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Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
Ordering and buying tickets was easy and simple. The instructions were clear and helpful which made the process nice to work through. Because of the theater my concert is being held in, I had to transfer my tickets to a different app. This process was a bit confusing. My concert is on February first (2020) and I am hoping that the tickets will still go through on the second app.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
Horrible customer service. I bought 6 tickets to a show on a Sunday night and got rerouted to Saturday night without noticing. As soon as I pressed play I noticed the mistake and within 2 minutes, I was on the phone with Seat Geek. They said they "would check with their team" and get back. I put in an email ticket as well. They did not get back. (Big surprise). I called again the next day and again said they would check with "the team". They said that they are 2nd hand sellers and there was nothing they could do. There should be 5 minutes of grace if a mistake is noticed. THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER. Do not use them. They jack up the prices, horrible, horrible. I so appreciate great customer service -- this is not that!
Hi there,
I am very sorry to hear that you have had a poor experience with us, and I want to thank you for taking the time to leave a review. After seeing that you had accidentally purchased tickets for the wrong date you tried reaching out to us as proactively as possible to see if the order could be cancelled, and I understand where you are coming from here.
I want to explain this situation more clearly to make sure it's understood why this order cannot be cancelled or refunded. SeatGeek is a secondary marketplace that connects buyers to sellers. This means that we do not hold inventory for secondary events, and as such must have a strict policy that all sales are final.
Once an order is submitted, we are unable to refund, cancel, or exchange it. The vendors we list also have a general policy that all sales are final.
In situation where you are unable to attend an event that you have purchased tickets to, we are always happy to help walk you through the process of listing your tickets for resale when possible to help you explore every option of recouping your money.
I hope this helps explain things, but feel free to reach out to us at hi@seatgeek.com, or in your ongoing email chain with us if there's something I've missed. We've got a support team available from 6am-8pm PT, 9am-11pm ET every day.
Warmly,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
Was a bit surprised that the 'GA' were gone in 7 minutes according to the site. Last year I obtained the 'GA' tickets several days after the event was announced. Ended up doing the GA with 'food sampling' at $10 per ticket. Loved that there were no additional fees for this transaction.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2020
My husband ordered rodeo tickets the day of the event from another vendor. He went to try and download the tickets an hr and half beforehand. He was on the phone with them for an hr. I suggested we order from Seat Geek. 30 mins b4 event, we ordered tickets from SeatGeek got them and went into the rodeo. Experience was so easy. We are in process of getting money back from other vendor. We are ALWAYS pleased with SeatGeek!
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2020
I bought 2 pairs of tickets to the same show. The tickets were confirmed transferred and printed. 4 hours before the show I was told that they could not fulfill the tickets because they were incorrectly sold for the wrong location. In further investigation, both sets of tickets had the same problem. I was told they would follow up by email. The email threatened that if I did not transfer the tickets in the next few hours I would not receive my refund and would be subject to possible penalties. In working with customer service it was clear that they were going to do the minimal they could get away with to make it right. They eventually gave me a promo code offer after I made it clear that I do not plan to use them again.
Hi Megan,
Just to clarify, what happened is called a matching error. What that means is a system error caused the sellers tickets for a different event city to incorrectly match up for the event you ordered. We do apologize that this error caused you to not have tickets for the show, but that is why we made sure you were refunded.
The reason we needed the tickets sent back to refund is that those needed to sent back to the seller so they could get matched to the correct event.
Taking a look at your account I can see both orders have been fully refunded and that promo applied to your account.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2020
My seller had made a mixup and was to send the tickets by mail instead of email, I was worried that I would not be getting them in time but the representative Shey was very helpful and repeated my address back to me and seemed genuinely interested in helping get everything right.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2020
I called and talked to Nick, who went way out of his way to help me with each step to order tickets for my wife and I. I wanted good tickets for both days and he had all the answers. One thing I forgot to tell him and by time I remembered it was several days later. My wife has Alzheimer's and both are disabled. This may be her last time. We have been two years, the first and second and enjoyed every minute. Thanks. And we will do same this year.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020
Barrett-Jackson Auction. After paying your administrative fees my cost to get into the event was $25 higher each day on 16 and 17 January than if I had bought my tickets at the box office. I will not recommend your services to anyone.
Hi Arni,
I can definitely explain what’s going on there. Much of the inventory listed on SeatGeek originates from the secondary market, which means the tickets were purchased at the venue box office and are now being resold.
We allow sellers to price their tickets based on market price, so this is why you will often see a discrepancy between the face value of the tickets and their price when listed for resale.
Sellers generally price their tickets according to demand, or according to what they predict demand will be. Consequently, tickets might be listed for more than face value if an event is sold out, or if tickets to an event are in unusually high demand. On the other hand, they might be listed at lower than face value if the seller anticipates little demand, or if they have a lot of inventory they have not sold close to an event date.
That being said, we still care about having competitive prices with other secondary marketplaces to make sure that our users have access to the best deals--This is why we offer a Price Match Guarantee! If you happen to find a better price somewhere else, we’ll add a promo code to your SeatGeek account toward a future order - worth 110% of the difference in price.
Check out our Help Center to learn more. I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions--
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020
This company is a fraud and fake. I attempted to order tickets and the site said it could not process my order. The dial kept spinning and spinning. I finally gave up, closed out and went to StubHub only to find out that SeatGeek has charged me $171 for the tickets!! I tried to cancel and they said no cancellations! Then I tried to dispute with my credit card and Seat Geek said they verified the purchase with me-LIE!! Complete rip off! Go to StubHub.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2020
Duke vs. Syracuse tix. Ordered these tickets after searching through three other competitor companies. SeatGeek had the cheapest prices and largest selection of tickets of all three other competitors. Would highly recommend this company.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2020
I had a big order of 12 tickets but I wanted them to be split between two rows of 6 tickets to ensure everyone could talk to each other vs sitting all on one row of 12. I had to make two transactions vs one which means I had to pay to service charges which is what disappointed me.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2020
The order buying experience was great but the pricing was not. The fees were the highest I've seen and when I checked vivid seats after my purchased I realized it was cheaper for the same section. What was really frustrating was vivid was also offering 10% off but I had already purchased through you guys. Needless to say Seat Geek likely won't be my go to anymore as I can get the same seats for cheaper elsewhere.
Hi Elysha,
We try our best to have the best prices on the secondary market.
To that effect, if you can find the same tickets on another site for cheaper we do offer a price match! We will give a promo for 110% the difference in price to assure our tickets are the cheapest out there.
More information about price match can be found here:https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023997933-What-is-SeatGeek-s-Price-Match-Guarantee-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2020
I have bought tickets before and never made a mistake like I did on this order. I did not have any notification or maybe I did not see it, that the ticket I ordered was a parking pass. I had joined friends and only needed a ticket but accidentally bought a parking pass. I would think SeatGeek would have given a warning that this ticket is not into the game but just a parking pass. I was able to get another ticket at the ticket box but it sure was not cheap like you get on the app. Sure it was my fault and nothing will be done about it. Maybe the info will assist in approving the app and ticket purchasing process. Thanks for taking the time to hear my concern.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2020
I purchased tickets from you and you were unable to fulfill the order. I was stuck an hour before the event with no tickets. Your customer service team was pleasant but ineffective. Their solution was to provide me with literally the worst ticket in the venue when I had purchased a 100 level seat. Based on your inability to fulfill my order I was forced to spend an additional $80 to purchase comparable seats. I would like for you to reimburse me for my loss.
Hi David,
I am sorry to hear the seller did not fulfill the tickets to the event. We do take responsibility for that as it happened on our platform.
Taking a look at your order I see we have refunded you 120% as per our guarantee when things like this happen.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2020
Seat geek has been the most trusted site for my entertainment needs. I will always continue to purchase for seat geek. Very user friendly and easy access!! I have used seat geek for every single sporting event that I’ve ever went.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2020
I was transferred to Ticketmaster for the purchase and was not able to print my tickets. I purchased thru Seat Geek and next time if tries to transfer me to Ticketmaster I will cancel my order. My friends and I all had to create acct and add an app to our phones so I could give them their tickets. Never had this experience with seatgeek before. I am not happy.
Hi Joel,
We prefer to keep as many tickets as we can within our app as well. That said, some venues or events require that the tickets only be sent through a specific app as that is who they have a deal with. In cases like this our sellers need to send the tickets through that app, in your case that was Ticketmaster.
I do want to be sure you are aware before buying tickets in the future. So if you look at the delivery method on a ticket listing it will tell you how we will get you the ticket. Electronic and Instant Delivery mean it will be delivered in our app, Mobile Transfer indicates that a third party app will be used.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2020
For my sons birthday, I attempted to buy 160$ seats. The two seats were rejected as they were already sold. I quickly bought a second set of seats that were comparable. Both were charged on my debit card at the same time. I opened a chat with SeatGeek. They refunded my money for the first set of seats. However, they told us we had to wait for the seller to confirm the second set. We waited while we missed the train and then waited while we ran of time to drive to the game. I pleaded with them to please just cancel the order so we could get other seats. Nothing. Finally, they confirmed that the tickets were canceled. However, the money has still not been returned to my account. I will never use this site again! My sons birthday will be spent watching the game on tv. I have the entire chat in my email. Wish I could share it.
Hi Barbara,
Thank you for writing in! Sorry about the cancellation, but I can definitely shed some light on what’s going on. This doesn’t happen very often, and when it does it’s usually because a crazy amount of people are trying to buy tickets to the same event. I am sorry for any stress that you felt when trying to place a last minute order to celebrate your son's birthday.
Whenever an order is submitted during the checkout process, our payment system places an authorization hold on your card, which usually appears on your balance as a pending charge.
When an order is confirmed by the seller, that pending charge settles out. But if the order is cancelled by the seller, or if the checkout process doesn’t complete as normal, the pending charge is voided and returned to your card’s balance.
I looked into your order attempt, and I can confirm the pending charge has been voided. Banks and credit card companies vary in terms of how long it takes to return a voided charge, but it’s generally within a business day or two.
If for some reason you don’t see the pending amount returned within a few business days, please reach back out and we can provide any information your bank or card company might request to make sure the voided charge is located.
Hopefully that helps, but let us know if you have other questions!
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2020
The view is obstructed behind the players' bench due to a “wall” of standing coaches. This was not disclosed and we could not follow the game even though we were on the glass. Very disappointed with our seats.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2020
Another reason to love Seat Geek - was able to buy tickets for an event while out of the country on vacation. The website for the event would not allow purchases while out of the country. Love the ratings and detailed seat selection when using Seat Geek.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2020
2 tickets purchased for Cap/Penguins - 2/23 12:00 in DC. Received email saying the tickets ready for us...check e-mail, your SPAM, your e-mail trash....NO SIGN OF tickets that total $522.50. WHERE ARE The tickets? We feel scammed. Tickets available in Feb. then COMMUNICATE that. Feel scammed, deciding how to get the tickets OR get a refund. Never again.
Hi Pamela,
Taking a look into this order, I see the tickets were fulfilled at the start of January. As these were mobile transfer tickets needing to be fulfilled by another app, the email sent would have come from them.
I can see that you have already reached out to our customer support team and they've helped you in locating the ticket transfer email and assuring you have your tickets. If you need anything else don't hesitate to chat us or send an email to hi@seatgeek.com
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020
I purchased 3 tickets and it wasn't until I go to the gate I found out they were no good. I had already driven 75 miles in rush hour traffic then paid $24 to park. Why couldn't you have notified me earlier that the tickets were no good or even better why did you sell me the tickets in the first place? The scalpers on the streets are more reliable than you are.
Hi Bill,
We are very sorry the seller delivered you tickets that were invalid. This is something we take very seriously. While it is rare, we will be sure the seller is investigated to see what happened and avoid this happening to anyone in the future.
