emails and there is no phone number to call them. Say Goodbye to $500.00.

Date of experience: May 26, 2017
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This company over charges you on sporting tickets. I purchased two soccer tickets, each costing $120.00 euros, however, when I received the tickets the actual cost printed on the ticket was for $17.00 euros. They also promised to provide you with printed tickets as you can keep as souvenirs, however I received a printed out email ticket on an 81/2 x 11 piece of paper. There was nothing special about these printed tickets. I definitely over paid to attend a soccer game. You are better off going through the actual venue themselves. They are more honest and do not over charge you.

Date of experience: May 26, 2017
Isle of Man
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Rip off do not use
May 26, 2017

I booked to see take that last Tuesday which was postponed was sent an email on Wednesday to inform me the new date was this Friday. I live on the Isle of Man so can't afford to pay out again to get to Liverpool. Told them my situation but they told me I can't have a refund great customer service not!

Date of experience: May 26, 2017
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammers
May 26, 2017

Dont buy anything through them you will get ripped off. Make sure what you buy doesnt have anything associated with viagogo or you will end up paying more money than what you should have.

Date of experience: May 26, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Truly appalling service.
Won't talk to customers on phone earlier than 72 hours before event (didn't test this so only have their word for that even then) - seem to rely upon online chat line type communications - responses to this erratic in my experience
Truly obcsene ticket price markup - 2 Bootleg Beatles tickets, standing with restricted view at Albert Hall with face value of £25 each (do not recall this mentioned at time of online purchase in December) cost total price of £139.29.
Promised e-Tickets but they then changed this and required me to wait in for non-timed delivery by UBS|to be signed for.
I can think of no redeeming feature for this outfit and sincerely hope they go out of business.

Date of experience: May 25, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horror
May 24, 2017

Fell so stupid for not researching them before buying the tickets.
My show got postponed, i can't get hold of anyone from customer support, no number, no email, can't resell the tickets!

Date of experience: May 24, 2017
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Lies.
May 24, 2017

Lied and advertised themselves as the official ticket sellers. Over charged and did not show the price for the service charge which was $89! Absolutly disgusting con artists.

Date of experience: May 24, 2017
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased ticket for the flower show, 2 days before the date with hotel and trains booked and paid for, they emailed me to say the ticket was no longer available and would refund me however, they were still selling the same tickets at a higher price but would not give me them at the same price, which by the way was £250 above face value. This company are cheating people through their "terms and conditions" where one ticks a box and agrees to they canceling your ticket and refunding you because they can sell at a higher price. The robot of a person on the line had no care, consideration or empathy. Our retirement weekend was ruined.

Date of experience: May 23, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Robbers
May 23, 2017

Bought tickets off the web from these people because they lied and marketed themselves as the 'offical seller'. This web ite also said there were only 6 tickets left, another outright lie. Once i found out I had been robbed I cheked and there are stll plenty of tickets for sale. I complained to the concert veue and they said Viagog just purchses the tickets from the venue and then charges you and that the government was looking into it. In the mean time people cintinue to get robbed.

Date of experience: May 23, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Dreadful! Avoid!
May 22, 2017

My wife and I booked tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet through Viagogo. The tickets were advertised as guaranteed "unrestricted view" and were priced at 200$ each. Upon arrival at the theater it became evident that the stage could NOT BE SEEN from the seats.

You may well ask how is this possible. The short answer: it appears this is business as usual for the famed Bolshoi. Americans are apparently naive in assuming that a 200$ ticket should insure an unobstructed view of the stage.

Viagogo, upon taking my complain by phone, denied responsibility, even though previously guaranteeing an unobstructed view. The representative first claimed it was the responsibility of the Bolshoi to insure a view, not the responsibility of Viagogo. The representative then stated I should have taken a picture from the seat to "prove" my case. He was apparently unaware that concert venues typically disallow the taking of pictures. He further demanded to know why I had not called immediately, apparently unaware that Viagogo's website offers no phone number for complaints. Finally he demanded that I send copies of my tickets to Viagogo for "proof." Proof of what, exactly? He admitted that he had no record of what seat numbers were sold to me. I was able to provide him with the level, box number and seat number, from which he could readily have done whatever research he chose, but he still demanded my tickets as the need for "proof." Apparently Viagogo is in the habit of guaranteeing seats about which they have no information. And then enlist a myriad of excuses to avoid having to offer a dreaded refund.

