Tickets on eBay

[gibbin82]

Just saw this link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glastonbury-Festival-2013-Ticket-ROLLING-STONES-NOW-SOLD-OUT-/181129429416?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a2c27c1a8 and wondered has anyone on here ever bought a ticket through eBay and how they got on with it. I would have thought it was very dodgy, firstly would you actually get it and then if you did what the chances of getting past the i.d. check? Also I thought eBay had a new system for buying event tickets that gave the buyer some protection and wondered how this one could slip through.

Edited April 27, 2013 by gibbin82

[ArcticGorilla]

wouldn't go anyway near that

[staggerlee]

In my opinion, and from experience, providing the person on the ticket is the same sex and race and has the same colour hair you would get in with relative ease. People who are you checking thousands of tickets, all day long, do not check pictures thoroughly.

I wouldn't buy one from eBay though, it's too much of a risk and you have little insurance because the resale and purchase is not permitted.

[JennieT]

That listing sounds really dodgy as he could still get a refund on his ticket if he can't go!

[mail1234]

It's a massive risk tbh as it completely depends on who checks your ticket. Mine actually checked pretty thoroughly

and yeah, would be extra stupid before the cancellation deadline

[dan05delaney]

Thats a massive risk and very stupid of whoever has bought it.... its wasn't even listed under tickets.... need to be a way of reporting it to someone

[gibbin82]

Hard to believe within half an hour over posting this thread it had 70 views (but only 5 posts), maybe there are few more than I expected that would risk it

Edited April 27, 2013 by gibbin82

[gibbin82]

Ten minutes later and now 150 views!!!!

[howlin_pete]

My brother went on my ticket one year, and a friend last year got in with a ticket that looked nothing like her. The guy on the gate clearly realised this season (he looked at her, the ticket, smiled and shook his head before letting her in). So it can be done, wouldn't risk myself though

[Morse Code]

Could be a genuine ticket but would you really pay nearly 400 quid for a ticket that might not get you in? I know I would if I hadn't been lucky enough back in October!

[musky]

Perhaps people aren't posting because they wouldn't buy a ticket like this.

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, but I thought Ebay had agreed to ban the sale of Glasto tickets. Maybe that's why it was in the wrong section, to keep off the radar a little longer.

[StoneCircle]

Thats a massive risk and very stupid of whoever has bought it.... its wasn't even listed under tickets.... need to be a way of reporting it to someone

[dan05delaney]

Perhaps people aren't posting because they wouldn't buy a ticket like this.

I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, but I thought Ebay had agreed to ban the sale of Glasto tickets. Maybe that's why it was in the wrong section, to keep off the radar a little longer.

[mandolin]

Hard to believe within half an hour over posting this thread it had 70 views (but only 5 posts), maybe there are few more than I expected that would risk it

[mike99]

I'm sure we will see a lot more tickets on eBay when people have the tickets to hand. Just curious how much u people think they could go up to when up for auction?

[rhysieg]

i thought they would sell at a higher price than £385...

i wouldnt sell mine for double that.

[sam4palace]

Just saw this link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glastonbury-Festival-2013-Ticket-ROLLING-STONES-NOW-SOLD-OUT-/181129429416?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a2c27c1a8 and wondered has anyone on here ever bought a ticket through eBay and how they got on with it. I would have thought it was very dodgy, firstly would you actually get it and then if you did what the chances of getting past the i.d. check? Also I thought eBay had a new system for buying event tickets that gave the buyer some protection and wondered how this one could slip through.

[howlin_pete]

Was this your ticket you were selling?

If so pretty good way to advertise it.

[funkyuk]

Pre-photo tickets, I have bought tix on eBay, saying that, I've also strolled into HMV a week prior to Glastonbury and bought my tickets in the (seemingly not so distant) past. Oh for the good old days of the no stress Glastonbury ticket Sunday mornings

[gibbin82]

Was this your ticket you were selling?

If so pretty good way to advertise it.

[gibbin82]

Good thought, but ticket was sold 2 days ago. Although I don't know why the op thinks number of views on a threat in a Glastonbury forum means that people would buy a ticket. People are probably just viewing because it's the only thread where people are unlikely to discuss whether Daft Punk will play or not

[dan05delaney]

Most threads will get many more views than posts... its the way the boards work.... you can sign in from many different things and they all get logged... its nothing really to take note about

[caroldecker]

Can't believe someone bought it! Wow! No picture and not even a description of what the picture will look like!

Also, if most people couldn't go they would get a refund, and if that deadline had gone then I would hope they would be after a none profit sale. I have seen listings from previous years that specified they wanted to sell to someone that had a chance of looking like the picture and for face value.

Any listing asking for more than face value is instantly suspicious to me. But I'm very suspicious by nature!

[redmosquito]

It amazes me that anyone would by that based on that description. Why would a letter from the sellar have any bearing at the gates?? Unless of course it was Rolf or Max Clifford and they have a feeling they'll be residing 'elsewhere' come the end of June.

I also thought the fact that they had received an email that day about the dispatch date was odd. It made me think it must have been bought in the resale so selling so soon can only meet they bought it with the sole intention of scalping it.

[howlin_pete]

I missed the bit about the covering letter. I hope they don't hand that over first, otherwise they have no chance! Bit of a con mentioning that at all as if that would provide any sort of assurance of entry, it's more likely to be detrimental than anything else