It looks like we utilized our guarantee to refund you at 120% for this order.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020
I decided to get tickets with friends last-minute to the Sugar Bowl. Had to change my email tied to the account, and was on the phone with Ella to make sure no issues arose getting the tickets, in light of the change of email. She was wonderful, contacted the seller to make sure the tickets would be sent to the right email address. About a half hour passes, the tickets still have not been sent. Since I bought the tickets last-minute, I needed to receive them quickly in order to get into the stadium for the game. The seller was apparently not prepared to send tickets, even though one should expect that on the day of the game, in case the tickets are sold, expediency would be critical.
After being on the phone with Ella for about 30 minutes as she tried to contact the seller and get the tickets to me, I had the idea of going to the stadium's box office, and luckily, they accepted the proof of purchase and printed tickets for me. I never ended up getting the tickets emailed to me, so I'm glad I thought of trying the box office. The experience was frustrating, and disappointed me to learn that I may not be able to rely on purchasing tickets from SeatGeek, last-minute, for games. If the tickets did get sent in an email, please let me know what email address they were sent to and at what time. It would be helpful to know if the issue was on my end.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2020
Today I just bought a pair of tickets for the Harry Styles concertado en mexico but I didn't receive the tickets. I received a confirmación email. Telling. That my tickets will be ready to be shipped. Next May 01.!! Because is the date the sellers Have to release the tickets. I'm very frustrated for this situación. Can someone tell me if this is a normal. Practice? Thanks.
Hi Joel,
This is very normal for tickets purchased on the secondary marketplace. The seller confirmed the order which means they have confirmation they'll be getting the tickets and will fulfill those to you. Sometimes the sellers have arrangements with the venue or promoter that causes them to get the tickets closer to the event.
As this order is confirmed, you are protected by our SeatGeek guarantee. This means if for any reason the seller failed to deliver tickets we would replace them with comparable or upgraded tickets (at no added cost to you) or refund you at 120%.
https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200174-Can-I-trust-the-tickets-listed-on-SeatGeek-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020
I only bought the tickets because my wife and I were set on seeing this show! Prices these days are outrageous and something needs to be done about modern day scalpers buying up all the seats and charging 3 to 10 times the face value!!!
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020
I had a great time at the Game I went to and get that the seats were well priced. The only issue I had was trying to use promo codes that I hear advertised. I tried two different ones that I have heard of and neither of them worked. Had a great time at the game and will use Seat Geek again but just wish the promo codes would have worked.
Hi Caleb,
So glad to hear you had a great time at the game! Looks like it was a good one. I'd be happy to explain what's going on with the promo codes here.
It looks like you've made a previous purchase with us, and our promo codes are generally for first time users only. Because of that, you won't be able to use those promo code on your account or any other account that is associated with your information.
But not to worry, you have other options! Feel free to take advantage of our referral program in order to get more promo codes that you can use. For more information on this you can check out our Help Center article: https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007287953
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2020
SeatGeek is really great when it comes to service! Literally could take you 10 min to go through the whole process of finding an event, picking seats and receiving your tickets. Most of those 10 min will probably depend on you making your choices, if you already know what you want then it will literally be like 2 min. Definitely my go to and will recommend to anyone looking for tickets!
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020
The SeatGeek website worked as designed and I was able to successfully complete my purchase of tickets. I’m HIGHLY disturbed, upset and frustrated at the astronomical fees associated with buying tickets from SeatGeek. Their fees are 30-50% per ticket of the face value of the seat, which is extortionistic, extremely unfair to the consumer and represents a horrific and toxic culture of ticket sellers & resellers. I HATE doing business with SeatGeek, TicketMaster, StubHub and others, when they gouge the consumers the way they always do.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020
My experience was excellent!! They got back in contact with me when the tickets became unavailable and recommended me to go back and find more tickets which I did and they were available. They contacted me with a recipe thats the tickets were good. But I have a question. I got one ticket in my email. Is that one ticket for all 6 of my tickets, because at the top of the email it says seats from 7 to 12 which is 6 seats. Do I use that one electronic ticket for all 6 tickets or am I getting more tickets later before the show????
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2020
Great Customer Service, but overall it was a mess. Didn't receive my tickets until after the concert started, when I did they were incorrect (twice). I missed the opening act. Customer support was great, but won't recommend or use again.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2020
I purchased 76ers tickets through Seat Geek as a Christmas present for my son. Once we got to the stadium we found the seats were actually invalid for reasons we never found out. I am disappointed that Seat Geek had no way of guaranteeing the validity of the seats however, Seat Geek was able to resolve the matter quickly and to my satisfaction.
Hi Kate,
Very sorry that the tickets you had gotten originally turned out to not be valid. We try to assure our sellers always provide valid tickets, but in those times they do not we protect you with our guarantee.
It looks like you reached out and we were able to use that guarantee to get you new tickets for the game! Please know we do take these matters seriously and will investigate what happened to try and assure it doesn't happen to someone else.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2020
Ive bought two tickets for Stella Donnelly thinking it was an Helado Negro concert... It appeared in the list of helado negro concerts and I've mistakenly went ahead all the way. I contacted support 5 minutes after the purchase (right after I realized) and nobody cared to help me get my money back. Rocky did his best but Seat Geek showed how greedy and lame it is.
Hi Nicolas,
Sorry to hear a mistake that you caught quickly caused you to make a purchase you had not intended.
The good news is I was able to review this order and it looks like we will be able to help find a resolution to get you a refund. I will reach out to your directly to resolve this for you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
Eagles Hotel California tour. While I have talked to 2 reps regarding my issue, it was very difficult to reach someone. I tried emailing numerous times about my issues and no response. Looking up a phone number to talk to a human was nearly impossible The phone number to talk to someone should be on the main SeatGeek web page.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
Shey was very helpful when I realized I did not have tickets to the hockey game on Feb 8. My mistake! But Shey looked after everything, called me back, and followed up the next day also to make sure all was well. Very pleased!!
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
I tried to transfer my ticket to my sister-in-law via text. She and I both thought that she could merely open it on her cell. Fred explained that she would have to access the tickets through her SeatGeek account. He helped me to cancel the transfer and re-send to her email address. He was very patient and saw to it that we resolved our issue. Thanks!
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2020
Be very careful to double check the price of the tickets you are purchasing INCLUDING the fees. I unfortunately didn’t pay close enough attention until I submitted my order and there were over $100 in fees added on to the advertised price. I contacted them immediately and all sales are final so they wouldn’t help me, even though I had just placed the order less than 1 minute prior. They kept telling me that I can just re-list the tickets to recoup my money, but when I called to ask how to do it, I was told I can’t re-list thru SeatGeek, but would have to do it through Ticketmaster. But Ticketmaster won’t let me re-list the tickets either. Horrible experience. I will never use SeatGeek again and I will make sure I advise everyone else I talk to to avoid them.
HI Lindsay,
While searching for tickets the default settings will show you the cost of tickets without fees, this is so you know the base cost and can compare it if you want to other ticket sellers. We do provide the option to toggle on searching with fees, this will show all of our listings with the fees included so that there is no sticker shock at checkout.
Either way you search though, we do display the final cost at checkout. This shows the ticket cost, and delivery costs, and the fees associated. As the checkout screen shows this we are not in a position to be able to cancel or refund orders. Our policy is that all sales are final as our platform connects buyers to sellers, and we can't take a valid sale away from them.
More information can be found at - https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200094-Can-I-cancel-or-refund-my-order-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2020
My daughter bought tickets to a Broadway show in NYC from Seat Geek. When she could not make the show on 1/5/20, I called for her the next day. I thought I was speaking to Seat Geek because I got their number from the internet and when I gave them her account number for her tickets they were able to pull up all her information, they even gave me a cancellation # ** as well as a reference # **. Plus the Badge # of this guy Danny #**. When I explained what had happened they were very nice and told me that he can refund her money through the Seat Geek app but I would have to buy a Seat Geek card at a pharmacy or grocery store in order to do the refund. I called my daughter, gave her the telephone number for her to call them back. **. My daughter was asked to buy a Seat Geek card by Ebay but if she doesn't find that one then she was instructed to buy an Ebay gift card for $200 and told her while still on a 3 way call with me that these Ebay points would be converted to cash that can be transferred onto the Seat Geek app on her phone.
At this point I got off the phone but continued texting with my daughter. She walked home after purchasing the $200 Ebay card a CVS near her in Brooklyn, NY and Danny asked her to scratch off the number in the back of the card, give the number to him and wait 10 minutes while he transferred these points to cash. Danny gets back on the phone 2 additional times and asks my daughter to walk back to CVS to purchase another $200 Ebay gift card telling her there weren't enough points to convert to cash to give her all the money they needed to give her back on that card and would compensate her $70.
After the 3rd trip back to CVS I asked my daughter to call me a on 3 way phone call while waiting for Danny to get back on the phone. This time I decided to record him. After 30 minutes of waiting Danny gets back on the phone and asks my daughter to buy 2 more $200 gift card and would compensate her $100 for a total of $170 for all this trouble of going back and forth to the store. I started yelling at him, "This doesn't make sense. You already asked my daughter to buy $600 worth of Ebay gift cards to refund her for $399.41 worth of Broadway tickets. This is crazy. I want to speak to a manager." My husband also started yelling. Danny ended hanging up on us. I called back and realized this whole thing was a scam and felt so bad that my daughter gave them so much money!!! Please be very careful when buying tickets through Seat Geek, there are people posing as Seat Geek and will try to scam you!
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020
Hello. Please never use Seat Geek. Take the extremely low rating they have as evidence of exactly how they conduct business. After their app had errors in processing and being prompted to redo the transaction I was left with 3 separate transactions that all came up together after only the 3rd said it completed successfully. After waiting 4 full days of their "management" team reviewing the situation they decide I'm not worthy of a refund. Despite the less than a minute time difference between each transactions which I know they can see since the first customer service rep Gina told me as much.
Now they tell me to re-list the tickets at a personal loss to myself and a profit for them since they'll make money off the fees. I've never dealt with such dishonest and predatory business practices ever. All I wanted to do was get a pair of tickets so I could enjoy a basketball game with my father. Please stay far away from them and use any of the other much more reputable businesses to buy tickets. Let the low rating and horror stories here steer you away.
Greetings Charles,
I am very sorry you had this experience utilizing our site. In the event a bug at checkout caused a duplicate purchase, such as what happened to you, our policy is to make sure you are refunded. It seems like some wires were crossed and you were told something conflicting that.
I have checked our system and see that one of our agents was able to get this fixed for you and we processed a full refund on those two duplicate orders yesterday. This can take up to 5 business days to reflect back on your card, but you will get full refunded.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020
So I bought tickets to go to a 50 cent show over the weekend. 1st thing that made everything sketchy is that when I bought the tickets they were on sale for $33. After my purchase my receipt said the transaction was $60.53. That was a red flag. I had to create an account in order to claim my tickets which I did. Immediately trying to claim my tickets the Seatgeek site did not recognize my login info. I tried resetting and also using the forgot password function.
Long story short I was never able to claim the tickets. I go the the venue thinking they would still let me in after seeing the receipt of purchase but nothing. The venue staff was nice enough to try and help me with the app and try to claim the tickets. But we kept receiving error messages saying that they didn't recognize my email address. So I ended up paying $80 for another ticket at the door. Defeating the purpose of using Seatgeek. I'm very displeased with this service I understand there are lots of customers and issues that happen but I feel like this is a simple glitch in the system. I still to this day can't even log in with the email address. I have used plenty of other sites that are way more complicated to use and they work perfectly. Paid $140 to watch a 25 minute show which I spent 30 minutes trying to get into the venue beforehand. HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE and seems like I'm not the only one based on this review site.
