Sadly I see this scam isn’t new. I would be interested in people who have had a similar experience and either received a refund, and whether the ticket proved to be valid. At the moment I am not getting satisfaction from Viagogo or PayPal.
I embarrassed to say that I have fallen for the Viagogo ticketing scam for an upcoming event at the Brisbane Convention Centre. When Googling for the tickets, Viagogo comes up before TIcketek appears (Google have a lot to answer for here). It’s a Ticketmaster ticket as received, and apart from paying over twice the face value of the ticket, it is in someone else’s name. The standard reply from Viagogo is that they are ticket resellers, which isn’t clear from their website. It appears to me that if the original buyer has copied the ticket, any subsequent presentation at the gate will be denied entry.
Paypal has refused to cancel the transaction saying the following:
“We reviewed the claim(s) you filed on 11 February 2019. Unfortunately, we had to deny your claim(s). This decision was made because if an item is materially similar to the seller’s description, we do not consider it to be significantly not as described.”
Viagogo are recognised by Choice and the ACCC as scammers - but are there avenues open to me to get a refund? Has anyone any experience of tickets being valid or invalid?
I see Queensland have made it an offence to scalp tickets at more then 110% of the face value, but it only seems to apply to sports stadiums. Anyone had any experience here?
