During the course of my day searching for presale links etc I usually find myself on eBay at some stage looking at the average price of a ticket etc. This isn't something new but I think it needs to be pointed out as people who buy on eBay seem to think they have a fool proof protection against scams and this just isn't true.
Now I'm not saying the following two listings are scams but they certainly look very dodgy. Both were listing Britney spears tickets on Wednesday evening which was a day before the PRESALE date. I'll start with one I believe was a hijacked account the seller was anne19680_1 and the item number 190271378131 with a feedback rating of over 300.
All good so far you think to yourself but they were selling tickets which they claim were bought from overland tours ltd which itself is a ticket reseller. so we are in a situation where the tickets haven't even gone on sale and overland tickets has sold them to anne19680_1 who was then intending to sell them to another ebayer.
Now, this add may have been genuine but I'm 99% certain that neither person had the tickets yet and they would be joining the queue at 7.30am on Thursday morning to try and fill that order!
On a final note after looking at the feedback you'll see account regular activity up until July 2008 and then nothing until December so it's possible that the account had been hijacked.
Remember if you're buying gig tickets do your research!
The second Ebayer that warrants a mention is eflash08 with a feedback of 453 and item number 170284472211 who seems to sell a substantial amount of concert tickets. I must point out that the seller currently has 100% feedback but as feedback can only be left for 60 days after the purchase and tickets are sent out beyond that time then this could be misleading. Again this seller had listed Britney Spears tickets on Wednesday 4th a day before the were due to be released on presale. It poses the question does this seller always sell tickets he hasn't got in the hope of buying them up at a later date? If so it's a very dangerous way to do business. I emailed eflash08 and asked for a response but unfortunately I am yet to receive a reply.
Remember the official ticket outlets include
ticketmaster
seetickets
ticketline
ticketzone
livenation
trusted secondary ticket exchanges are
viagogo
seatwave
getmein
In my opinion you're playing Russian roulette if you use anything else
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