Hi Stephen,
I am very sorry to hear you were not able to access the tickets for this event. Looking into it this venue did require the seller to send the tickets through Ticketmaster, which is why their system was the one that needed to be used.
That said, it sounds like you were unable to access the tickets and we don't want you to have paid for something you didn't use. I have went ahead and refunded the purchase in full and you will see that back on the card you used in 3 to 5 business days. I will followup more with a direct message.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2020
I bought two tickets to an event on 10/23. They were confirmed the next day. The day before the event, 1/3, I still received no tickets. I contacted customer service, who said there was an "issue" and that I would receive replacement tickets of equal value or upgraded tickets. I did not. I was then told I would receive a refund, which I have not. That would not be good enough anyway because I bought the tickets the moment they went on sale, front row tickets, for what would become a sold out event, and tickets were then 3x the price I paid, of course. I received no tickets for the game that my daughter was excited to go to, nor appropriate reimbursement. Nothing. What a horrific scam of an experience. I will never use Seatgeek again and will pass on my experience to others.
Hi Eric,
Thank you for taking the time review this experience. It was definitely far from the ideal situation, and I am sorry for the stress that it caused. Looking into your outreach with our team, I am happy to see that a resolution was found and that you were refunded accordingly.
These sorts of situations are rare, but that's when our Buyer Guarantee becomes important. We protect confirmed orders so that we have options to help save the day. Depending on availability and your preference, we find replacement tickets or refund you above and beyond your original purchase amount.
You can read more here: https://seatgeek.com/buyer-guarantee.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel welcome to follow up with us at hi@seatgeek.com. We'd be happy to continue the conversation.
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2020
Had an initially stressful, but then excellent experience over the weekend with a seller who didn't come through. I got on the phone with Blaise and he sorted me and my group out with replacement tickets within minutes. Even better seats too (which really felt like a deserved win for all involved). Very impressed with the chat feature in the App too - and how it sends a transcript back to the user. Overall great experience!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2020
Could not redeem a $20 discount without registering. When I registered the website processed the order and did not give me an opportunity to apply the $20 discount. I spent over $500 and was left with a shitty impression of Seat Geek. This is a problem created by your website. I will do everything in my power to NEVER use Seat Geek ever again and will share my experience with all of my friends. Your customer service rep. (Ann) was excellent. You need to give her the tools to help. NEVER ordering from you again. This is my 3rd offer for you to call me to discuss my experience. Feel free to call me - **. Steve
Hi Steve,
Unfortunately we're unable to retroactively apply promo codes to a purchase. That said, we're always happy to issue a promo code of equal value directly to your SeatGeek account for use on a purchase in the future, so long as the promo code that you missed is still valid.
As this option was already offered to you, please feel free to reach back out to us via email at hi@seatgeek.com so we can get that equal credit added to your account.
If you have any other questions, we'd be happy to help address them there, too!
Warmly,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
Most horrible experience I have ever had buying tickets. Bought tickets then they cancelled them and told us it was non-refundable. I even had a confirmation number. Wanted us to go to Target and buy a Seat Geek card worth the tickets another 380.00 to save my tickets while continuing to have me on the line. What a scam. Horrible. Never again.
Hi Susana,
Thanks for reaching out. When an order is submitted during the checkout process, our payment system places an authorization hold on your card which usually appears on your balance as a pending charge.
When an order is confirmed by the seller, that pending charge settles out. But if the order is cancelled by the seller, or if the checkout process doesn’t complete as normal, the pending charge is voided and returned to your card’s balance automatically.
I do see that the charge for this order was voided as expected. However, it's very important to me that we address the second part of your review here.
We never ask our users to spend additional money to "save" their tickets--if an order is cancelled, the transaction is voided and automatically refunded. We actually do not have the ability to conduct such a sale over the phone, and we do not accept or work with gift cards.
The number you called was for a scammer posing as us, and I am very glad to hear that you did not purchase the gift card they were pushing. If you ever are asked for something like this, please know that you are not speaking with a SeatGeek representative.
Official ways to contact us can be found through our app or website, where you can email us at hi@seatgeek.com, or chat with one of our representatives.
Warm regards,SeatGeek CX
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
Malia called the vendor and explained the situation I was having. And within a few minutes she sent an email with a link to my tickets and she also called as well as stayed on the phone with me to ensure that I was able to find tickets on my phone so I could enjoy the game. I was hesitant in the beginning to order through SeatGeek but because of the way Malia responded and made sure everything was good to go I will definitely order more tickets through SeatGeek and I will recommend to everyone I know to order tickets through SeatGeek.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
Your interface between Seat Geek and TicketMaster needs a bit more “fail safe” built in. There has to be a very certain clarity for customers that sellers have successfully transferred tickets to Ticketmaster. I was flapping in the breeze for a couple days and the reason seems to be that tickets were not initially successfully transferred. If I can buy a $2000 airline ticket and print it out a minute later the same facility should be available from Seat Geek. Forget the “within 48 hours” schtick. That creates too much stress for customers. Yes indeed it can. People should have purchased tickets in their hands ASAP. It’s bad policy to make paying customers wait days and days for delivery.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
I ordered parade tickets and paid for next day delivery. Tickets arrived late after I already flew out. I had to scramble to find other tickets and pick them up in person. I lost time to sight see in LA.
Hi Lora,
We do our absolute best to make sure tickets get out prior to the event. In this case it looks like UPS did get the tickets there the day prior to the event.
With all shipping, we are limited to UPS's delivery schedule. So when you placed this order a few days prior to the event we had them in the mail on Monday, as it couldn't ship on the weekend. With overnight air it got to you the very next day.
That said, we do understand and know you couldn't use the tickets due to traveling prior to their arrival. As such we did refund this order fully as a courtesy to you!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
Dallas Mavericks Tickets. I bought tickets 1 day prior to the event and never received the tickets in the time frame i was supposed to. Kae helped me get the tickets transferred and saved my evening.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020
I shopped for a week for tickets to the 2020 National College Football championship game in NOLA. We finally decided on tickets in a particular section and I started shopping for the best price. SeatGeek was hundreds less than Vivid, Stubhub, or Ticketmaster for the same seats. Not only that, but seatgeek gives you the option to shop with fees included, eliminating a lot of frustration that I was getting with the other sites, NONE of which have this option. I purchased and admit to getting a little nervous after waiting 3 days and watching prices going up and up. I contacted Seatgeek, and was responded to promptly, even though my event was 11 days away. The tickets were released to me that day..not sure if seatgeek caused this or it was a coincidence...either way. GREAT experience, saved lots of money, and the option to view tickets with fees makes seatgeek my GO TO platform for now on. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020
I spent almost a month going back and forth with helpdesk for help and I ended up solving the issue myself. SG called to tell me to look for 2 e-mails with my ticket links – the seller transferred my 4 tickets in two separate transactions. I never got either e-mail. They kept telling me the tickets were transferred and they had proof I accepted them. They kept telling me to check my e-mail and I did over and over and over. They insisted the seller transferred the tickets and I accepted and there was nothing they could do. The blame was always on me – the buyer.
Next, they told me to sign up for an account on some website (Broadway Across America E-club,). This was very different from what they had told me in the past that the tickets would come from Ticketmaster. - This was not Ticketmaster. I got logged in but only two of my 4 tickets were there. I went back to SG again and they said there was nothing they could do the seller said they transferred the tickets. They literally told me that I must have accidentally transferred the tickets to another e-mail address by mistake. So, first I wasn’t smart enough to see an e-mail. Now I’m so savvy that I accidentally transferred tickets to some mysterious e-mail account? I sent them a screenshot of my account saying “There is no past activity on this account.” Proof that I never received the tickets. Finally, the last option they gave me was to drive 2 hours to the box office and try to get my tickets. There is no way I trusted them to do that.
I finally took matters into my own hands and called Broadway Across America. They could look at my account and the sellers account and they could see that while the tickets were transferred the way the seller transferred them caused the issue. They confirmed that the tickets were NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER in my account. I never got a link, or clicked on that link or accepted the tickets or transferred them into some mystery e-mail. ABSURD. They also saw that the seller had 100s of tickets in their account and was over the acceptable limit! SHADY.
Broadway Across America was able to get me my tickets – AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE! It literally took 5 minutes. In the end, I got my tickets but no thanks to SeatGeek. I've also asked them to have repeatedly asked to have manager contact me and nothing. I have everything in writing but they don't want to deal with it. Save yourself the frustration there are plenty of other options.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019
I bought tickets which were never fulfilled/sent to me from the original seller. Gina couldn’t reach out to the seller, but was able to give me 2 other tickets for the same event that night! It was a Christmas present for my brother so I am happy she was able to resolve everything!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019
I just wanted to commend Kyle in Customer service for turning a negative experience (invalid tickets) into a positive one. His quick and efficient response made me want to look at SeatGeek the next time I need to make a purchase for an event. Thanks for hiring and training excellent customer service agents, and for the 120% guarantee.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019
I have used SeatGeek before, but hasn’t made an error or had any issues with my order so I didn’t need to contact customer service. And the moment I did need to talk to an actual human on the phone I was more than surprised that I wasn’t on hold for not even 5 mins and a friendly voice quickly answered all of my questions and updated my mistakes. I will now always use SeatGeek instead of any other ticket app and that is a guarantee.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019
I purchased tickets for a Disney On Ice show for my 10 year old daughter on SeatGeek. On seatgeek it said it was the first row and the tickets were $50 each plus a $20 fee for each ticket so $70 for each ticket altogether. Come to find out it wasn't first row seats and they were very shitty seats way in the back. I then looked up the actual price of the seats I got and they were selling for $20 with no fee on Ticket Master. I tried to reach out to seatgeek and they just kept telling me that they don't do returns. The customer service was not helpful at all and didn't even try to help me. Do not buy from seatgeek as they will not refund you if something is wrong. Seatgeek are a bunch of ** and ultimately a scam.
Hi Reuben,
Sorry to hear that you are frustrated with your purchase. I did take a look into your order to see what happened here.
The reason your tickets were not in the front row is that these tickets were listed in a range. If you look at the order it shows the row as A-S, which means it'll be anywhere in that set of rows. The tickets you got were within the range that was listed on our site which is why we did not offer a refund. Our policy is that all sales are final.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019
Bought tickets at a cost of $750. Never arrived. SeatGeek blamed UPS, with whom I have no relationship. Ended up buying a 2nd set of tickets for $1,000 (other vendor). Their Buyer guarantee is a sham. Avoid at all cost.
Hi Rafi,
I see the situation is that the tickets never arrived and that UPS had marked them as delivered.
In these cases we have to do what we did here, which is to open an investigation with UPS. Our buyers guarantee is for when a seller fails to delivery tickets. In this case the seller did fulfill the tickets and shipped them on time. This is why we need to followup with UPS.
As the UPS delivery person did mark that they delivered this, they need to conduct a full investigation. If it is determined by them that these were not delivered we will be able to refund the order.
We do apologize for this, but the lack of delivery does fall on UPS here.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019
Not impressed that there is no way I could find to print the tickets. 2 reasons, first wanted tickets to give as Christmas present. So had to just "make" some. Second, always want a backup to e-tickets in case something were to happen with my phone or app.
Hi John,
We do know that some fans prefer to have hard stock tickets, for the reasons you expressed.
However, the decision to move to mobile ticketing is made by the stadium. AT&T stadium has made the move to go fully digital and so doesn't offer hard stock tickets anymore. While this can be an inconvenience it is a more secure way to ticket.
