needaticket.ie

Flat

hi

anyone used this website? as far as I can make out the person who runs it just buys tickets of ticketmaster and then sells them for twice the price on his website

I rang the number on the webpage to see what kind of outfit they are and some kid answered the phone and said 'yea what'

so I am kinda reluctant to stick a credit card number into the checkout basket

anyone had any experience of this crowd?

nava

Hi

Never hear of them but why buy from them for double the price than Ticketmaster?

To register a .ie domain you need to have your company register (no sure what is needed to reg. a Ltd company or how much it is) so is not as easy as a .com damain


Whois for them:

domain: needaticket.ie
descr: Needaticket Events Limited
descr: Body Corporate (Ltd,PLC,Company)
descr: Corporate Name
admin-c: ACS395-IEDR
tech-c: AAM456-IEDR
renewal: 27-November-2007
status: Active
nserver: NS.BLACKNIGHTSOLUTIONS.COM
nserver: NS2.BLACKNIGHTSOLUTIONS.COM
source: IEDR

person: Michael Scully
nic-hdl: ACS395-IEDR
source: IEDR

person: Blacknight.ie Hostmaster
nic-hdl: AAM456-IEDR
source: IEDR



Regards

Flat

sweet!!

they look legit?

why does this ring a bell...

>>>BLACKNIGHTSOLUTIONS.COM

think I saw it on boards.ie somewhere today... mmm

generalmiaow

blacknight is just the web host, like hosting365 and so on. I think this site probably sells tickets, but I have my doubts as to the legality of this practice.

JohnCleary

€140 for a ticket to Snoop when you could just buy one for €50 from ticketmaster? No thanks

Random

Is it not illegal to resell tickets at more than face value?

Flat

yea its basically a scalping website, but the price quoted on the website is cheaper than what private sellers are looking for on buy and sell in this particular case

totally illegal and immoral I am sure

there seems to be huge problems getting tickets these days... arcade fire, bloc party and razorlight sold out instantly, people just buying 50 tickets and sticking them on ebay or your man buying them for his scalping websit

drdre

JohnCleary wrote:

€140 for a ticket to Snoop when you could just buy one for €50 from ticketmaster? No thanks

thats a rip off, im getting back stage tickets for FREE!!!!!:D cant wait to go.

betelgeuse

The guy who runs it was on the radio a fair bit around the time the site was launched. Most interviewers gave him a hard time. Anyway, the site is legit but I wouldn't touch it personally. The reason the tickets are so expensive is they're supposed to be "hard to get" (i.e sold out) but if they're still on ticketmaster then I don't know what he's playing at.

super_furry

They're touts with a (poorly thrown together) website. It's the internet equivalent of standing outside a gig shouting "buy or selling tickets?"

1huge1

Id rather use ebay

misty floyd

€180 for Arcade Fire!! no thanks........if they play for 90mins, that works out at €2 a minute! Even taxi's don't cost that. I sound like such a scab, thats what the bargain alerts forum does to you

mickey1979

I used them to buy arcade fire at €110 for upper circle arcade fire they were 135 on ebay I was happy with them got the tickets inside a week and the merchant was paypal who you would use on ebay anyway.

JohnCleary

Buy a ticket, ask if you can pay Cash In Hand, as you're only 17 and don't have a CC or Paypal account... When the skanky little pr1ck meet's you, a swift kick to the Rib's shoudl to the trick.

Sorry, but it's people like the owner(s) of that website that is taking the Celtic Tiger for a ride up ah ar$e

Mike...

JohnCleary wrote:

Sorry, but it's people like the owner(s) of that website that is taking the Celtic Tiger for a ride up ah ar$e

Just like the Government

techguy

Did I not hear something on the news yesterday about ticketmaster clamping down on reselling at more than face value?? They say they can track the tickets by serial numbers or something?? Is it really that much of a problem to them?? They're probably just sick that they're not getting that much for the tickets!!

miju

dont see why ticketba$tard are bothered to be honest , regardless of the price of the ticket they get their commision both from the ticket buyer and the event organiser

Mountjoy Mugger

I'm sure the touts could claim the difference in price is to reflect a "handling charge", just like Ticketmaster do.

nxbyveromdwjpg

Touting isnt illegal, its just against ticketmasters T&C's.

