ETICKETS

sparty1134 · Post by **sparty1134** » March 15, 2006 4:21 pm

Does anyone know anything about etickets? I ordered four tickets through StubHub for the Alpine show and when the FedEx package came rather than the old fashioned heavyweight paper tickets, I got a printout with a picture of a ticket on it. I called StubHub and they said etickets are very common these days. Is there anyway to verify if the ticket is legitimate? We're supposed to be taking our kids to their first Buffett show as a birthday suprise and it would be a horrific experience to get there and then find out we had bogus tickets (we'd be driving there from Michigan)...If anyone is familiar w/ these etickets please let me know!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » March 15, 2006 4:23 pm

we had print-yourself tickets for a vegas show as well as for the freddy and the fishsticks show up in aspen. they *should* be legit, but i'm not a pro.

if there's a bar code on them, maybe someone here saavy enough could check it for you.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » March 15, 2006 4:25 pm

I'm sure they're legit, but the problem is that the original purchaser can print off and sell many copies of the same tickets and only the first one through the scanner will be allowed in.

NYCsharkling · Post by **NYCsharkling** » March 15, 2006 4:27 pm

True!
Get into the event early so that your barcode is the first to get scanned....had this issue at a Phish show.....sucked!

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » March 15, 2006 4:31 pm

kind of strange though that Stub hub would have these kind of tickets. I'm sure that not advertising this becuase most people would be very hesitant to buy these tix second hand.

purpleskye · Post by **purpleskye** » March 15, 2006 4:42 pm

I have used ETICKETS for every Buffett concert I have been to and a few other concerts and never had a problem......

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » March 15, 2006 4:43 pm

purpleskye wrote:I have used ETICKETS for every Buffett concert I have been to and a few other concerts and never had a problem......

Did you buy them from TM or from a private seller?

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » March 15, 2006 4:48 pm

purpleskye wrote:I have used ETICKETS for every Buffett concert I have been to and a few other concerts and never had a problem......

If you purchase these tix yourself there will not be a problem, the issue arises when you buy them from the jack ass thats xeroxing 100 copies and selling them to other people

OneParticularGirl · Post by **OneParticularGirl** » March 15, 2006 4:49 pm

I got etickets from onlineseats.com last year, and we were all scared until we were through the gates that they wouldn't be valid but they were. I don't know about other places though.

RAGTOP · Post by **RAGTOP** » March 15, 2006 4:52 pm

If I knew beforehand that the tickets I was going to purchase from a broker were E Tickets I wouldn't buy them.

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » March 15, 2006 4:54 pm

Mail 'em to me and I'll let ya know.

sparty1134 · Post by **sparty1134** » March 15, 2006 4:54 pm

I got them through Stub Hub, where I've purchased tickets before and never had a problem. Had I known they were etickets I was buying I would have thought twice about it....

Catch&Release · Post by **Catch&Release** » March 15, 2006 5:11 pm

Kind of weird that a broker would be selling e tix.

I've used E tix a number of times. The funniest was in Toronto for Jimmy last year when the gate people didn't yet have scanners for the e tickets.
They just looked at them funny but waved everyone through.

I would be in the venue the second the gates open and that should avoid any problems if someone who sold the tix to the broker made copies for themselves and a thousand of their friends, 1st one in wins the prize!

NYCPORT · Post by **NYCPORT** » March 15, 2006 5:12 pm

Stubhub guarantees that the tickets are real. If they turn out to be fakes or dupes just report the seller and you'll get your money back and stubhub will charge the seller the amount to recoup thier costs. They keep a valid credit card on file for all sellers.

PA PAR8 HED · Post by **PA PAR8 HED** » March 15, 2006 5:29 pm

I've heard (and I may be wrong) that some venues will offer to scan a ticket to verify that it is real. Still doesn't prevent duplication though.

An offer to refund your money is little help at a sold out show. I would imagine Stubhub would try to police that closely. But get in early to be on the safe side.

thegoatgod · Post by **thegoatgod** » March 15, 2006 5:31 pm

Two weeks ago I used etickets for KidRock in nashville, didn't have a problem in the world with em.

justinnycny · Post by **justinnycny** » March 15, 2006 5:45 pm

i got my tickets from a scalper online for the philly show last summer .. I was desperate! it was one of the print at home ones and ends up the person must have printed multiple ones. atleast 4 people had my seat.. same ticket! happened to most people in my section. But it was a buffet show so we all just had a good time.. there were empty seats around since everyone seemed to be hanging out on the railings with their drinks. If you ordered yourself from TM then you are fine. If you are buying from reseller beware that multiple copies can be made and then the first person in to the venue could be the only person in.

bsredlight · Post by **bsredlight** » March 15, 2006 7:02 pm

In Boston last year there were many U2 fans that ended up with the same seats from these types of tickets and all were not allowed in, except the first ones who had their code scanned. I did hear, in some instances, they were going to seats inside and even removing people who got scanned in if there were others who said they had the same seats.

We have used these ticketfast tickets several times without issue from brokers (knocking on wood sound)!

Sadly we have had to use brokers many times, but we have found one in particular that we have used alot without issue.

puckhead · Post by **puckhead** » March 15, 2006 9:06 pm

The advantage of purchasing from Stubhub is that the tickets are 100% gauranteed. If they are fake, which the probably are not, you'll get your money back (but miss the concert).

Piratical · Post by **Piratical** » March 15, 2006 10:00 pm

justinnycny wrote:i got my tickets from a scalper online for the philly show last summer .. I was desperate! it was one of the print at home ones and ends up the person must have printed multiple ones. atleast 4 people had my seat.. same ticket! happened to most people in my section. But it was a buffet show so we all just had a good time.. there were empty seats around since everyone seemed to be hanging out on the railings with their drinks. If you ordered yourself from TM then you are fine. If you are buying from reseller beware that multiple copies can be made and then the first person in to the venue could be the only person in.

Didn't they scan your ticket at CBP?