As to having backups, should anything happen to your phone they are in your account and you could login with another device. We are also here to help in the worst case scenario.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019
On December 16, 2019 I purchased tickets to The Nutcracker performance in Oklahoma City for December 22, 2019. Their website says that they won't confirm your tickets if they can't find them. So my purchase was confirmed and I sat down Saturday night to print out my tickets and they were to The Nutcracker in Tulsa, OK. I immediately started to email them and did get a response that said my tickets were in my inbox. There were tickets in my inbox but they were to the performance in a different town. The next morning, the day of the performance I started emailing SeatGeek and begging for help and never heard a word. I had to end up purchasing two more tickets for myself and my granddaughter. I will NEVER user SeatGeek again.
Hi Judy,
I am very sorry to hear that there was an issue and you got tickets to the wrong show. Taking a look into your order I see we had what is called a matching issue that caused the wrong listing to associate with that show. In these situations we do make sure we get you a full refund.
It does look like we processed that refund in full for you, so you don't be out the money for those incorrect tickets.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019
I bought 2 tickets through SeatGeek on 12/20 for a Christmas show in NYC. I never received a link to view/print the tix and they were not viewable in the app. I went all the way to New York and never saw the show. Using the chat function in the app, I was able to finally find out that the original seller never provided the tix so they could not send them to me. Of course I was not told this until I was standing outside the venue.I was infuriated. On top of all that I WAS STILL CHARGED $138.18 with no refund in process. I have disputed the charge through my credit card. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!! Elizabeth **
Greetings Elizabeth,
Taking a look into this issue for you I see the issue is that the purchase did not go through. This means our payment processor never processed the payment, what you saw was a temporary hold that is placed to check you have the funds. Much like a gas station or hotel sometimes do.
The hold should have fallen off by now, it generally takes a few days but with some banks can take as many as five business days. If that hold has not fallen off yet please reach out to us via chat through our webstie or at hi@seatgeek.com
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019
I received an email from SeatGeek notifying me that the third party seller sent me my tickets. However, they had not. I called SeatGeek a few hours later and spoke to Mariah, you took my information and opened a dialogue with the seller. Yet, when she had not called back in over an hour, I called again and spoke to Dean, who looked into the situation and found that the seller had not yet responded. He got a member of the Outbound Team to call the seller, which allowed them to send me a PDF image of my tickets, as they still were unable to transfer the tickets through the third party. In the end, the tickets worked, thanks to Mariah and Dean.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019
I needed to purchase tickets for the game and SeatGeek was very easy to use. It was my first experience with them. I had a question about parking and Bonnie was very kind and eager to help. I appreciate the easiness and politeness of SeatGeek. Thanks!
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
McKenzie did a great job in helping take care of my situation during your issues yesterday. I rated her highly. The reason I picked 4 for my experience in an earlier screen was NOT her but the difficult time I had in finding how to get help. She got me to the place where I could reconsider whether I utilize this service in the future or not.
Hi Catherine,
Thank you so much for the feedback, we will utilize this to try and make our service better.
Very glad to hear that McKenzie did a great job by you once you were able to contact us!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
When we arrived they could not find out tickets. Then they ended up moving us seats due to the live showing and we got stuck sitting behind the camera man and did not have a good view. The lady said she would move us and never came back around. There was nothing we could do when we paid for good seats. We got stuck with what they gave us when we arrived.
Hi Marco,
We are very sorry to hear the venue chose to move you. When an event changes their layout we are not informed and have no control over that. That said, we do want everyone who uses our service to have a good time when they go to events.
I will be following up with a direct message to see what we can do to help resolve this issue due to ending up with obstructed seats.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
We purchased the tickets to celebrate my husband's 80th birthday on December 23rd. He is a Cowboys fan and this was a surprise gift for him. We purchased five tickets, but had planned to buy 15 tickets, but others chose not to buy because of the exorbitant fees. I notice the game for tomorrow has not sold out. I've been told by others they refused to buy for the same reason.
Greetings Janette,
We do understand the fees are the worst part of the ticket buying experience. With NFL tickets part of the fees go to us which we use to update our platform, pay our employees, and provide our service. The rest go to the NFL. While we do try to keep our fees competitive, they are not something we can just remove and still have a platform.
Which is why we try to keep our prices competitive in other ways. We do offer a price-match guarantee. If you can find tickets for less on another marketplace we will give you a promo for 110% of the purchase to assure we have the best price available.
You can find more information about this service here: https://seatgeek.com/terms/price-match-guarantee
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
Unclear seats. No view. Big fix to their deception is just to relist and try and make a profit. Fun. I get to pay fees to them on both ends so of course they’re love that. Had another experience where during checkout price went up. Garbage company. Garbage customer service. Do not use.
Hi Bill,
I'm very sorry to hear that you had a poor experience with us. It sounds like the view from your seats was not what you were expecting, and I want to take a look into this with you.
In general, whether or not a given seat is considered to have a limited view is decided by the venue itself. It's really important to us that our customers know what to expect from their purchases, and that's why we require any ticket sold with an obstructed view to be labeled as such to be sold on our site. If a venue has designated a ticket as an obstructed view and the seller does not list it as such, we would consider this a failure to meet our guarantee.
In this case, I can see that the listing notes said "No view (printed on ticket). Behind the stage", and as such your best bet to recoup your money would have ben to sell the tickets if you were no longer interested in using them yourself.
Warmly,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019
The ordering process was great. Selling the tickets was difficult for two reasons: first, the payout verification process (sending government ID over email) was insecure and, second, the recommended list price did not reflect market value of the ticket. Please note that the people I worked with throughout the process (Llara at Customer Experience, Deborah & Michael at Payments) were very kind and helpful.
My negative experience was the result of the design of two components of the SeatGeek platform (payout verification & list price recommendations). If it helps, this is the 'play-by-play' of my experience verifying my identity for the payout account and subsequently listing my tickets. My bank account information was not accepted when I submitted my Routing number and Account number on the "Create new payout" form. I was prompted to email verify@seatgeek.com, and an automated reply instructed me to email a front & back image of my government ID. This did not seem very secure, and the email provider associated with my account (outlook.com) did not even allow me to email photos of this sensitive document.
Instead, I archived (macOS) the two images in a zip folder, encrypted it with a password, and sent it to the Payments team, requesting that they call me to get the password. They were unable to call me, but kindly referred me to the Customer Experience team, who could receive the password over the phone and securely forward it to Payments.
Eventually I just sent the password in a separate email, because my event was approaching and I need to sell the tickets quickly. Even with the password, there was a conflict between the software I used to archive the tickets and the platform used by the Payments team (understandable). Fortunately, Michael from the Payments team suggested that I submit my ID using the secure online form (https://seatgeek.com/account/verify). I used that to submit my ID, and my payout method was verified pretty soon after.
With my payout method verified, I listed my tickets. This was one day before the event, and I had bought my tickets for roughly $80 a week before. At the time I listed, though, the app recommended that I list them for ~$150 each. Had I taken this recommendation at face value, my tickets likely would have been some of the most expensive tickets for the event (average seats). I ultimately listed them for $40, which was the lowest price offered by the venue the day-of. Selling them and recovering some of my expense was most important to me, I was not too concerned about making a profit on my tickets.
If I have any recommendations to improve the user experience, they would be:
- Instead of requiring people to submit their sensitive data over email (a categorically insecure platform for sharing PII), make the secure form (at /account/verify) the primary (or only) method of submitting ID verification docs.
- Either find a way to improve the accuracy of the recommended listing price or remove that feature altogether. An inaccurate recommendation is worse than no recommendation at all.
- If it's too costly to improve the recommendation feature, it would be equally helpful to display a histogram of ticket prices for the event so the user can decide for themselves how to price their tickets. Even a heat map of ticket sales (per hour, or per day) would help users know if the market is "heating up" or "cooling down" -- that would be a great feature to differentiate SeatGeek from other platforms! The main point is this - not everyone lists their tickets for the same reasons. Some users list their tickets to sell ASAP (like me, b/c I got free tickets at the last minute). Others are more opportunistic, and only sell their ticket for a profit, but gladly attend the event themselves otherwise. It's best to give the user the most relevant data and let them make the move that's right for them.
I hope this feedback is helpful. Thanks, Cruise.
Hi Cruise,
A sincere thanks for your feedback here. Lots of good ideas that I'll pass along to the team to take it into consideration when they move forward with new iterations of the services SeatGeek offers. We're always looking to improve our product, and customer feedback is a huge part of that!
I totally understand your concerns, and you have every right to inquire about this level of scrutiny when it comes to the payout setup.
Payout accounts are subject to the same government regulations as a traditional bank account, and our payment processor requests this documentation in order to comply with various tax, anti-money laundering, and sanctions laws.
This can sometimes require additional identity verification, but the information you provide during this process is 100% secure (either through our secured email or form) and will never be shared with anyone outside of our payment processor’s verification team. You can learn more about our privacy policy here: https://seatgeek.com/privacy.
As for the recommended sell price, it works similarly to our Deal Score in that we take into account the history of prices and sales for the event and ones like it. That being said, I really like your idea of alerting sellers when the market seems to be "heating up" or "cooling down". We already allow users to track events to help them buy at the right time, and perhaps we could create a similar tool for sellers. I'll forward that to our developers for you.
I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions. You can also reach us at hi@seatgeek.com if you have other suggestions.
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019
I purchased tickets to the Motley Crue concert in Atlanta. I give my card information and then they emailed me saying the tickets aren’t available after they process the payment. So I go back and I try to purchase three more tickets because Seat Geek came highly recommended from my brother and also my best friend who both use seat geek often. Now here it is six days later there is $1300 missing from my account the week before Christmas and I’ve called twice, sat on the phone for an hour and they just keep telling me that the money will return tomorrow. Well I called two days ago and they said tomorrow. Then I called yesterday and they said tomorrow and now I’ve called today and they said tomorrow. Nobody I’ve talked to has offered a resolution and then act like I shouldn’t be upset that this is happening.
I went to Ticketmaster, purchase tickets and received my tickets already. Yet I’m still missing the $1300 which they say is pending but I have bills coming out of my account and they’re all getting hit with overdraft because this situation. Thanks seat geek. Not only have you lost me as a customer but you have also lost my brother and my best friend as customers and also whoever else I can spread the word to and that’s how I will spend my day, going to different sites writing reviews for my situation. Not that it will change anything but maybe it can help other people not have to go through this situation.
Hi Michael,
Thank you for taking the time to write in. I definitely understand the frustration you're experiencing here.
Every time an order is submitted, our payment processor places an authorization hold until the order is confirmed and the payment settles. This hold is what then appears on your balance as a pending charge, though the funds have not been removed from your account nor have you been "charged".
When an order is confirmed by the seller, that pending charge settles out. But if the order is cancelled by the seller, or if the checkout process doesn’t complete as normal, the pending charge is voided and returned to your card’s balance.
Banks and credit card companies vary in terms of how long it takes to return a voided charge, but it’s generally within a business day or two. Still, we understand that this can be an inconvenience, especially with larger or repeated orders.
We recommend contacting your bank or card company so they can refresh your account and remove the pending charges if that hasn't already happened. If they need any information, they can reach out and we're happy to help with whatever they need to speed up the process.
Hopefully that helps, but let me know if you have other questions!
Best wishes,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019
I had some issues with tickets arriving at my address. The tickets were scheduled to go to my current address however somewhere in the process the system changed the zip code and sent them to a different part of the city. While all the representatives were respectful and pleasant I felt the issue was not handled properly. I had to email multiple different times and make multiple different phone calls. I was told there could not be a refund for my tickets even though I was not the one who changed the address. They did however offer me a promo code. I felt I should have been given a full refund, and eventually was awarded one, but it was very difficult to obtain.
