Can anybody help me, I bought two tickets through this website on Tuesday the 15th for next years festival.

I looked online at my credit card statement and there was an amount for 2 tickets + £9.50 and the transaction description was 'Ticket Budapest'.

I emailed them to question the additional £9.50 and received a reply saying they would refund this amount, but no explanation about the transaction description or the fact they are still taking bookings on their website.

I've gone back to the website and I cannot find a contact telephone number for them. Also the postal address is in Dundee, but I thought Big Day Out were in Glasgow.

Can anybody help me before I cancel a valid ticket order or lose the cost of 2 tickets!

Mightymoose

Total con.

doesnt look to promising very well made website though keep us updated on what happens

I'd get onto your credit card company now. Tickets were sold by ticketmaster and a few limited companies like Tickets Scotland.

If you can't find out who that company is, and they aren't authorised to sell tickets by T in the Park, you are probably going to get ripped off. I think there is a shop called Grouchos in Dundee that are an authorised outlet, but the URL you listed seems dodgy.

Aren't RIP OFF ALERT - london ticket shop - RIP OFF ALERT based in Hungary? The owner has been on Watchdog more times than Nicky Campbell.

The Thawte certificate is genuine, it's possible for a scammer to buy one to give the site a more genuine look but i'd think it unusual.

These Terms and Conditions ("Agreement") list the terms of the agreement between you ("You") and Tinthepark2009.com ("Tinthepark2009.com " or "We" or "Us") for services that We provide (the "Services"). By using our Site, You agree to accept this Agreement.
TinthePark2009.com is an Independent Ticket Agency operating in the Secondary Market specializing in the re-sale of T in the Park Festival tickets at premium prices. We are not connected directly with any of the T in the park organizers, promoters, acts or sites.
All our tickets are official tickets therefore they are liable to the printing restrictions imposed by the official distributors, namely that no official tickets will be printed until 10 days before the event.
Please allow up to 7-10 working days before the event date to receive your tickets or alternatively at the venue on the day of the festival.
Saturday day tickets will only give access to the Saturday acts and NOT the Sunday acts or the Camping Site. Sunday day tickets will only give access to the Sunday acts and NOT the Saturday acts or the Camping Site.
We have a strict NO cancellations policy and will accept no refunds or exchanges under any circumstances. The only reason you may be eligible for a refund is AFTER the festival date in the extremely unlikely scenario that the festival gets cancelled or postponed or you do not receive your tickets.
Due to the fluctuating nature of the festival tickets market, TinthePark2009.com reserves the rights to change the prices without warning and our new prices will be published on our website. . If your card has been charged with the going rate at the time of booking then you have secured your tickets at that price and we are not allowed to charge you any more if the prices go up at a later stage or alternatively you are not allowed to ask for any partial refund if the prices go down at a later stage.
TinthePark2009.com is not responsible for any tickets lost or stolen and cannot duplicate any tickets after they have been sent out.
All our tickets are fully transferrable and do not have such limitations such as the name of the festival goer printed on them.
You agree that We may report any activity that it suspects violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other relevant third parties. We will cooperate to ensure that violators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.















Tout website mate..

Details:

IP address212.92.23.42
Hostdatasave.honlaptar.hu
Location HU, Hungary
CityBudapest, 05 -
OrganizationDeninet
serverhostingISPAntenna Tavkozlesi

I think you've been seen to - Contact your credit card company NOW and get them to look in to it.. I'm pretty sure DF & Big day out only operate servers in the UK

It's not difficult as you can get you isp to transact the certificate - Anyway certificates do not mean the company is kosha - It's only to ensure your IP traffic is encrypted - Thawte would pull the certificate if its shown that the company are up to know good.

I agree cancel the payment via your credit card company & purchase tickets via ticketmaster when the general sale happens.

Why oh why would you buy from a shadey sight

It's called 'Social Engineering' give the public what they want and enough will bite.. Hope you sort it out mightymouse...

if its debit card you are f**ked mate, if its a credit card then your nto as f**ked...

I bought 2 tickets last febuary from london tickets express and then realised my mistake so I contacted my creditcard company and told them after quite a while sorting it out all I coudl do was dispute it as the bank cant do anything about cancelling the order as the company have not done anythign wrong yet... I had to wait until after t int he park to get the issue sorted and have just received my credit fortunatley as the tickets never turned up!!

so it looks like you will have that amount on your card for the next year which could be a bit fo a kick in the balls..

Why, just why?

I know it's of no real help but I would suggest you also contact DFC - http://80.75.73.19/contact.html and give them the details - They should make some effort to get the site pulled down and the company that registred the domain can also help. https://web.awregistry.net/help/

Thawte have pulled the certificate - That pretty much answers your question..

DF will only be interested in the use of their logo

Not so much in this decade..

Whole lot of LOL going on in this thread.

Thanks for the advice, as I suspected - I've been a fool!

It was paid on a credit card and I've put a stop on it, so hopefully I'll get something back. :-(

The annoying thing is that the website still appears as a sponsored site on a yahoo search.

They were meant to be a wedding gift for the missus to be - boo hoo. Hopefully I can get a couple of tickets when they come on general release.

Mightymose

ps: the LOL's really helped!

if its creditcard it should be fine mate, what you will have to do though is send off any communication you have had from them and receipts and other emails from them.. Its also best to get as much info about them as possible to have that to send off aswell.

you wont get your money back till after titp 09 but you will atleast be okay..

they sold less than half of the tickets on early bird (do not believe the hype that they sold all 40,000) & it took them over 10 hours to do so despite doubling the alloted amount folk could buy so you will have no problem buying them when they are released in Feb.

*ps sorry that you nearly got done I hope you caught it in time

Sponsored = paid for advertising... F%$k all to do with quality or intergrity.

