The Enemy - Grr! Gig postponed - can't make the new date...
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The Enemy were due to play the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth yesterday.
We got there early afternoon, combined the trip with giving my son a lift back to his student house, had a nice afternoon at the dockyard, early dinner overlooking the harbour entrance, then headed up to the Wedge about 8.30pm (doors was supposed to be 8pm)
So. There's no queue, and a sign on the door...
...no argument with the postponement (Tom has pancreatitis) and I don't imagine that bands like to re-arrange any more than fans do.
(It'll also teach us to check our emails before leaving home
)
Now. The tickets were bought online, but direct from the box office at the Wedge. The wife used Paypal, but only did a 'one-off' payment, and doesn't have a Paypal account. So there is no account from which to retrieve 'recent history'
Any advice on how to proceed?
1. Is it worth a shot with trying to get the Wedge to issue a refund?
2. Secondary ticket sites leave me cold. Would you swallow your pride and sell them online?
3. Ebay, etc. Can you actually sell tickets on there anymore, and if so, is it worth the hassle?
4. I can make it, it's the wife who can't. I could turn up on the night and sell the spare to a tout?
5. The tickets have a face value of only £30. I could suck up the loss - it's not an absolute fortune after all?
It was a sold out gig, and The Enemy are a big band, the Wedge is a relatively small venue. (If I recall correctly, it was meant to be at the Pyramid Centre, but that's closed to repair flood damage). I'm assuming there will be some demand for these tickets. I'm not looking to make a big profit, and we only bought the tickets we needed, but I just don't want to end up out of pocket AND have missed the gig. We've never sold tickets before now, so I'm a bit nervous about getting into that murky world to be honest. I'm gutted that my wife can't make it, because although I can still go, I would feel disloyal, almost like being unfaithful to her, if I went on my own, as up until now we've always gone to gigs and festivals together, as we share a very similar taste in music.
We got there early afternoon, combined the trip with giving my son a lift back to his student house, had a nice afternoon at the dockyard, early dinner overlooking the harbour entrance, then headed up to the Wedge about 8.30pm (doors was supposed to be 8pm)
So. There's no queue, and a sign on the door...
...no argument with the postponement (Tom has pancreatitis) and I don't imagine that bands like to re-arrange any more than fans do.
(It'll also teach us to check our emails before leaving home
)Now. The tickets were bought online, but direct from the box office at the Wedge. The wife used Paypal, but only did a 'one-off' payment, and doesn't have a Paypal account. So there is no account from which to retrieve 'recent history'
Wedgewood Rooms Facebook page said:
If you bought them directly from the Venue Box Office please return them with a copy of your original PayPal confirmation so we can trace your order (this info is also available in your PayPal account's 'recent history'.)
Now. I imagine that they'll not want to refund cash if I turn up at the box office with the tickets we now cannot use (wife will be abroad on 2nd July).Any advice on how to proceed?
1. Is it worth a shot with trying to get the Wedge to issue a refund?
2. Secondary ticket sites leave me cold. Would you swallow your pride and sell them online?
3. Ebay, etc. Can you actually sell tickets on there anymore, and if so, is it worth the hassle?
4. I can make it, it's the wife who can't. I could turn up on the night and sell the spare to a tout?
5. The tickets have a face value of only £30. I could suck up the loss - it's not an absolute fortune after all?
It was a sold out gig, and The Enemy are a big band, the Wedge is a relatively small venue. (If I recall correctly, it was meant to be at the Pyramid Centre, but that's closed to repair flood damage). I'm assuming there will be some demand for these tickets. I'm not looking to make a big profit, and we only bought the tickets we needed, but I just don't want to end up out of pocket AND have missed the gig. We've never sold tickets before now, so I'm a bit nervous about getting into that murky world to be honest. I'm gutted that my wife can't make it, because although I can still go, I would feel disloyal, almost like being unfaithful to her, if I went on my own, as up until now we've always gone to gigs and festivals together, as we share a very similar taste in music.
Been to The Wedge many times and one of my favourite venues, feel for you turning up to a cancelled gig as had the same for Faithless at Brixton after travelling from Portsmouth.
I'd contact them directly or pop in to their box office/window (open from 1100 I think) and ask them for a refund explaining the circumstances. Being a sold out gig I don't think you'll have any problems and they always come across as decent promoters.
What I wouldn't do though is resell the tickets as The Wedge is extremely proactive in cancelling any tickets that are resold, they actively search the resale sites to find offending tickets. HTH
I'd contact them directly or pop in to their box office/window (open from 1100 I think) and ask them for a refund explaining the circumstances. Being a sold out gig I don't think you'll have any problems and they always come across as decent promoters.
What I wouldn't do though is resell the tickets as The Wedge is extremely proactive in cancelling any tickets that are resold, they actively search the resale sites to find offending tickets. HTH
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