Ticket Fraud/Theft!!!

Shabaz50

I stupidly posted an ad on adverts a few days ago showing the bar code on my ticket I was selling, which I later learned can be used to make a copy of my ticket. Is there anything I can do if some one has stolen the bar code?
Feeling sick at how stupid I was.

MarkR

Assuming you have taken down the picture already, I would contact the ticket issuer to see if a replacement can be generated.

ED E

Report it lost. They'll invalidate it and give you a new one.

Shabaz50

If I go into a ticketmaster office with the ticket and my account details will they print me a new one there and scrap the old one?

shocksy

Shabaz50 wrote: »

If I go into a ticketmaster office with the ticket and my account details will they print me a new one there and scrap the old one?

If you bought it online, a ticketmaster agent won't be able to help you.

You will need to contact ticketmaster online and arrange for the ticket to be cancelled.

Shabaz50

shocksy wrote: »

If you bought it online, a ticketmaster agent won't be able to help you.

You will need to contact ticketmaster online and arrange for the ticket to be cancelled.

It's a general admission ticket and they say they don't replace them if there lost. But my ticket isn't lost so I'm hoping they will replace it. Im ringing ASAP tomorrow.

Wrongway1985

Silly thing to do alright but there's plenty potential that ticket was not copied at all.

Shabaz50

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Silly thing to do alright but there's plenty potential that ticket was not copied at all.

I hope so, but more than likely I'll have to sell this ticket and I don't want to risk selling some poor lad a dodgy ticket. If it was myself going I'd chance it.
Thanks for telling me that, does it happen often? I read a few bits online and I was convinced it was stolen

Shabaz50

sugarman wrote: »

Honestly, you're worrying over nothing. Unless it was quite a high-res close up of it.. and even then, the vast majority of people wouldn't posses the skills to copy it.

Really? Thanks a million . No it was a poor enough picture to be honest

rubadub

Shabaz50 wrote: »

It's a general admission ticket and they say they don't replace them if there lost.

If you ordered tickets online and they get lost in the post they either send you new ones or you have to collect replacements at the box office on the day with ID. Doesn't matter if they are general admission or not.

However if you say that YOU lost them it might a different story.

ScouseMouse

I have heard this a few times but has anyone actually seen it happen?

You're worrying over nothing- is the gig you're selling even sold out?

jimmycrackcorm

Next time make sure to Photoshop the barcode with one for a mars bar

Tinkerbell4484

Just got stung with tickets am gutted

refusetolose

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Just got stung with tickets am gutted

what happened?

ScouseMouse

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Just got stung with tickets am gutted

How exactly

Tinkerbell4484

Bought hard copy ones on a buy and sell site,met the person,paid for them went to concert tickets scanned as being refunds. The person reported them as lost and was sent out new copies

refusetolose

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Bought hard copy ones on a buy and sell site,met the person,paid for them went to concert tickets scanned as being refunds. The person reported them as lost and was sent out new copies

report the person on the site you bought them

ScouseMouse

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Bought hard copy ones on a buy and sell site,met the person,paid for them went to concert tickets scanned as being refunds. The person reported them as lost and was sent out new copies

What site? If you complain to the guards, they can make a section 8 request and get the details of the seller. If they registered using their genuine details, they can be found. What site is it?

Tinkerbell4484

Done deal

Copper_pipe

Have you phone number?

prinzeugen

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Bought hard copy ones on a buy and sell site,met the person,paid for them went to concert tickets scanned as being refunds. The person reported them as lost and was sent out new copies

Its very common and see it on a very regular basis in the Aviva. Get onto the cops.

Its fraud and traceable.

Never buy tickets from anywhere other than official outlets.

ScouseMouse

Or buy them on adverts.ie where you can view a sellers previous dealings and feedback to make a balanced decision.

greenspurs

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Just got stung with tickets am gutted

:eek:
For... ?
From where ... ?

Tinkerbell4484

For Coldplay hardcopy tickets on donedeal

Zardoz

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

For Coldplay hardcopy tickets on donedeal

You should follow it up ,you should have the buyers name and order ID on the tickets if bought off Ticketmaster.
If bought in a shop it could be more difficult .

Tinkerbell4484

Yeah they were bought online have the name on the tickets and have reported it

innuendo141

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Yeah they were bought online have the name on the tickets and have reported it

Let us know how you get on. Its deplorable that someone would do that. I hope you cause them a lot of hassle

mr_edge_to_you

Probably the same a$$ho/€ who threw the bottle at Jonny Buckland.

prinzeugen

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Yeah they were bought online have the name on the tickets and have reported it

From my experience ticketmaster will block the card used to buy the tickets not the name.

You need to make a official complaint to the Garda. It is fraud.

I won't go into detail but we had someone take the piss on a regular basis.

It was 5-6 times before anyone acted. We discovered the original ticket holder was in the ground so we pulled the party from the stands so the Garda could have a word with them.

bigpink

User on adverts selling free and comp tickets on a very regular basis great feedback tho.Making a nice few quid from free tickets