Also its true that ticketmaster are clamping down, any ebay sellers that had photos of the actual tickets in the ad have had the tickets voided.
Basically ticketmaster want to be the only ones allowed to rip the public off, they'd rather not have independants making waves in their monopoly.

giggoer

hi there,

needaticket is a one man ticket tout operation run from an address in Dublin by michael scully.He gets tickets for events through whatever source and then raises the prices up as much as he thinks people will pay for them.the reason u got a,"yeah ,what?" answer when u rang him tells its own story.

One hilarious story connected to scully is his invitation to Las Vegas this year to speak for 15mins at some world touting conference(only in america,folks!).he was listed on the table of events as speaking on the importance of the development of the secondary ticketing market!!!(thats touting to you and me!!!). how does that speech go? "good evening,folks.if u buy tickets for a show and it sells out,u can sell them at twice face value.good nite and thank u."

miju

wow, way to drag up a really old thread, this is why we should bring rep back

bring it back I say

Flinty

what's going on here?

Colonel Sanders

this sounds familiar to one ebay tout (won't post his ebay name in case it's against the rules). Always has buckets of tickets for sold out events (have seen as many as 50 available) for extortionate 'buy it now' prices. Surely the guy must have a source in ticketmaster or within various event organisers. He has over 1000 ebay transactions (all for concert tickets) and encloses his mobile number on ebay adds saying to contact if you need tickets for any event.

Surely making it illegal to sell tickets for more than face value is the way to go?

joseph brand

He has over 1000 ebay transactions (all for concert tickets)

How much money has this netted him?? Makes me sick. May the hairs on his ar$e turn into drumsticks and bate the bo**ox out of him!!

blackiebest

This chancer is currently taking peoples money for the upcomming Tom Waits concerts from an unsuspecting public. Now bear in mind that the concerts have not yet been confirmed by Tom Waits, the venue is not confirmed, only reported, and the ticket price is not yet released, never mind the actual tickets. What a pr*ck! Should be arrested!

Bluetonic

blackiebest wrote: »

What a pr*ck! Should be arrested!

What is he doing thats illegal and therefore should be arrested?

Ste.phen

I'd be curious to know this as well.
I thought the only thing 'illegal' about touting was if you did it on the street without a casual trading license.

foggy_lad

http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=3911&&CatID=59&StartDate=01%20January%202005&OrderAscending=0

i am just wondering how far this bill got? it seems a few people have tried to regulate the touts but they dont get past the 1st hurdle

craichoe

Cowboys ted ! .. COWBOYS !

axer

blackiebest wrote: »

This chancer is currently taking peoples money for the upcomming Tom Waits concerts from an unsuspecting public. Now bear in mind that the concerts have not yet been confirmed by Tom Waits, the venue is not confirmed, only reported, and the ticket price is not yet released, never mind the actual tickets. What a pr*ck! Should be arrested!

Lol, to make it even worse, those who purchase tickets will have their names printed on each ticket and will have to show ID to get in. So is he going to walk in with every customer?

It is up to the artists, the promoters and the ticket sellers to put rules in place to stop touting happening. More importantly it is up to the public to not buy from touts because at the end of the day touts would not exist if there was not a demand.

cgarvey

I'm nearly sure it was needaticket that was discussed a year ago, or so, on Joe Duffy.

Many had rang in saying that the tickets weren't guaranteed. 1 had had her CC charged, and was sent 10s of text messages about where to be outside the ground (kept changing to "go to gate B and stand by the lamppost"-type texts), but all contact had stopped about 20 mins in to the performance. She got her money back through the CC company. Her story was probably the worst, but there were a good few callers that had found out days or hours before that they wouldn't have tickets.

RoyalMarine

ive just been in touch with needaticket myself. i bought 2 westlife croke park tickets back on christmas eve as a present.

was told over and over the tickets will be posted in march when i rang them in janurary.
i think i rang them 8 times since then.

now the concert is on sunday and i rang them today to make sure they were posted as its the last post day before the weekend if i want them to arrive.

i was told by the "yeah what" kid that they arnt posting them anymore. that i need to collect them in dublin!

they were an xmas present! how can i send 2 people to dublin to collect them on sunday before the concert without a guarantee they will be there!!!

so i rang consumer affairs.

they told me needaticket are in breech of our contract because they charged me a 10euro shipping fee and changed on the last minute to collection.

im rinigng michael scully after lunch to tell him i want a full refund or the tickets in my letter box on friday morning or im filing a claim in the small claims court.

its an absolute disgrace this dickhead gets away with this shte

swingking

keep us updated on the case.

