So your favourite band has finally decided to visit the Gold Coast, or it’s grand final time in Brisbane and even though you had the date tickets went on sale marked and highlighted in your calendar and you spent three hours hitting refresh on your browser in an effort to secure tickets, you unfortunately still missed out.
Now what?
Well you could resort to gluing your ears to the radio in an effort to win tickets to the sold out event, or more likely you’ll be looking to purchase some re-sale tickets. This can be a risky proposition though and the last thing you want is to use your hard earned cash on a ticket and find out it can’t be used.
If you do a bit of homework and ensure you read all the fine print, then it could be well worth buying those re-sale tickets. After all, you don’t want to be the only one of your friends watching it on TV, rather than soaking up the atmosphere in person.
Some handy tips for buying re-sale tickets:
Make Sure the Tickets are Genuine:
The first thing you want to do when buying re-sale tickets is to ensure that they are genuine tickets you are buying.
The easiest way to check this is to do your research on the event you want to attend to ensure that its details match those of the re-sale ticket. Check the date, time and location carefully and if in doubt ensure that you get confirmation from the seller of the tickets.
Ensure the Tickets are Transferable:
Even if there tickets are genuine, there’s not point buying them if they can’t be transferred. This very much depends on each individual event. Some tickets are tied to the name of the person who bought them and ID must be produced in order to use the tickets. While others are easily transferred and can be used by whoever holds the ticket.
It’s important that you find out if the tickets are transferable, because if they’re not you could be turned away at the door.
Check the Ticket Rules from the Original Ticket Seller:
Ticket scalping is still a big problem in Australia, and some events have specific rules on their tickets to put a stop to this practice and ensure that tickets are not resold at exorbitant prices.
Each state has different laws when it comes to ticket scalping and each event may have different terms on conditions on their tickets. For example, if an event promoter becomes aware of a major scalping problem for a particular event, the ticket rules may allow for all these tickets to be cancelled.
This could leave you out in the cold when you arrive for the event only to discover that your ticket is once of the cancelled ones.
These are just a few useful tips to adhere to when it comes to purchasing a re-sale ticket. It’s always good to do your homework before buying a ticket. Unfortunately, if it sounds too good to be true, then it usually is.