Been offered tickets to Shepherds Bush for £100 each, dodgy?

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  • JimNastics
    JimNastics Posts: 679
    facepollution wrote:
    ^^^^^^^^^^

    To be fair that guy does have 99.8% positive feedback and nearly 800 sales, just sayin'.........

    http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ... l=0&page=1

    Like I said in my first post, I emailed ticketsforyou21 and a) they've never heard of him and b) they don't have tickets to the gig. The guy is using their good ebay name to try and scam people.
  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    I am not blaming ten club at all. What they do for us is fantastic and they treat the fans really well. I can't think of many other bands who have a better system in order to get tickets. I just wish they had more tickets!

    Fortunately it's my birthday on Thursday so I will be getting some cash from the parents. If that wasn't the case I wouldn't be looking for tickets, that's a fact.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • sibyl
    sibyl Posts: 45
    I received this email from Tory Gibson
    Your Gumtree.com ad #42940627: Pearl Jam 4x Tickets Shepards Bush London 11th August

    Hello,

    You are buying 4x Pearl Jam Tickets Shepards Bush London 11th August. The price including shipping and delivery for two tickets is 200 GBP and for 4 tickets is 400 GBP. I have found a better job in Belfast that's why I am selling them, and since I am not in London I suggest to use
    eBay Secure Payment since Gumtree was recently bought by eBay so we will have 100 % protection... For delivery I willuse FedEX and the tickets will get to you in 15h.
    I will need your full name and shipping address so i can
    contact eBay and let them know about this purchase.They will then
    contact you about the transaction details. Let me know if this is ok with you...
    Regards:

    I told I was looking for just one or two tickets. I did not give my details. I think it is the same email you received.. what do you think?

    I read that someone is looking for spare the sum of 480 pounds. I would pay 120 for my ticket if you find other person
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    JimNastics wrote:
    facepollution wrote:
    ^^^^^^^^^^

    To be fair that guy does have 99.8% positive feedback and nearly 800 sales, just sayin'.........

    http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ... l=0&page=1

    Like I said in my first post, I emailed ticketsforyou21 and a) they've never heard of him and b) they don't have tickets to the gig. The guy is using their good ebay name to try and scam people.

    Yeah I got that when I re-read it. What a cheeky fucker!
  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    Right, my tickets are fakes. Found out yesterday. Paypal wont cover me as it wasnt done through ebay, police have been in formed but I dont suppose they will do anything either.

    Be careful everyone, I wouldnt trust anyone selling anymore. The only thing I can be thankful for is that I found out before spending hours in the queue next week thinking I was gonna get in and at least they were only £100 each (not that I have £200 to throw away but we decided it was worth the risk).

    I am amazed at the cheek of the 2 people that sold me the tickets. They gave me so much info and went down the right channels. Just goes to show you cant trust anyone nowdays.

    If you have to buy from anyone, just make sure you pay by paypal and it is from a website like ebay. Dont touch anyone from the likes of gumtree or facebook.

    I'm more gutted that Im not going to the gig than I am about losing the money :cry:
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    ^^^^^^^^

    I'm gutted for you, that absolutely sucks.
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    just shows that you cannot trust anybody, especially scalping cnuts :lol:
    seriously, it is people buying from them that keeps them doing it, you just have to stand up and say no, or they will continue to win
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  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    sibyl wrote:
    I received this email from Tory Gibson
    Your Gumtree.com ad #42940627: Pearl Jam 4x Tickets Shepards Bush London 11th August

    Hello,

    You are buying 4x Pearl Jam Tickets Shepards Bush London 11th August. The price including shipping and delivery for two tickets is 200 GBP and for 4 tickets is 400 GBP. I have found a better job in Belfast that's why I am selling them, and since I am not in London I suggest to use
    eBay Secure Payment since Gumtree was recently bought by eBay so we will have 100 % protection... For delivery I willuse FedEX and the tickets will get to you in 15h.
    I will need your full name and shipping address so i can
    contact eBay and let them know about this purchase.They will then
    contact you about the transaction details. Let me know if this is ok with you...
    Regards:

    I told I was looking for just one or two tickets. I did not give my details. I think it is the same email you received.. what do you think?