I was never given a proper explanation of my address was changed and it seemed like the teams just expected me to be happy with not receiving a full refund. Multiple times I did not receive call backs and it took a lot of leg work on my end to get the issue resolved. All of this being said each representative was very patient and tried their best to help me. It seemed like a case of an anomaly that neither party knew how to handle. Overall I am happy with the people I dealt with, but unsatisfied with the protocol that was used.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2019
I bought two tickets for a show for $400 a few days ago. There was no other option available on the website so I was happy that I got the tickets that I needed till I got to the theater to collect my tickets and I saw the price on my own tickets says $84/ticket. I couldn’t believe it. I thought maybe it is just a number printed on the tickets and maybe if I had to buy it there it would have cost me the same! But no. There was a couple next to us bought their tickets right there and they paid $84/seat! So I would not trust these people with anything. They are bunch of thieves in my opinion!
Hi Arvin,
Thanks for reaching out to SeatGeek! I can definitely explain what’s going on there.
Much of our inventory on SeatGeek is from the secondary marketplace, which means tickets that were originally purchased at the box office are now being resold. Because we allow our sellers to set their own prices, you might see a discrepancy between the ticket face value and the price at resale.
Sellers generally price their tickets according to demand, or according to what they predict demand will be. Consequently, tickets might be listed for more than face value if an event is sold out, or if tickets to an event are in unusually high demand. On the other hand, they might be listed at lower than face value if the seller anticipates little demand, or if they have a lot of inventory they have not sold close to an event date.
Hopefully that helps, but please let me know if you have any further questions!
Warmly,SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019
I purchased and paid for two orchestra seats at $65 each. When I arrived I was seated in the balcony in seats that were $20 or $30 seats. I felt ripped off, and while I enjoyed the concert, I am left with a bad taste from this experience.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019
We were excited to see the Dance Theater of Harlem was performing at USF. The ticket prices were a little high but we figured we'd make the sacrifice and go. It's Dance Theater of Harlem in Tampa! Only, it wasn't. After we were seated we realized the Playbill featured no details about Dance Theater of Harlem performers. The stage manager reviewed the materials we had from SeatGeek, all of which were billed as "Dance Theater of Harlem- Tampa" and informed us Seatgeek scalped the tickets from Ticketmaster. Seatgeek clearly knew the score - our seats on the ticket on the tickets corresponded to the location. The event was being held by the Dance Theater of Tampa. And the kicker? The tickets were, at most, $30. Even at the door. We paid over $72 each. I'd like to see how they try to justify this outright deception and misrepresentation. I'm planning legal action.
Hi Janella,
First off, I want to express we are very sorry you got the wrong tickets due to a glitch in our system. We take responsibility here as this event was not listed correctly on our site. This is why you got Nutcracker tickets and not the Dance Theater of Harlem.
While we have resolved the issue that was causing this listing to show up incorrectly, it doesn't change you got tickets assuming it was for a show that wasn't happening. As such we will be refunding this order in full.
As for the price, we are a secondary ticket market. That means people sell tickets on our site, they have control over what to price those at. This can lead to tickets that are at times more then the box office and other times less then the box office.
Again, we have fixed the error on our site for any other event like this and made sure to return the money you spent.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019
I was becoming concerned when my tickets still had not been sent to me about 3 hours before game time. John from SeatGeek gave me a call, explained the situation, and replaced my tickets with better ones at no cost to me. I couldn't believe SeatGeek took the initiative to call me, I figured they would have left me to fend for myself like some other ticketing agencies would have. But SeatGeek saw the issue and fixed it without me even having to mention it to them. I was very satisfied with how well it was handled and I will absolutely be using SeatGeek whenever possible in the future.
Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019
Someone from SeatGeek needs to correct their picture showing my section (Section 146, Front Row #19) of the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium. It shows a gray block (obstruction) in front of the seat views which is so incorrect, Please look at NFL Ticket Exchange & StubHub, they have the correct picture. This has affected SeatGeeks sales thru out the year.
Hi Neal,
Thank you for brining this to our attention.
I have located the maps you suggested and others and sent them directly to our mapping team. We want any potential buyers to have the most accurate idea of what their view will look like, and we want all our sellers to have the best chance to sell their tickets.
Sorry for the impact this has had and hopefully we can get it resolved very soon for you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019
Rain helped me receive my tickets and also provided me with better tickets. I am extremely grateful. Although I was promised a $15 voucher that I didn’t receive, I appreciate Rain’s efforts and I wish the rest of the Seat Geek company was as compassionate and thoughtful as Rain was.
Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019
I had a problem with shortness of turn around time between purchase of tickets, shipping of tickets, and date of event. Account executive I found to be professional, knowledgeable, efficient, and timely in follow-up, on correcting and solving the problem... GREAT PERSONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019
I wanted to buy tickets to a musical in Austin Texas. I googled the musical and Austin Texas. A paid advertising link showed up for Seat Geek. "Dear Evan Hansen in Austin." I clicked on the link. The dates for the show showed up with the minimum prices. I clicked on the link for the date I was interested in. I found the tickets that made the most sense for me and clicked on that link. I purchased the tickets and received the email receipt with the link to download my tickets. I printed my tickets before I noticed that they were for a show in New York City.
I called Seat Geek and they told me that they had a no cancellation policy. I informed them that the link I clicked was not for New York City, that I was not in New York City and that the show was for that evening. I explained that I had gone back and recreated the exact process that I stated above and that there was not an option to buy New York City tickets anywhere in that process and that there must have been some sort of an error. They informed me that they would need to investigate it. PLEASE be AWARE that Seat Geek will not accommodate you for any errors or issues. PLEASE review your order in great detail before giving this company any of your money! They are misleading and not helpful. BE AWARE!!!
Greetings Ben,
I understand that your intent was to purchase tickets for the Austin showing of "Dear Evan Hansen" but ended up getting tickets for the New York show by accident. As multiple cities show they performances on the same day.
To avoid people selecting the incorrect show, we make sure we display the name of the event and city at all stages of checkout. So as you put in your contact information, payment information, and finally confirm the order this is displayed on the screen. We do realize sometimes people make mistakes though.
Our policy is that all sales are final. In some cases we can make a one-time exception for a resolution which it looks like was offered to you. The only other option is to resell the tickets you mistakenly purchased.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019
Worst service. I placed an order yesterday for 4 Rams VS Dallas cowboy tickets. They charged my cc $1778.00 and shortly thereafter sent me an email stating they could not secure my tickets. They still haven’t refunded my money or made the situation right. Other ticket agencies like stub hub would find equivalent tickets and provide at no cost to customer. Seat Geek didn’t do anything except hold on to my money and say it will be returned in 3-5 days. Total BS.
Greetings,
We definitely understand the frustration with not being able to secure the tickets you ordered. It sounds like during the processing the tickets became unavailable. The good news is we didn't actually charge your card for the purchase amount, this is just a temporary hold. These generally fall off relatively quickly, but can take up to 5 business days depending on your card issuer.
As the tickets were not there and the money didn't go through our processor, there is nothing left we can do but wait until the charge falls off. Had this order been confirmed and we processed the purchase, followed by the seller not being able to fulfill, we would utilize our guarantee to find you comparable tickets. This is generally the same with all ticket marketplaces.
We will be reaching out to your through email as well to provide further clarification and answer any additional questions you may have.
Here is more insight into the order process - https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200734-My-order-is-pending-confirmation-What-does-that-mean-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019
This is my first time using SeatGeek, I really like the prices and ease of use of site. What I didn't like is the many times my order got cancelled, me getting locked out of my account for a day and having to talk to customer service twice before Fred hooked me up. I place three orders in two days and I am still waiting for my two of my tickets, I am hoping they dont cancel at the last minute. The ticket transfer needs to be expedited a bit faster. Now that it looks like the bugs are worked out, I am hopeful that my next experience will be smooth. Thank you.
Hi Matthew,
Sorry that you had these issues with our platform to get your tickets. That sounds like a really frustrating experience you had.
I'm glad Fred was able to give you a hand and get it resolved and we'll make sure next time is a breeze. Thank you for providing this valuable feedback.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019
Upon arriving at the Big 10 Championship Game and taking our seats, another party arrived and had the same tickets for 4 of our 6 seats. Security required all six of us and the other party to go to ticketing to sort it out. Three tickets were moved to other seats and somehow, the 4th ticket barcode was deemed invalid. This required one of my guests to be escorted out of the stadium to purchase a new ticket! How embarrassing. Four of us missed the first quarter with two of us missing most of the first half trying to get another ticket to get back into the game. The ticket person at Lucas Oil Stadium was helpful and also said that Ticketmaster was the only reputable source for ticket sales & transfer. They must have a technology advantage to keep this from happening?? I had used Seatgeek prior, but given this situation, I could not recommend using them again.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019
I had a tragic death in my family. I purchased tickets before this had happened. I am unable to attend my event. The resell price is not fair and way too high in fees. Seatgeek is a joke and the fact that you are unable to cancel an event because of their "terms & conditions" is grueling to a consumer. ** happens in life unexpectedly and companies need to understand that people plan events in advance. I spent a lot of money on this event and the fact that I am out of options is outlandish. Not only will I have to attend a wake in pure despair but I will being doing 2k lighter. Such a joke of a company and I know reddit viewers feel the same way. Nice hair seatgeek.
HI Cameron,
I am very sorry to hear about the loss in your family. It is always hard to lose someone.
Unfortunately, our policy is that all sales are final. As we are a marketplace that connects buyers to sellers and don't hold the inventory ourselves, we are not in the position to cancel orders after they have been confirmed or fulfilled. I do hope you were able to sell or use the tickets, even in these difficult times.
For more information about our policy regarding refunds and cancelling orders please see - https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200094-How-do-I-cancel-or-refund-my-order-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019
I did not get email notifications when I put my Saints 12/16 tkts for sale, neither when listed nor sold. I had rec'd emails for all previous transactions. Emailing you for help was futile as your answer didn't come through either. Getting a phone contact number was truly difficult but my only option. I was not offered live chat. Thanks to all who helped, Joy did a nice job. I won't know if the problem is resolved for sure until next season, but thanks for all you do. Love, Julie
Updated review: Dec. 3, 2019
Company has issued a 120% refund which helps ease the sting a bit, but was still a frustrating situation.
Original Review: Dec. 2, 2019
I purchased 4 tickets to a UF v. FSU football game. Went to enter the stadium with my 3 guests and was told that I had invalid tickets. Was sent to the stadium ticket office. Rep basically told me that I had bought fraudulent tickets. I then, while standing in a huge crowd outside of a stadium called SeatGeek. Representative was actually friendly, responsive, and seemed to be able to solve my problem. However, 4 seats together were not 'available', so my only option would be to split into 2 groups of 2 each. Not ideal, but considering the circumstances I went with it. Received two sets of tickets via email. Waited in line again with the crowd to enter. Sent in two kids first with the first set, no issues. I then tried to use the next two, and they, like the originals were invalid tickets. Now I had two kids in the stadium, and two adults holding their second set of invalid tickets holding up the line. How can you send a customer 2 sets of bad tickets?
Called again. Game starts in a 10 or 15 minutes. Waited on hold. Was told Sorry, but you are screwed. Kids in stadium, parents trying to raise cash to buy tickets from a scalper outside of the stadium. Not good. My feeling is that they do not effectively vet the sellers. I have purchased tickets from other online re-sellers many, many, many times without any issues at all. To have several 'issues' with the same event would seem to indicate a systemic problem. Purchase tickets elsewhere and save yourself an experience such as mine.
Hi There,
I am very sorry that you not only were given invalid tickets by one seller, but another set of tickets was also invalid. We always investigate things like this to see what caused the issue and to try to assure it doesn't happen again.
That said this sounds like a particularly stressful situation. I will be sending you a direct message to see if we can do anything to try to find a better resolution for what you went through there.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019
We had not received our tickets and now it was 5 hours before the concert. So we downloaded the SeatGeek app and called the listed 800 number 877-522-7021. A call center sounding from India told us our tickets could NOT be released and we needed to re-purchase our tickets. We said no-way! We called back suing this number 800-816-9252. Again we were told the same thing. They would not release out tickets. Even this time they told us to go purchase a Seat Geek pre-pd card at a store for them to release our tickets. We were totaled angry with Seat Geek at this point. Then we called our bank to confirm our purchase. We bought the tickets on Nov 12th. $464. They gave us a different SeatGeek number from the purchase.