Its cool if you're getting your money back on this one but how about letting the Daily Record or Sun know - might make you a few bob!

Here's another one, anyone heard of this lot?

Clicky.

Someone I know ordered off them, before they were even on sale from Ticketmaster!! Don't ask me why.
I've told him it looks dodgy but he doesn't believe me. He's not ordered many tickets before.

what on earth made you go to this website and buy tickets from here?

I give in some people there is no helping dnt get scammed an then say do you think itll be ok ask before buying

Kinda like hitting yourself in the face with a hammer & then asking people why they didnt warn you it was gonna be sore

exactly

That website is awesome, the shaky horizontal banner scrolling is the icing on the cake.

If your mates not happy then here's who he needs to have a chat with

ozan yavasoglulari
46 sweet briar grove
london, n9 9lt
United Kingdom
Phone: +44.2088077637

Edit:

mailtooz@gmail.com

I'm sure he's open to discussion and reassurance that you money is in safe hands and that the tickets will be delivered in time for the gig..

Edit:

This info is all public domain - http://cqcounter.com/whois/

why dont you quit posting about how daft the people that get caught out and be useful instead??

I did the same thing, and I was quite aware that I was an idiot and that I was conned all too easily but the last thign you need is people on a forum laughin at your expense when all your asking for is a bit of reassurance and help..

less of it eh?!

Sorry but if people post about their stupidity then they are open to abuse.. it's the internet

Brilliant eh? I don't know what he was playing at. If he lifted the phone to someone who knew what they were doing we could've told him to avoid. It's around £200 per ticket!

Wouldn't usualy bother me too much but he's bought the tickets for him and another of my mates, that means I'm on my ownsome if these tickets don't turn up. Always efest camp thou.

I noticed they're selling Download tickets for next year, nobody's sure when, where, and if it's taking place yet.

The sale of tickets was only last week 6 days ago to be precise now lets just state here that the tickets went up for sale at 12 noon!!!! By 10 pm (evening) tickets could still be purchased so excuse *clears throat* why do people not buy from a verified site??? They wait a day or 2 after ticket release and buy from a site in hungary or wherever it was cmon why would you do that? you start gettin desperate for a ticket if you miss out on the early birds and the general sale

Thanks. I actualy found that last week, I emailed him for further reassurance that my mates tickets were ordered and he would complete the order. That was last Wednesday, I've not heard back from him yet, wonder why?

I saw some elderly woman fall in town the other day. She total slammed on the pavement really hard and I could hear the air thud out of her and the slap of her brittle bones hitting the concrete. I've fallen over before and I could total relate to A. How sore that must of been and B. How embarrassed she must have felt. Still laughed at the old c**t tho!!

Mystery Lady,

If you cannot offer anything helpful to the thread then I suggest you ignore it.

If you bothered to read my post, I bought the tickets on the day of release, not 'a day or 2' later.

I knew tickets were being released on this date and time, but have never bought tickets for TITP before - how exactly should I have known it was a dodgy site, when it was at the top of the list when I searched on Yahoo? How should I know which site is 'verified? From the site I saw an address in Dundee, not Hungary.

It wasn't until I checked my credit card statement that I grew suspicious and started searching around.

Hopefully by my posting this will help somebody else from avoiding this site. Thanks to all those who have given useful advice in reply to my original post.

Regards,
Mightymoose

its okay to laugh.. be good if you helped her up

After you have helped yourself to her pension book of course

i actually cant believe people still use these types of websites

the thing thats even worse is after they've bought them they come on here and actually ask if the site they've used is ok.

not having a go moose, its just a general thing. its not like the 'proper' ticket selling companies aren't advertised at all and theres always scarlet mist if something sells out. why people are so happy to just pay for something off a site they've never even heard of, without spending 5 minutes or so to actually sit back and think about it is just crazy.

yeah which is bang out of order

If you bought your tickets on the day they got released then why didnt you check the ticketmaster website to check if they had any left? Surely you should check the official sites first to see if you can get a hold of some tickets? Your always told to stick to offical retailers when buying T tickets so if you had followed this advice you wouldnt have this problem. Not as if the tickets sold out quickly or anything. Sorry if I sound like I'm having a go but it just seems like common sense to me.

As I said, I've never been to TITP and very rarely get the chance to go to any gigs, so I'm not really aware of the ticket agents and their advertising. With hindsight, I thought it was strange that I wasn't having to reload the website loads of times to get on! But otherwise the website looked valid to my untrained eye - I guess that's how it works - doh

However, wish I'd found this place a week ago! ;-)

Mightymoose

I totally agree, but I didn't realise that I wasn't on the official site and that ticketmaster were the only seller.

Dry em!!

A public ridiculing might just be what's required to drill it in to peoples heads not to buy from con artists.

Excuses like "how was I meant to know this site wasn't legit" don't fly with me. A few basic rules are all that's required to make sure you don't fall victim to these kinds of things.

If you're not familiar with buying tickets over the internet then you shouldn't dive in head first. Ask someone who knows or go elsewhere!!

Actualy that about sums up my mate too. He's never ordered gig tickets before online, and it was his first time using the internet. Just wish he had phoned someone who does know what they're doing before diving in head first.

On the other hand I told him on the Monday morning when we were packing up to use Ticketmaster, and tickets didn't go on sale till 12. He should have listened.

Or anything else for that matter

erm, thanks for the lecture !!!

Sorry to hear that youve been pumped aff they f**king dirty theifin mankey basturt huungarian scamming c**ts
Im sure it will be alright but mate , credit card companys have fraud/scam services ect
good luck!

There is, and they are authorised, BUT



that certainly aint Grouchos. Last time i was in the Hilltown a man was stabbed and thrown out a 2nd floor window.