    I read that someone is looking for spare the sum of 480 pounds. I would pay 120 for my ticket if you find other person

    Recieved that email too. I have emailed Tory Gibson, the poster and not had a reply. This is not a good situation. How do we report these people? Gutted about your situation Alive 79, that's a disgrace. So sorry to hear that.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Alive 79 wrote:
    Right, my tickets are fakes. Found out yesterday. Paypal wont cover me as it wasnt done through ebay, police have been in formed but I dont suppose they will do anything either.:

    Have you paid with your credit card via Paypal? Get on to them - there are insurances if you have spent a minimum amount of money on an item (I think it may be £100). If you have paid via bank transfer to another bank account? Notify your bank - they will investigate the faudulent use of a bank account. May not get your money back but at least you feel something is being done to those bastards. Let the 'sellers' know police/bank/card/paypal have been notified of this fraud.
  • sibyl
    sibyl Posts: 45
    icemanap wrote:
    received this email from Tory Gibson

    Recieved that email too. I have emailed Tory Gibson, the poster and not had a reply. This is not a good situation. How do we report these people? Gutted about your situation Alive 79, that's a disgrace. So sorry to hear that.

    i just received this email (I asked something about credit card holder and other things):

    Paypal is my preferred method but my account is over the limit and I cannot receive more founds for 2 weeks,so the payment must be made via Moneygram.

    You will send the money on the eBay agent, and they will hold the money until you receive and check the authenticity of the tickets, only after that you will inform them to release the money to me, if the tickets are fake (this is not the case) you can anytime take your money back.

    I have forwarded your informations to them and they will shortly contact you regarding the payment and terms, please get back to me after that.

    ki-esra is my eBay user ID

    OBVIOUSLY I TOLD HER/HIM I DON'T NEED TICKETS
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    redrock wrote:
    Alive 79 wrote:
    Right, my tickets are fakes. Found out yesterday. Paypal wont cover me as it wasnt done through ebay, police have been in formed but I dont suppose they will do anything either.:

    Have you paid with your credit card via Paypal? Get on to them - there are insurances if you have spent a minimum amount of money on an item (I think it may be £100). If you have paid via bank transfer to another bank account? Notify your bank - they will investigate the faudulent use of a bank account. May not get your money back but at least you feel something is being done to those bastards. Let the 'sellers' know police/bank/card/paypal have been notified of this fraud.

    THIS! Alive79 - Please contact your bank, they can help you out with this! I'm so sorry you found out they were fakes... how did you find out? As you said, at least you found out now and not this day next week!
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  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    Jennytree wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Alive 79 wrote:
    Right, my tickets are fakes. Found out yesterday. Paypal wont cover me as it wasnt done through ebay, police have been in formed but I dont suppose they will do anything either.:

    Have you paid with your credit card via Paypal? Get on to them - there are insurances if you have spent a minimum amount of money on an item (I think it may be £100). If you have paid via bank transfer to another bank account? Notify your bank - they will investigate the faudulent use of a bank account. May not get your money back but at least you feel something is being done to those bastards. Let the 'sellers' know police/bank/card/paypal have been notified of this fraud.

    THIS! Alive79 - Please contact your bank, they can help you out with this! I'm so sorry you found out they were fakes... how did you find out? As you said, at least you found out now and not this day next week!


    Luckily I phoned ticketweb to check them and they confirmed the booking was wrong and no booking had been made under that name. I paid by paypal but they are saying they cant help as there is no proof that the money I gave them was for tickets. Basically, they will only cover you if you buy from a website. Still waiting on hearing from the Police and have spent the day trying to get hold of barclays on the phone to see if they can help.