We called 888-506-4101. This time Dean answers and he becomes our savior. He calmly said your tickets have not been released from Ticketmaster. I'll contact them and have them released AND I will call you back to confirm they will do this. He did! We got our tickets emailed to us. And Dean even called us a second time to make sure we had our tickets. Our advice to Seat Geek, investigate those numbers. We think your app has been hacked. And to tell us that our tickets will come 48 hours before show time is not good business. And we are supposed to look for an odd email from some other company. It never happened! We had to scramble and got lucky to find the right phone number and Dean. I forgot this part.
The India call center also told us that we were sent a Flash Email and did not respond to it. That is why our tickets were held back. Ballony! Flask email...something that you need to immediately respond to or it disappears. We never received such an email. We were ready to never use Seat Geek again. Prepared to miss our show, lose our $464 and call the MN attorney general about this scam. Instead we found Dean who kindly solved the urgent need and took great care to be sure we received our tickets. We are back willing to keep using Seat Geek. We would LOVE to here back from you. What happened to us? Why did we get an India call center trying to scam us? Please investigate....Thank You for asking about our experience...Jon **/Judi **
Hey There,
You were right to not trust the people you called. You did not contact SeatGeek!
Those people are perpetrating a scam and trying to mislead and take advantage of people. SeatGeek will never request additional money or any form of prepaid card. In fact we cannot even do orders over the phone and they must be done on the app or website from the users account.
I will make sure to let Dean know how much he helped you. I am very sorry you had to go through this ordeal though.
Please know we are in the process of investigating this and working with our legal team to get these false numbers taken down to not have anyone else misled. I will also send you a direct message through Consumer Affairs here so if you would like to share more or have more questions we can assist you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this feedback and alert us to the people trying to scam you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019
DO NOT BUY FROM HERE! Shady website!!! My ticket price went up by almost $30 per ticket the moment I clicked "checkout". Afterwards, I asked for a refund and they said no. Disappointing experience and will not come back again.
Greetings,
While prices on the secondary marketplace can fluctuate, they will never change after you checkout. When you select your tickets, you are taken to the checkout page. On that page it shows all costs and fees. So that you are fully aware of the cost prior to purchasing.
A helpful hint is to enable searching with fees included, that way you can see the cost with the fees prior to ever needing to go to the checkout page.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019
I paid for tickets and had confirmation of my purchase from SeatGeek months before a show I was looking forward to attending with my family. I now know that SeatGeek does not require the seller to turn over tickets to SeatGeek when a person "buys" the tickets. The seller can hold the tickets to see if they can get a better price, or decide not to turn them over for any other reason. SeatGeek will offer a refund for the tickets, but you cannot be confident you actually will get to see the performance if you buy through SeatGeek. I was told the night before a performance that SeatGeek would not be able to deliver the tickets I had bought and would be offering me a refund. I would definitely try to source tickets a different way in the future - through a company that acts as an escrow company and actually has possession of the tickets at the time I make a purchase. Very disappointing.
Hi Ainslie,
First off, we are very sorry that you did not get the tickets you ordered for this event. While this is rare, it is why we offer our guarantee allowing us to refund 120% of the cost of the order. We know the extra money doesn't make up for missing an event you were looking forward to though.
Know that sellers not fulfilling orders to list for more is strictly against our policies. We investigate every instance where a seller fails to fulfill for this reason to make sure we don't keep people on our platform who would do that. Sometimes sellers try and offer replacements or discounts in these cases, but no one is obligated to accept those.
Again, sorry and I can see we have processed that 120% refund for you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019
I called to get a refund for tickets. I accidentally ordered tickets to the wrong event. I purchased 14 tickets but I was only able to get refunded for 5 tickets. The service I received was great and I received a credit to help offset the loss.
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019
I accidentally purchased 2 tickets totaling about $76. I thought it was taking me to a page to review before actually buying them but it didn't. I ended up purchasing them on accident. YOU CAN'T GET A REFUND on this site. You have to relist the tickets and wait for them to sell. You also won't get your money back until the event is over. The even I purchased tickets for is in February 2020. I am a college student... I can't afford to have my money just missing. If I had known previously that I could not get a refund, then I would have never visited the site in the first place. The fact that I can't get my money back is ridiculous and the fact that I have to wait until the event is over to get my money if they sell is crazy! I wouldn't recommend this site to ANYONE! Terrible experience. I feel like I have been robbed! Please do not use this site!!!!
Greetings,
When you make a selection on SeatGeek of the tickets in the section and row you like, and click to buy those tickets, you are taken to a second screen. This is the confirmation screen and it shows all of the information again about the tickets you are looking at purchasing. On this screen you need to fill out the payment information, if you've used us before it still requires that you put in the CVV of your card to assure you can't just accidentally move forward.
As we are a secondary marketplace that matches buyers with sellers, we have a strict no refunds policy. If you no longer need tickets you can sell them on our marketplace. It is also policy that we pay people 24 hours after the event. This is for security reasons to make sure the tickets were not double sold and worked for the person who bought them.
Further information about our policy on returns or refunds can be found here: https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200094-How-do-I-cancel-or-refund-my-order-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019
I purchased tickets for $140 each to what was advertised as "Goo Goo Dolls in Concert". After purchasing I received the tickets via email which is then where I discovered that it was a Christmas Concert being held by a radio station. When I looked into the website of the radio station I then found that tickets 3 rows CLOSER than my seats were listed as $33 with fees! I emailed Seat Geek explaining the situation and how they had falsely advertised the concert and have marked up the tickets outrageously and just received a generic email stating they do not do refunds. DO NOT USE SEAT GEEK TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS!!!! THEY ARE MISLEADING, FALSE ADVERTISE AND HAVE TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!
Hi Jessica,
SeatGeek is a secondary ticket marketplace, which means we pair buyers with sellers. We don't actually hold inventory ourselves for any events where we are not the primary ticket seller. Our sellers set prices based on a number of factors, which can result in tickets that cost more then their face value and also sometimes less then their face value.
It sounds like the box office still had tickets at face value in this case. Our policy is that all sales are final though, we correctly listed the event and allowed resellers to post tickets they were looking to sell. The tickets you bought and got are for the concert you chose. Had you not gotten the tickets or they been incorrect in anyway we'd have backed the order with our guarantee.
As we can't control the box office prices or availability, we can't refund just due to there being more available or price fluctuations.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2019
When I realized I had made a mistake in my order just a few minutes after placing it, I went back to the site and given there were no phone numbers listed for customer service, chose the chat option. I spent a very long amount of time on the chat waiting back-and-forth for responses from Joan as she checked with “the team” and the information that I was given was that there was a firm no return policy. I was told that I would need to sell the tickets myself on the site and then later that was amended to “paid transfer”. I asked twice for a phone number so that I could speak with someone in person as that was ridiculous.
When I called Michael totally different situation and information! He explained that it would not be a problem that he would exchange them from Friday to Saturday and would send me an email shortly. All of that happened within a matter of minutes. The time on chat was ineffective and took way too long. I typically avoid any interactions with companies when I cannot speak with customer service directly. Hope this helps!
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2019
The very same day Tool tickets went on sale (well over a month ago), my friend and I ordered 4 tickets through SeatGeek. Keep in mind, Tool has not released an album in 13 years, and they are our FAVORITE band, so needless to say, we were SUPER excited. 2 days before concert, still no tickets, and a call was made to SeatGeek customer service. A representative (Gina) reassured us everything was ok that we had not received mobile tickets, yet. She said that if we didn’t have tickets by 5 o’clock the next day to call back. She even reassured us to go ahead with plans for booking a hotel room in the area because tickets “never fall through,” and if they do, it’s guaranteed that we’d get either comparable tickets, or even better tickets, or 120% money back. So, we booked a nonrefundable room.
Still no tickets on 11/23/2019, so another call was made. We were informed that SeatGeek buys their tickets from a 3rd party. We were told our 3rd party guy didn’t try to get tickets from the box office until that very same day! SeatGeek also said, the venue was sold out so we couldn’t get replacement tickets, and we would receive a 120% refund in 5-7 business days. Here’s my thing, SeatGeek... How could you possibly sell us tickets, complete with Section, Row, and Seat numbers, if the tickets HADN’T EVEN been ordered by 3rd party, yet? How could you possibly reassure us everything was OK, when it wasn’t? How could you encourage us to “go ahead and book a room?”
Here’s another thing... The venue wasn’t sold out. I went on TicketMaster where 95 tickets were still available on 11/23. True, they were much more expensive, but they were there. You could have gotten comparable or better seating as your guarantee states, but you chose not to, instead offering the refund. We are completely heartbroken. While a refund is appreciated, it doesn’t change the fact that 4 people don’t get to see their favorite band. We waited 13 YEARS for this, and you dropped the ball big time. Everyone took the following day of the concert off work (because we live 4 hrs away from the venue) AND we lost money on a room, because we trusted you.
We learned a lesson. We will never use SeatGeek for tickets again. We will warn everyone to use caution, or go to a reliable vendor for ticket purchases. Especially if the event is in any way important to you. SeatGeek is horrific, even with a supposed refund (which we hopefully will receive and aren’t being lied to about, as well.) We would have rather seen the show we PAID for. We trusted you and you FAILED! Miserably.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019
Eric assisted me purchasing 3 handicap wheelchair accessible seats along with a parking pass. I am inexperienced on your website and was having trouble being able to see where he was directing me. He told me it was my browser and after changing browsers I was able to confirm my seats and parking pass. He was very patient in helping me and I appreciated the fact that I did not feel he was in a hurry. I was frustrated but it resulted in a rewarding experience.
Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019
The price of the ticket and the location was great. The fees associated with simply using an eticket a a bit high. I see no need for these high fees when I'm not even printing the ticket nor am I using any human for interaction. It is strictly a electronic experience.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019
After researching several ticket sale websites, I decided to go with seat geek because it seemed reliable and a good price. However, because I had multiple windows open, I accidentally "checked out" of the wrong one, and ended up with tickets for the wrong day! I explained the whole thing to customer service via chat, and they said they would "look into it" and try to get the seller to refund my money or exchange the tickets. Well, I doubt they ever tried (even though it took 3 days to get back to me!), because they pretty much just said "tough luck." This "no-refund" policy is totally ridiculous. It should be on THEM to re-sell the tickets if the customer is not happy. They are a cash grab, and they hope people get stuck with tickets they don't want. Never using again!
Hi Betty,
While we do understand that you made a mistake and purchased tickets for the wrong event, we provide all of that information at checkout. So you would've seen the full event details on the checkout screen prior to agreeing to make the purchase.
As a secondary ticket market our policy is that all sales are final. We do not offer refunds if someone made a purchase and then decided they no longer wanted that purchase. In these instances we advise people to resell the tickets if they no longer plan to attend.
More information can be found here about our policy: https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007200094-How-do-I-cancel-or-refund-my-order-
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019
I was sold bogus tickets through SeatGeek and denied entrance into a concert. It has been 12 days since the concert and I still have not gotten a straight answer from their customer service department. They do not keep me updated throughout their "investigation"...I have to email them to get any updates. I am out over $240. The only reason why I used SeatGeek is because the concert I was going to was sold out. When I talked to the box office about these tickets, they confirmed that they were purchased and reproduced by a scalper but SeatGeek has not responded to this information. I doubt I will ever get my money back. Funny part is that they claim their tickets are "100% guaranteed".
Hi Leah,
I am very sorry that the seller provided invalid tickets here. We do back our tickets with our guarantee which we utilizing here for 120% refund. I have sent the info to get that processed to you privately.
