Touting a ticket?

[YumYum]

I'm planning on going again this year, but after seeing prices rise in 09 10, last year i was not really willing to pay the £200. So i got one from eBay at the start of August for £120 so i was quite pleased with myself.

Only question is, was last year a one off for cheap tickets? Does anyone know what prices have been like in previous years?

[Dukeeyyy]

Depends on the lineup and general ticket sales

[beards]

My girlfriend bought a weekend ticket on the Tuesday before the festival last year for £100, absolute bargain! I'm tempted to try the same thing this year as well, I think people get desperate to sell them the week before the festival.

In 2010, a friend of mine sold her ticket for about £120 the week before the festival. If you're willing to gamble then you can get cheap tickets

[kaosmark2]

I suspect it won't sell out quickly. Touts, after seeing it not sell out last year, probably won't buy as many tickets as they have been doing, meaning more are available for real people. Considering a lot got screwed over (I picked my ticket up for ~£105), I suspect a lot of them, particularly the "I'll buy extra tickets, sell the spares on to cover the costs of mine" bedroom touts, will be reluctant to risk getting burned again.

[moz4pm]

i do this every year a few days before the festival. Last three years i've paid 137, 125 and 140

[Gingetastico]

i do this every year a few days before the festival. Last three years i've paid 137, 125 and 140

[rug568]

Whats the best way to do this? ebay or re-selling sites like viagogo?

[Diva Sam]

I can see it being like last year..

[PurpleFire]

I carnt see it selling out this year! Reading might eventually sell out but not Leeds! Which is better because the space we got in Green Campsite was amazing last year! And with 14 of us going this year, going to need a lot of space!

[moz4pm]

Whats the best way to do this? ebay or re-selling sites like viagogo?

[lacney]

People seem to get a bit desperate last minute and take it as losing half the money is better than being stubborn and losing it all. I always pay full for mine apart from last year when the line up didnt interest me and I happened to come across a cheap ticket last minute. It was only £90 so I couldn't really complain! Tempted by doing the same this year

Edited March 6, 2012 by lacney

[moz4pm]

I only do it with Leeds because I live here and I've been every year since 04 so I'm well aware of how tickets work for the festival, but for tickets further afield like Sonisphere and Download, I'll pay full whack

[Gingetastico]

Yes ebay is defintely the best way to go, just keep an eye on prices in the last two weeks before the fest

[kaosmark2]

I'm getting tickets for me and for my little brothers birthday, will I almost definitely be able to get them on the cheap?

[YumYum]

That's my personal estimate, and that's a good enough chance for me, as it means I'll get to examine the whole lineup before deciding how much it's worth, but if I had that chance for a festival I was desperate to go to... I'd probably go through the official vendors.

[kaosmark2]

Thats my main reason for doing it, plus you get to save money in the process. I'll get an early bird though on Monday, they seem to go up on eBay

[kev1664]

I don't camp at Reading any more, just go for the day each time. At a festival with a nicer atmosphere I'd be prepared to go based on what they announce when tickets go on sale, but there's little I like about Reading apart from the lineups. I'm hoping that with the festival fad dying down it'll improve again in a few years.

[Mouseboy11]

Someone I know didn't even pay last year, he walked backwards through the exit haha :L

[kaosmark2]

At Leeds last year there was a significantly better atmosphere about the whole place. Whether or not it's begun to change already could be debated. However that was Leeds. I guess with reading being so close to town it has more chance to attract the wrong sorts of people off the cuff as say Leeds where you have to go out of your way to get to the festival.

[YumYum]

In my opinion there is NO chance Leeds will sell out this year, especially with the underwhelming line up. So how will this effect tickets in eBay? Currently there aren't too many on eBay, which is making me think the bedroom touts and touts in general have learnt their lesson from last year, will their be more nearer the festival because if noones buying them who's going to sell them?

[Mega Ross]

Only reason it was cheap last year is because it didn't sell out. FR claimed it did after months of it being nowhere near sold out which i call bullshit on (probably a shady deal with viagogo there)

I can see it selling out and touts being profitable this year.

I knew a girl offering 4 tickets day before the festival last year, £50 each.

[lozareth]

If it's anything like last year I'm gonna be kicking myself for buying mine yesterday, got two tickets for £200 last year!!