Anyone here ever bought festival tickets on ebay?

[pbirkett]

I'm wanting to go to the V-Festival, and was thinking of buying a ticket on ebay. They seem pretty pricey but I dont really see what choice I have at the moment, I definitely want to go.

Just wondering if anyone here has bought them on ebay? Is it safe to do so? I get the impression the people selling the tickets dont even have them yet, but say they will post them as soon as they get them, but i'm wondering will they have that persons name on or something.

Anyway just after some pointers really - the last time I went to a festival was glastonbury in 2000 and lets just say i didnt have a ticket back then, so i want to be clear that what I am doing is safe and feasible.

[DrTre]

Use www.scarletmist.co.uk instead. No rip off prices.

[hornetrider]

If you have to use eBay, be patient and wait til the week before the gig. Prices now will probably be sky high, but then there will be people who NEED to offload in the week before the gig.

Just choose your seller wisely, and try and pick up the tickets by hand if poss.

[pbirkett]

DrTre said:

Use www.scarletmist.co.uk instead. No rip off prices.

Thanks but i cant find any tickets for the V-Festival on there. I'll keep an eye on it though.

[DrTre]

pbirkett said:

DrTre said:

Use www.scarletmist.co.uk instead. No rip off prices.

Thanks but i cant find any tickets for the V-Festival on there. I'll keep an eye on it though.

?!?
I just found a stackload?
ETA Chelmsford?

Further ETA I might have exaggerated "stackload"...I mean 3...sorry.
But yes, keep an eye on it, usually face value prices.

I for one wouldn't go near ebay anymore for this sort of thing.
Gumtree perhaps, people seem to ask more realistic prices on there too.

Edited by DrTre on Monday 4th August 13:48

[pbirkett]

hornetrider said:

If you have to use eBay, be patient and wait til the week before the gig. Prices now will probably be sky high, but then there will be people who NEED to offload in the week before the gig.

Just choose your seller wisely, and try and pick up the tickets by hand if poss.

Its on a week on saturday so i'm guessing it might be better to wait until this time next week to look then

[pbirkett]

DrTre said:

pbirkett said:

DrTre said:

Use www.scarletmist.co.uk instead. No rip off prices.

Thanks but i cant find any tickets for the V-Festival on there. I'll keep an eye on it though.

?!?
I just found a stackload?
ETA Chelmsford?

Further ETA I might have exaggerated "stackload"...I mean 3...sorry.
But yes, keep an eye on it, usually face value prices.

I for one wouldn't go near ebay anymore for this sort of thing.
Gumtree perhaps, people seem to ask more realistic prices on there too.

Edited by DrTre on Monday 4th August 13:48

Its for Staffordshire, what did you search for though? I put "V-festival", "V" and "festival" into the search box and didnt find anything, what am i doing wrong?

EDIT: Just found some, ignore me i'm being a numptie

Edited by pbirkett on Monday 4th August 13:52

[DrTre]

Have to admit, it's not the most intuitive site around...or prettiest!
Hope you get lucky.

[The Ben]

im waiting for my Leeds tickets to come.. Around 7-10 days before the event. I bought mine when they came on sale on ebay... couldnt get through on the crap phone system at the ticket office... So my ifngers are crossed, but I made sure the seller had sold lots more before hand and people were satisfied.....