The reason this process took the time it did is we had to conduct an investigation. We need to verify the information that you provided. Part of that is getting a scan report sent to us from the venue, this will show us information regarding the tickets in question and if they were used, etc. Once we verify all of that we move forward with a refund.
As our investigation has concluded we are now able to process the refund as indicated by our guarantee.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Updated review: Nov. 26, 2019
Kudos to SeatGeek for stepping up and making things right. Really appreciate the accountability and willingness to work with me.
Original Review: Nov. 19, 2019
Can’t begin to tell you how upset I was yesterday afternoon when I went to enter the NFL game in Mexico City (Chargers v Chiefs) with my SeatGeek tickets on my phone and was stopped at the gate because (a) I didn’t have paper tickets and (b) the tickets I did have only had a QR code and not the bar code the access control people needed to scan. After arguing for 20 minutes and being joined by other SeatGeek ticket holders with the same issue, I called SeatGeek and Lexie was able to identify me by the phone number I was calling from (I assume) and email me PDFs of the three tickets I had purchased, that contained bar codes. But then we still had the paper ticket issue. So we were forced to find an Internet cafe off site and print out the PDFs. This took a while, and we missed out on a lot of the pre-game events. Not to mention got all sweaty and irate at what was supposed to be an incredibly fun event we had flown four hours to attend.
So the issue boils down to: should SeatGeek have told me I needed paper tickets? And the PDFs, too, which I wasn’t provided until I ran into my issue. Is it the NFL’s fault? This is ridiculous. We attend NFL games all the time using just our phones. Someone screwed up royally. In any case, Lexie was great. Not sure if SeatGeek failed me, or if it was the NFL, but I was severely miffed. Also, it seemed by my unscientific polling that this issue was limited to SeatGeek, and not Ticketmaster. It’s something you may want to investigate and resolve (even if you don’t feel like responding to me, though I feel I am owed one).
Best,Don
HI Don,
I am very sorry you had to go through this ordeal to be able to attend the game a few days ago. We want people to be able to attend the event with no hassles, and we never want people to miss any part of a big game. I am very happy to at least hear that Lexie was able to get things sorted out so you could attend the game.
Due to our integration with the NFL, our tickets are generally good for mobile entry and this ended up being a case where the integration wasn't in place. Likely due to it being out of country. We do take responsibility here as we didn't realize this and let people know the tickets we had were the type that needed to be printed. They should've been able to scan from the phone once you had PDFs but it sounds like that was not the case.
We apologize that you had to endure this and anyone else that had to as well and hope after that you were able to enjoy the game. I will be mesaging you privately to try to get you further resolution.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019
We ordered 6 tickets, front row center to Garth Brooks at Neyland Stadium. When we ordered online, we clicked on the "green dot" that we wanted, paid the 4 row center premium. It was section "FLF". When we received our tickets, they showed section "FF"...which is the highest point of the stadium. Nosebleed seats that were going for Four times LESS than what we paid. SeatGeek said they had to get in touch with the seller to figure it out -- and would call us back in 2 hours.
The next day came (concert day) and no call back, so we had to call again, spend over an hour on the phone with someone who wasn't located in the U.S., only for them to say they had a "mapping error". They offered a refund on the tickets on the DAY of the concert, or a 50% refund and we could still use the nosebleed seats. They ADMITTED that they could see where we clicked on the green dot in the 4th row center....but they couldn't do anything about it.
Six of us traveled 600 miles for this concert. Since they didn't deliver the tickets to us until the day before the concert, we were stuck.. Hotels were booked, travel plans were done... We were stuck. 50% refund on the tickets wouldn't have come CLOSE to any type of resolution since we paid 4X the ticket value of that section. I will never, ever use Seat Geek again, and I would heed warning to anyone who trusts an important event to them.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019
I'd give you an order number but it isn't easily displayed in the app. I find the fees charged to be excessive. SeatGeek does nothing except provide a tech tool for people to sell their tickets. 30% for that is absolutely outrageous. Also...the total cost is not displayed in a straightforward way. But this ticket portal is not different than all the rest.
Hi John,
We try to make sure our fees are competitive with the rest of the marketplace out there. We recognize fees are not well received, we do use those to continue to run and improve our platform and be able to provide things like our guarantee. Due to this though, we do let you toggle the ability to search for tickets with fees included. That way there is absolutely no surprises at checkout.
Further, if you can find the tickets cheaper on one of our competitors - we will price-match. If you reach out right away we will give a promo for 110% of the difference to make sure we have the cheapest available tickets.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019
I know I can rely on SeatGeek for great tickets at great prices, they have not let me down in that regard. SeatGeek recently helped me score amazing floor seats to see one of my favorite comedians and my Fiance and I were so excited. However when we received the tickets, they were for the later set and we had thought we purchased them for the first set. This is my one critique of this great service: the event details for the tickets are easy to miss when purchasing them through the app. Make sure to double check those prior to checkout.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019
I got my fiancee tickets to our first play together at a fancy theater downtown. We printed them out like it said. We struggled to get there on time through traffic, but managed to make it. Once we got inside, we were turned away because SeatGeek gave us fake tickets!!! Standing outside in the rain, it took us 10 minutes to find the number to call for SeatGeek. Nowhere in the email, the order details, or on the website did it show a number to call. We were forced to download the app and sign in before we were even given the option to call a representative and sort this out. N
ow not only were we out in the rain without tickets, but we were also now late and the play had started! The representative we spoke with, Michael, was calm, helpful, and seemed genuinely sorry to hear about our struggle. He helped a stressful night be just a little less stressful. His demeanor and the 120% refund are the only reasons our experience wasn't 1 star. We were extraordinarily lucky that the box office at the theater had two tickets left at such short notice. Next time, we will just buy the tickets from the theater, since SeatGeek's tickets are obviously not to be trusted.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019
I purchased two tickets then found that the ticket information they have presented on the website is fraudulent. I have never been to that concert place before, so I did not doubt the seating info they presented and chose "GA001". But as I was still skeptical about the seating chart and the selling price, I asked my friend after placing the order. My friend (who had seen few concerts in terminal 5) told me that all seats in terminal 5 were standing tickets and do not have "GA001", or any GA number that Seatgeek has on their purchasing page. I should've only paid $130 for two tickets, but I paid $436. Shamelessly, even I don't have the tickets yet, they do not accept cancel the order once it is submitted (no matter what reasons!) What they have done is cheating on the customers unscrupulously.
Hi Winnie,
The tickets you got are General Admission, as you said all tickets at that venue are standing room only tickets that are general admission. There is no assigned seating.
That is what the GA stands for in the section, General Admission. The row designator is just something that the venue uses to track tickets so that they do not over sale the tickets. You will be provided the correct tickets by the seller here for this event.
The price of your ticket is shown on our page that you linked and and on the confirmation screen prior to placing an order. As we are a secondary ticket marketplace, the prices of our tickets are set by the sellers. Our service connects buyers such as yourself to sellers.
Should the seller fail to deliver the ticket, the ticket be invalid, or anything like that you are protected by our guarantee and we would refund you at 120% or get you comparable replacements at no added cost. However, as long as the tickets are fulfilled in time and valid, our policy is that all sales are final.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019
I purchased 2 seats for this hockey game based upon the seat map representation, and the "great deal" recommendation on the SeatGeek site. I'm very unhappy with my SeatGeek experience as I feel SeatGeek's map misrepresented the seat location, and I paid a high price for seats that had a completely obstructed view behind the players bench. My wife and I couldn't enjoy the game and chose to leave.
Hi David,
I am sorry to hear about your experience and will be reaching out privately to see if we can find a resolution for it.
Just for transparency, when it comes weather a ticket is considered to have an obstructed or limited view is not set by us. We have no way to know that about every venue that has events at it. What we do is consider it the same as the venue, as this venue didn't list the tickets at box office as obstructed or limited view, then we followed suit.
As for the deal score, that is a tool that bases the deal based on a number of factors and historical data. It factors how much other tickets have and are selling for in that section and row and what people have paid previously for those tickets. A good deal score means in comparison to other ticket prices for the event and other like events at that venue it is a good or bad deal.
While we cannot force venues to make seats be marked obstructed, I'll reach out as I realize this tarnished your ability to enjoy the game.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019
Everything was great except the description of where the tickets were coming from. I was instructed to look for an email from DPAC concerning my tickets. I kept waiting as I was also told they might hold them until 48 hours prior to the show. In the end, I contacted customer service and everything was resolved. If I had known the tickets/email was coming from Ticketmaster, I would have looked for that and the confusion could have been avoided. Overall, good experience but I would liked more detailed communication upfront. Telling me after I have purchased the tickets that SeatGeek will not be providing my tickets but an outside vendor is not why I use SeatGeek for my ticket needs.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019
I had bought a ticket the day of a Danny Brown show and my ticket didn't go through before the venue opened the doors so I was unable to use the ticket I bought. Joy from SeatGeek's customer service made sure I received my refund and inconvenience interest in a timely manner and sought me out via phone without much effort on my end as the customer. She was very helpful and charming throughout our several phone calls and even engaged in a brief, impromptu conversation about our academic experiences based on my school signature in my email. 10/10 customer experience!
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019
I have been purchasing tickets to venues online and never used SeatGeek before until a month ago when I purchased tickets to a concert for the first time from SeatGeek and that was by far the worst experience. They just took almost $400 from me and didn’t deliver the tickets. They are claiming that they sent out email but because I didn’t accept it within a few days they cancelled it without refund. I never received that email. The only email I have received was an email a few days prior to the event stating that my order was canceled. This is stealing money from customers who trust these guys. I can’t imagine how a company can do business like this.
Hi Rose,
I am happy to clarify what happened with this order.
Your order was fulfilled by the seller via mobile transfer 9 days prior to the event. We sent an email letting you know the tickets had been fulfilled and to make sure you accepted the transfer as it had to be sent by a third party system. When you reached out to us it was the day following the event.
We looked into the matter thoroughly, to be sure the order had been fulfilled. When you reached out we provided those reports that show the tickets were sent on 10/31 and only expired as the start time of the event. We don't refund if someone choses to not accept the tickets, as the sale is made when the order was confirmed. Had something gone wrong with the seller, or the transfer we would have refunded.
Unfortunately as you reached out after the event we also were not in a position to assist you in making sure you accepted the transfer of tickets.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
The transfer process of my tickets was a nightmare. Thank goodness Pam was helpful and was able to assist me.. It was a pain in the behind to finally get this to work and I will never be purchasing tickets from SeatGeek again!
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019
For some unknown reason, my order was duplicated resulting in two nearly identical orders. This created a sense of panic as the original order was a special financial treat for our family. Seat Geek was able to resolve the issue and allowed this experience to be a positive one for us.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2019
I bought TOOL tickets on Sept. 9th, 2019 and was given a confirmation, and my money was receipted. Then 2 days before the show, on November 6th, 2 months later!, I was informed by SEAT GEEK that my "confirmed ticket purchase" was unable to be fulfilled? SCAM! They sold my ticket for more money to another party. (Speculation I feel to be true) I went online and "comparable" tickets were still available, and "better" tickets were also still available. Yet SEAT GEEK refused to honor their 100% satisfaction guarantee. Their guarantee POSTED ON THEIR WEB-PAGE STATES: you get the seats you bought, or a comparable, or better seat! ALL THAT IS A SCAM!!!
I was forced to take lesser seats, and had to pay MORE money! If there was a problem with my seats, that I bought in September, then why was I not notified until 2 days before the event? Why did it take 2 months to tell me there was a problem? Why? Because there was no problem, I just got punked! Or better, I GOT RIPPED OFF! I would say MUGGED even. Seat Geek, "took my ticket away and forced me into a lesser seat for more money".... I was offered a refund. Really??? A concert event is not a refund situation. I bought the tickets and fulfilled my part of the transaction.
