See Tickets

[HRER]

Ive been a lurker on this forum for a while but something has come up which infuriated me that much ive signed up to vent my spleen

Does anyone know what the deal is why See Tickets? The reason I ask is for the last couple of years 2 girls in my local area have been able to obtain tickets long after T day. Both work with (Indirectly im led to believe) SeeTickets – and have in the past charged £300 per ticket (Making £100 each ticket in the process)

The tickets are 100% legit – all they need is your registration number and postcode. Last year they got a friend of mine one and I know a few others in my area they’ve got tickets for. Not a bad thing to fall back on you may say if you don’t get a ticket, and up until this year I was thinking the same.

3 of my close friends never got a ticket this year so naturally we’ve been in contact with these two girls and now they are asking for £400 per ticket – clearly cashing in on the high demand knowing full well they can make a killing. Does anyone know what the deal is and how these type of people can rob genuine people of tickets.

[mrtourette]

Maybe See get a small allocation for being some kind of official partner, as I'd imagine that a number of companies/organizations do? How they then distribute their allocation is up to them I guess. I doubt it's anything like the viagogo scam.

Edited October 15, 2012 by mrtourette

[Pot]

My mate paid £300 in 2011 for what sounds like the same thing

[cdm22]

So basically OP you are just annoyed they have put their prices up?

[mike46]

It is possible, a mate of mine uses see indirectly and he had his ticket secured on the thursday before T day

[MrHew]

...slips off to make friends with people at see, as a back up.

[LondonTom]

So basically OP you are just annoyed they have put their prices up?

[Memory Man]

Its not what you know, its who you know. This will always be the case. There are always crooks to be found, too.

[HRER]

Haha ive got a ticket so it doesnt affect me directly............just dont like seeing people ripped off thats all!

[jameshunt]

Sounds like they simply get access in the internal See system to tickets allocated but the deposit bounced. These obviously should go back into the resale in April, but unscrupulous employees are not unheard of.

Rather than taking advantage of such an offer, they should be reported to See, GFL and possibly the police (if there is a possibility of fraud or illegal touting). Otherwise this would likely escalate in future years and fewer tickets would be available for everyone else.

[andyr1uk]

The thing is they know we will pay extra to get a ticket now! Desperate times lead to desperate measures!!

Would love someone offer me hospitality tickets tho lol

[not worthy]

HRER, hoping not to upset your sensitivites but with life looking particularly glum for 2013 without tickets....£400 seems ok to me and more than happy for you to take a cut (how desperate am I !)

Just between us clearly - oh and need 4

[ads1980]

Ive been a lurker on this forum for a while but something has come up which infuriated me that much ive signed up to vent my spleen

Does anyone know what the deal is why See Tickets? The reason I ask is for the last couple of years 2 girls in my local area have been able to obtain tickets long after T day. Both work with (Indirectly im led to believe) SeeTickets – and have in the past charged £300 per ticket (Making £100 each ticket in the process)

The tickets are 100% legit – all they need is your registration number and postcode. Last year they got a friend of mine one and I know a few others in my area they’ve got tickets for. Not a bad thing to fall back on you may say if you don’t get a ticket, and up until this year I was thinking the same.

3 of my close friends never got a ticket this year so naturally we’ve been in contact with these two girls and now they are asking for £400 per ticket – clearly cashing in on the high demand knowing full well they can make a killing. Does anyone know what the deal is and how these type of people can rob genuine people of tickets.

[Jie Bie]

Sounds pretty dodgy. I would have thought if SeeTickets discovered an employee (be they directly or indirectly employed by See) was selling Glastonbury tickets on at a profit it would be a breach of their contract and probably a sackable offence

[mrtourette]

Sounds like they simply get access in the internal See system to tickets allocated but the deposit bounced. These obviously should go back into the resale in April, but unscrupulous employees are not unheard of.

Rather than taking advantage of such an offer, they should be reported to See, GFL and possibly the police (if there is a possibility of fraud or illegal touting). Otherwise this would likely escalate in future years and fewer tickets would be available for everyone else.

[Sabcully]

Maybe See get a small allocation for being some kind of official partner, as I'd imagine that a number of companies/organizations do? How they then distribute their allocation is up to them I guess. I doubt it's anything like the viagogo scam.

[**claire**]

However desperate I am for tickets for 2013, isn't this just another form of touting?! Making money by selling a ticket for double face value?

I'd be thinking quite seriously about reporting them to GFL & making a complaint to See I think.

[Sabcully]

However desperate I am for tickets for 2013, isn't this just another form of touting?! Making money by selling a ticket for double face value?

I'd be thinking quite seriously about reporting them to GFL & making a complaint to See I think.

[HRER]

Ive thought of reporting them, but a few friends are still considering getting tickets

If I did report them, and those lads I know didnt get ticket in the resale, I'd rather not have it on my conscience it was down to me that they never got a ticket

Edited October 15, 2012 by HRER

[ads1980]

Are you able to get hold of some more?

[mrtourette]

I think it would be pretty ironic if the whole system through ST was set up to stop touting and then find out that ST employees are making a huge profit by reducing the tickets supposed to go into the resale and taking advantage of peeps paying stupid money for a GF ticket. £400??? Seriously? I wouldn't.

[Sabcully]

I think there's a difference between the tickets coming from See getting an allocation of tickets outside of the general for being an official partner and giving them their employees to do whatever they want with and See employees deliberately going into the resale pot early to buy tickets using other people's registration numbers and charging them for the privledge. Admittedly it now seems that the latter is the case, I'm amazed that people at See are even able to do this without sales being flagged up.

[Jie Bie]

Ive thought of reporting them, but a few friends are still considering getting tickets

If I did report them, and those lads I know didnt get ticket in the resale, I'd rather not have it on my conscience it was down to me that they never got a ticket

[jameshunt]

I understand the desire to get tickets, even taking a hit of £100 to £200 or more in the process, if you missed out in the general sale.

But the principle remains that as long as people are willing to buy those touted tickets then the touts and scammers will continue to flourish. Likewise, if you buy a stolen bike at half its market value you are encouraging more bike thefts.

edit: I spelled "principle" as "principal"!

Edited October 15, 2012 by jameshunt

[ads1980]

I understand the principal of this but it never works out that way. There are always underhand tactics used with ticket sales. Lots of people buy tickets who have no intention of using them now to every gig/festival going so that they can sell them on for an inflated price. I have always bought my tickets through the proper process but as desperate as I am and judging by the way the genral sale went a couple of weeks ago, I dont rate my chances very highly of getting a ticket come the resale day. And if I dont go I will be properly gutted. At this moment in time I would pay a bit more just to know that I am going.