    Worst thing is the bitch that sold them to me looks really high profile on her facebook page, shes a model and make-up artist, has even done make-up for Calvin Clein shows - not the sort of person you would expect to rip you off but nevermind. I must stop trusting people!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    redrock wrote:
    Alive 79 wrote:
    Right, my tickets are fakes. Found out yesterday. Paypal wont cover me as it wasnt done through ebay, police have been in formed but I dont suppose they will do anything either.:

    Have you paid with your credit card via Paypal? Get on to them - there are insurances if you have spent a minimum amount of money on an item (I think it may be £100). If you have paid via bank transfer to another bank account? Notify your bank - they will investigate the faudulent use of a bank account. May not get your money back but at least you feel something is being done to those bastards. Let the 'sellers' know police/bank/card/paypal have been notified of this fraud.


    Thanks for your advice, I'm waiting on hearing from the police until I let on to her that I know. At the moment I can still access her profile on facebook so I want her to think everything is ok at the moment. Once I've heard from the police, im going to contact her and try and scare her into giving my money back. Cant see it happening somehow but will make me feel better!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • Rossum20
    Rossum20 Posts: 910
    Ugh I started at the beginning of this thread and read all the way through...I was just talking to myself..."don't do it, bad idea, scamming is an art...most of them can make it seem real, some are so good you'd swear by its "validity"...but when tix are a lot less on a posted site than the others available, something is ALWAYS wrong. I'm so sorry...thats a really shitty feeling.

    Most people who get the good deals that are "too good to be true" get them by personal encounter...someone likes you (maybe they can tell you're a true fan of the band, for example) <---this happened to me once...I was driving with my girlfriend straight through the night after the Reading, PA VFC show (when we planned to go back to school after the show originally...but we were blown away and wanted to go to the show) when we ran into some PJ fans at the rest stop...we starting chatting about past shows etc...the guy said "hey, I got 2 tickets to Toledo...give em to ya for half!"...we were going to have to buy from a seedy scalper because we were going to Toledo without even a change of clothes.

    Sorry Alive...the O2 will be better!
  • Alive 79
    Alive 79 Posts: 100
    Rossum20 wrote:
    Ugh I started at the beginning of this thread and read all the way through...I was just talking to myself..."don't do it, bad idea, scamming is an art...most of them can make it seem real, some are so good you'd swear by its "validity"...but when tix are a lot less on a posted site than the others available, something is ALWAYS wrong. I'm so sorry...thats a really shitty feeling.

    Most people who get the good deals that are "too good to be true" get them by personal encounter...someone likes you (maybe they can tell you're a true fan of the band, for example) <---this happened to me once...I was driving with my girlfriend straight through the night after the Reading, PA VFC show (when we planned to go back to school after the show originally...but we were blown away and wanted to go to the show) when we ran into some PJ fans at the rest stop...we starting chatting about past shows etc...the guy said "hey, I got 2 tickets to Toledo...give em to ya for half!"...we were going to have to buy from a seedy scalper because we were going to Toledo without even a change of clothes.

    Sorry Alive...the O2 will be better!


    I hope so! And at least my O2 tickets are 10c so no worries there!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    I'm sure the peeps at Facebook would be delighted to know about scalpers using their website too.

    Can ticketweb tell people who bought tickets from them?

    Maybe you can tell her a tragic story about someone dying, and that you can't go. Then threaten paypal if there's no refund. I can't believe that they won't help because there's no website involved!
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  • Hinn
    Hinn Posts: 1,517
    No need to completely lose faith. You just need to build better networks of reliable fellow punters, so you can call on each other in times of need.
    115 bucks for half a haircut by a novice? I want my money back!
  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    Jennytree wrote:
    I'm sure the peeps at Facebook would be delighted to know about scalpers using their website too.

    Can ticketweb tell people who bought tickets from them?

    Maybe you can tell her a tragic story about someone dying, and that you can't go. Then threaten paypal if there's no refund. I can't believe that they won't help because there's no website involved!

    Completely unrelated, but when I was on holiday once, I arrived late and they didn't give me the room I paid extra for. The manager was having none of it. Once we said we were journalists (which I was at the time), albeit sports journalists, we all got upgrades.

    The moral of this story is: Your dad/uncle/brother/you is a top journalist with a top paper or music publication, they are crying out for touting stories and how the big ticket corperations rip us off. See what they say if you say that to them. Make make them sit up and take notice as noone likes bad PR.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.

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