Verdict: Dreadful! Avoid at all cost!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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My wife accidentally booked two tickets for the Chatsworth flower show via Viagogo tonight. Prices direct from the RHS site would have been £65 for the two. She paid £200 for the two, the booking fee did not show until payment had been made, and we cannot cancel them. What a scandal!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
3 helpful votes
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If I could give this Company negative

If I could give this Company negative stars then I would

DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS FROM THIS COMPANY! They will rip you off. Their site is misleading, making it seem the tickets are about to run out when there are still plenty available. They do not tell you when you are purchasing the tickets exactly where your seats are, and then, when you get the tickets you find out that they are the cheapest and worst seats at the venue. They charge exorbitant processing fees that do not show up until the last minute. I bought 5 tickets for Cirque du Soleil as a special surprise for my 80 year old mother, paying $791. The tickets I have received, which are for the worst seats at the venue, have a face value of $76.73 each, which would work out to $381.55. So, a nice little profit of $409! And they do not care! Their customer service is pretty much non existent, and when you do manage to get something other than a generic reply it is rude.
This has to be the worst company I have ever used on the Internet and I advise anyone contemplating buying tickets from them to think twice and go elsewhere. We will probably not attend the show now as I cannot afford to buy different tickets and the ones I have are not fit for purpose.
So, thanks Viagogo for spoiling my mother's treat!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
Turkiye
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I wanted to sell the security through Viagogo. The ticket was sold and the 48-hour problem reporting period started. After 3-4 hours, I decided to give up the sale and go to the match and I reported it. I did not encounter any warning or problem. And after going to the match, I saw that my account was deducted 540 TL. I did not receive more than ten e-mails to Viagogo.
I'm sorry, why did you make this cut and on what basis?
It says that if I read the penal terms on their websites then a penalty of 20 USD can be applied if the problem is reported and abandoned within 48 hours. But the deduction made by me is 160 USD.
Also I can not find any interlocutors in my face, there is not even an email address on the website.
Please be careful when buying or selling tickets to this company.
I will seek out my legal rights, and I will warn everybody from social media against Viagogo.

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Do NOT fall for it! Got all the way to a U2 concert with my "valid tickets" and turns out they were not legit. No # to call, no way to resolve. I was scammed and will dispute my credit card. But learn from MY mistake! Do NOT use this fake company!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
Japan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I feel absolutely outraged, I bought 2 tickets for my daughter, 'Ariana Grande 'concert and paid £90 each ticket... but, when I got the tickets the price is printed on them and the tickets cost £42.75 each! They cost me more than double of the original amount! What a rip off! Why don't they tell people upfront?! We then are free to make our decision, but I cannot accept rip deception like this! I expect to pay some fees but not that much!
I will never buy from viagogo again and will certainly not recommend to anyone. So, be careful before you go ahead with your purchase!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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AVOID! I tried to sell a ticket to a show today. It appeared as though I had successfully listed the ticket but I received no e-mail confirmation and when I look at sales and listings for my account, both are blank. SO I tried to list again... same thing happened. The second time though, I took a screen print of the page that said my listing was successfull and whihc gave me a listing ID. If I hadn't done that, I'd have no record as I still have no e-mail from Viagogo and my sales and listings are still blank. I therefore wanted to contact them to see if the listing had been successful and to check if I had now accidentally listed the same ticket twice. I couldn't find a number of their site. I tried various number I found online. Most didn't work at all. One had an automated service and it asks you to enter the listing ID (lucky I took the screen print). I entered this and the automated service said they could not speak to me abou this by phone and that I should contact them by e-mail via their website. I've tried to use the Help Centre to contact them. I follow the steps that should lead me to being able to contact them but wierdly it just ends up at a password reset page. It seems as thought they have made it deliberately impossible to contact them. Please save yourself a tonne of hassle and do not buy or sell via this site. Total nighmare!

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Tried to buy tickets, only once I'd hit commit did they show me the price was per ticket and what the fees were. No summary every shown, until you've committed to buy.

Avoid like the plague

Date of experience: May 22, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Deception and lies
May 22, 2017

After realising the administration fee (£50) I cancelled the page even though i didnt finally submit the transaction, i recieved an email to say i have purchased the tickets. With no option to refund I decided to resell them on said ticketing site.

Initially it states no charge for selling tickets on the website but then when I did reupload the ticket there was a small percentage deducted as well administration fee.
As I repeatedly freshed the website it was constantly changed its clever marketing tactics to get the customer to buy tickets ( i understand thats just a business tactic...)
But i have lost complete faith in this website
Very disappointed this has happened as I have essentially paid £170 just to visit a site - fingers crossed ill be able to sell the ticket! Lesson learnt, read the reviews beforehand!

Date of experience: May 21, 2017
New Zealand
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Thieving scammers!
May 20, 2017

Right guys I think all of us that have been ripped off should join forces and see if we can do something about these ripoff creeps with no scruples! A New Zealand consumer watchdog tv show called Fairgo have contacted me. I suggest others get in touch and tell them their story!

Date of experience: May 20, 2017
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought 2 tickets for Jeff Dunham Show, row A. I knew the tickets would be slightly overcharged since it is a front row ticket and bought from a secondary party. Then I received the tickets by post and saw the actual price... £35 each ( I paid £200 each). That can't be considered as slightly overcharged, at all!
Now I know I made a mistake and it won't happen again.

Avoid viagogo!

Date of experience: May 20, 2017

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