I hope you get your refund from needaticket.ie

they sound like a bunch of pricks

useeme

i have purchased tickets a few times from needaticket in the past. Never had a problem, but I only got to collect the tickets an hour or two before the event.

shalom

I think I read in the Sunday Times on Sunday that you had to have id to buy a Tom Waits ticket for his concert in Ireland. That anybody who bought a ticket would have their name on the back of it and would have to produce id going into the concert. Correct me if I'm wrong..... s

RoyalMarine

well i just rang again after being told i could speak to michael scully after lunch....

low and behold he's not available!

so i left a nice message for him.

my contract with him is void on his behalf as i paid for shipping of the tickets.
i was informed by consumer affairs that he didnt hold his side of the contract.

and on this matter im entitled to a refund of the full amount.

i told him i want 1 of three choices.

1- refund the full amount of the tickets.
2- post my tickets as stated in our contract.
3- small claims court.

im waiting for a response from them now.

JohnCleary

Why not just meet him to get teh tickets and pound him into the ground for being a right cnut?

Radharc na Sleibhte

I have 65000 Westlife tickets for Croke Park Cusack Stand. It comes to a grand total of just €2.73!!!

Should I chance it?

axer

JohnCleary wrote: »

Why not just meet him to get teh tickets and pound him into the ground for being a right cnut?

because that would be assault?

RoyalMarine

have to admit its tempting. im sure everyone who's dealt with him would appreciate it.

RoyalMarine

quick update on this

i got a phone call today from needaticket.

he told me the ticket's were sent by courier and he sent me an e-mail last night with the tracking number.

this made me think. why tell me they dont have the tickets until sunday and then when i threaten to bring them to court they magically have them?

so it looks like they are scamming the 10euro shipping fee off everyone else!

buyer beware.

RoyalMarine

ticket's arrived.

but they have someone else's name on them.

will this matter?

Davy

cant see how

JohnCleary

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

ticket's arrived.

but they have someone else's name on them.

will this matter?

If they're asking for ID at the doors it'll matter. They're doing this to try and kill off touts

It's a total 50/50 really

RoyalMarine

lovely. so should i bother?

honesltly, i bought them for my gf but we broke up 2 weeks ago. havnt been able to sell them anywhere.
plus with the bullsh*t story needaticket gave me i had no way of selling them because i didnt actually have them to sell.... until today.
and now there is some other fellas name on it so what can i do....

Davy

woo a new gf using the tickets

JohnCleary

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

lovely. so should i bother?

honesltly, i bought them for my gf but we broke up 2 weeks ago. havnt been able to sell them anywhere.
plus with the bullsh*t story needaticket gave me i had no way of selling them because i didnt actually have them to sell.... until today.
and now there is some other fellas name on it so what can i do....

What are they for?

Give them to me

-Edit- Westlife. Pfft, it's your own fault for having such bas taste, even if they were for your GF

RoyalMarine

lol i know..... but she wanted them for xmas... and i was a fool to buy them... 300 yoyo's wasted unless i can find someone who wants them

Colonel Sanders

Just saw this on ebay.

I mentioned this same person before, obviously the needaticket crowd which i didn't know at the time

They have bags of tickets for an event I can't name for sale at below face value (if you visit his shop you'll see). Delighted for them.

Oryx

Colonel Sanders wrote: »

Just saw this on ebay.

I mentioned this same person before, obviously the needaticket crowd which i didn't know at the time

They have bags of tickets for an event I can't name for sale at below face value (if you visit his shop you'll see). Delighted for them.

Well youve made me smile today. Seems the staggered ticket selling policy of they-who-shall-not-be-named has worked.

sicruise

My wife bought two tickets off this guy for the france irish game in paris this weekend back in November. It was a Christmas present and the abosolute git charged her €220 and delivered two tickets with a face value of €13. She didn't choose the cheapest tickets available either, these were the 2nd most expensive yet he supplied the cheapest available tickets in the stadium.