I want my tickets, or they could have honored their 100% guarantee policy. THEY DID NOT. Seat Geek -- FAILED ON THEIR END --- This site is a COMPLETE SCAM. Terrible Experience. SEAT GEEK had the opportunity to "step up" and make this right for me, yet they DENIED the chance. Gave me a take it or leave it option. SUCH BAD BUSINESS!!! I AM TELLING EVERYONE TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY.
Hi Matthew,
First off, we are very sorry that some issues came up with your order. I want to make sure to take the time to address your concerns and clear up any misconceptions that happened.
We are a secondary ticket seller for this event, meaning we don't hold inventory for the event. We pair buyers with sellers. In the vast majority of cases sellers fulfill as what was listed. Some issue occurred here and the seller let us know they could no longer fulfill the tickets. This is when we reach out to you. As we don't hold inventory we didn't resell the tickets or anything like that. In fact, if we find a seller doing that it is against the terms they have with us to sell.
We take it very seriously when this happens and look into the seller to make sure it won't happen to someone else. In this case the seller offered replacements that were downgrades. We also looked to find comparable tickets, there was nothing available on our site within range. As such we offered to refund you at 120%, you chose to take the replacements offered and a $300 refund.
We never made you pay additional money for the tickets at all. Hopefully this is a misunderstanding as we actually refunded you over 25% of the order due to the new tickets we had to offer. We would never charge anyone additional money in these situations. We offer the replacements the seller is offering with a partial refund, refund you at 120%, or get comparable tickets if there are some available (we can't control availability).
We made sure we offered what we could and confirmed that is what you wanted.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019
I asked someone to help me purchase tickets. The person made the order, however they were not in my name. The representative couldn't help me over the phone, but gave me a solution to the issue. I didn't know about the no refund policy, however, thankfully I purchased the tickets. I was worried that I was scammed because I didn't receive the tickets. The tickets I purchased is a gift and they cost A LOT!
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019
I never received tickets I order for the Atlanta Hawks. Vs Sacramento Kings. On nov8th in Atlanta Georgia. I traveled from St Louis Missouri. to see game. I received refund but was looking forward to game.
Hi William,
I am very sorry you were not able to see the game you were looking forward to.
Taking a look into the issue it looks like the seller never confirmed the order. In those cases we do release the held funds back to the card used. Generally our sellers will confirm or reject orders quickly and we are very sorry this seller took so long to not confirm.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2019
Arlington Monster Jam. Called about the prices of parking. Being a single mom 92$ for parking was out of my range. He offered me no help with this at all. Drove here with no parking pass. Swore I’d get a cab before I paid that.
Hi Kimberly,
While we are the primary ticket seller for AT&T stadium, we are also the secondary ticket provider. In both cases we don't set the prices. Primary box office prices are set by the event itself and resell prices are set by the people who are selling their tickets. Sometimes these prices are high for events that have a high demand, other times you may find tickets for far less.
Hopefully you did enjoy Monster Jam and we are happy to be able to have provided you a place to get tickets for the event.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2019
When I purchased the tickets the seat map showed the center aisle of seating, which I wanted. However, after purchasing the tickets I learned the seat map represented the entire row to the left, center, and right of stage. I had to call and ask for a refund since this is not what I thought I was buying. It would be great if you could pin the tickets sellers down to which area of stage their tickets are for and then use that display different dots that more accurately represent where they buyer is buying tickets. I appreciate SeatGeek making a one-time exception to giving me a refund but I wish I didn't have to do that. I ended up paying more money at a different site than SeatGeek, but I was able to secure the exact seats I wanted. I would have preferred to buy from SeatGeek though.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2019
My partner and I won tickets from our leasing office to see our team play in the NFL. However, despite numerous attempts via the app and the website, the tickets just couldn't be transferred. No game day for us! It is really a shame there is no one you can call to work through the problem and come to a solution in a quick manner. Issues like these prevent me from ever wanting to use SeatGeek again. My mom had a similar issue - she could not get her tickets transferred until 1 hour before her concert started. She flew to Las Vegas for this show and almost had to miss it because of seatgeek's software. It is buggy and the two encounters I've had with it were both bad. Avoid using if possible! I'd rather use Stubhub and fork over more money for the tickets to be transferred immediately.
Hey Caitlin,
Extremely sorry to hear there were issues with tickets transferring here. That generally is not how our app performs and we are fully integrated with the NFL due to our partnership with the Saints and Cowboys. While it is too late for the game in question, I am going to send you a private message to see if we can figure this out and get some resolution for you.
With your mom's situation it sounds like the tickets were not fulfilled by the seller until closer to the event time. Which does happen from time to time. That is more based on when the tickets are made available from the venue to the seller and then they transfer those tickets.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2019
Wanted to purchase tickets for the MLS championship game in Seattle. Was put in line by your website - after waiting over an hour, finally granted entrance to SeatGeek only to learn all tickets had already been sold. VERY VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED. Vivid Tickets we got right through. SeatGeek app has been deleted from our smartphones.
Hi Sherrie,
As we are the primary ticket seller for the Sounders, we offered the box office price on tickets. What you experienced was our queue system as many people wanted tickets. Sorry to hear you were not able to get through to get box office tickets through our system.
The reason Vivid went right through is they are offering secondary ticket sales on that event, so people who bought or had season tickets selling their tickets at marked up rates. As it wasn't the main box office they didn't have queues and resellers became the primary way to get tickets once we sold out.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019
Peter, who eventually found the best solution in a rough situation, saved SeatGeek's respect in this encounter. I had no trouble reaching someone when the tickets were not delivered before game time, but customer service and communication I received from Malia (the original customer service member I reached) was unacceptable. I was repeatedly told the tickets would be delivered, but then told that a refund was my only option until Peter got involved and was able to help us out.
Hi Cameron,
Thank you for taking the time to provide this feedback. We are sorry you had such a polarizing experience with our reps, but are very happy that Peter was able to take care of you and get this resolved.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019
It would be extremely helpful if there was a notification that the financial transaction of money being deposited was sent. Also was promised promo codes due to my dissatisfaction with process. That never occurred.
Hi Scott,
I do see we got that payment processed but there were some complications that delayed it. I am very sorry for that.
I can also see you were promised a promo code. I am going to follow up with a private message here to confirm you got the refund and make sure you are taken care of in terms of a promo code.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2019
I have tried to get my ticket for two weeks from your help desk. They were no help and were not knowledgable about the system, which made things worse. I had three calls and multiple emails without resolution. Until I had another call to someone who finally got it handled properly.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
I purchased two tickets for my best friend and I from Seat Geek the day our favorite artist, King Princess, released them. After waiting an hour plus in line at the venue, they scanned our tickets at the door and told us they were invalid. We called Seat Geek and were on the phone with them for an hour, mostly on hold. They contacted the seller of the tickets, who was very unhelpful and eventually stopped contacting the Seat Geek worker altogether. We got the refund for our tickets and they gave us Seat Geek credit but that had little significance to us considering we missed our favorite artist and since we will never use Seat Geek again. On the link to their website, it says "100% Buyer Guarantee on All Tickets" which obviously has not been the case. Overall, an extremely upsetting experience.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
Update on 12/27/2019: It shouldn't take 2 1/2 months along with multiple phone calls and emails to get a refund for tickets to a concert that didn't allow you in, and if I didn't pursue the matter I would have never gotten my refund!! Matt from Seat Geek was very helpful, but the company needs to improve their customer relations, as well as their communication with the reps and the accounting department. I will say that all the reps I talked to were VERY courteous with me. I don't know if I can trust Seat Geek again, but thank you again to Matt for his help to resolve it.
Original Review: Bought 2 tickets for a Phil Collins concert and at the venue 45 minutes before the show our tickets were scanned and we were told they "had been refunded" and we weren't allowed in. Then it's been several calls and emails trying to get my refund. I'm hoping it's finally been addressed properly, but I won't know for sure until when/if I get it.
Hi Mark,
Very sorry to hear the tickets you got for Phil Collins were invalid. We take that very seriously.
I do see we processed the refund and then reissued it. So my hope is you at least got the 120% refund as assured by our guarantee if this sort of things happens. If you have not please let us know and I'll look into it.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019
Locke helped us out immensely! One of the tickets I bought for a Sixers game wasn't scanning so I had to call Seat Geek. Locke answered immediately, and sent me 2 new tickets on my app. The seats were better than the ones I originally bought. Had an awesome time at the game. Couldn't be happier with that customer service experience. Thank you!
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2019
A couple weeks ago I bought tickets to a show that was on October 12th. The night of the show I go to screenshot my tickets so they’re ready for when I go into the venue. I look at my email and see the email from SeatGeek that states my tickets are ready to be viewed. I click on view tickets and.. there are no tickets. I am baffled and I try over and over again hoping that they will be there. Long story short I had to go on another website and buy another tickets because I never got my ticket from SeatGeek. The next day I send an email (since it’s virtually impossible) to talk to a real person at SeatGeek. After being told my tickets are ready to be downloaded again for the 657th time (even after the event had taken place) I finally get connected with a customer service number. I call, tell the lady my story and she says she will call me back within a week with a resolution. She never calls back.
2 weeks later I reach out AGAIN (this is today the 28th) I explain what happened again. The very nice customer service lady tells me they have granted me a $20 promo code. Not a refund. Not a credit.. A PROMO CODE?!!! I am LIVID. I tell her that simply is not enough and she assures me there is nothing more they can do. So now I’m out $70 for a ticket I NEVER received and they want to put salt in the wound by giving me $20 off SELECT events. Ooof. I cannot say enough bad things about my experience or this company. Money hungry **!!!
Hi Natasha,
It sounds like this was a really frustrating experience.
I would like to shed some light on what happened. The email you got was to let you know your tickets were available. All tickets are delivered to your account. Meaning on October 8th, when you got that email, the tickets were in your account. You simply needed to login to the account to access those tickets.
As the tickets were fulfilled prior to the event and were the correct tickets our agents were not in a position to refund the order. In addition to emailing hi@seatgeek.com, if you are close to your event date and have tickets you can always login to your account and use the chat feature to get someone directly.
The $20 promo code is a courtesy and if you ever do use our service again you'll get $20 off on us.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2019
I was ran through the ringer twice buying tickets last night to the home opening Nuggets game. Bought two tickets twice and both times they didn’t get sent to me and all you guys could keep telling me was that the seller is having issues. Apparently I used the same seller?!!. So what happened???? We missed the opening game. I don’t understand how that could be an issue. Or better yet my issue. You guys should have direct access to their tickets to avoid this. I’m highly upset and wouldn’t recommend anybody using SeatGeek after this.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2019
I Ordered NFL tickets from SeatGeek three times for the same event, I then received a response that the transactions was complete. All three times after waiting anywhere from a 30 to 90+ minutes I received a message that my order was rejected. I finally ended up purchasing from a competitor's site, and paid an extra $100. Apparently the up change was due because to a last minute purchase prior the game's beginning. The only positive was that I received the e tickets within 4 minutes. Overall not a good experience.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2019
I was given a prompt email when the issue of double sold tickets arose. The agent who took my call arranged for better seats in the same section after reviewing other options. The agent was quite respectful and patient and remained on the line until the issue was entirely resolved.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2019
I have bought a number of tickets from SeatGeek with them always exceeding my expectations. Told me what to expect, delivered on what they said they would do, tickets received when expected all while making it easy.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2019
I was very stressed out after purchasing tickets to a show, only to see the the tickets I bought were in row 45 of a section that only had 19 rows. I immediately called SeatGeek and spoke first with Louis and then with Matt, both of whom helped reduce my stress level and guaranteed my problem would be resolved, or I would be compensated if they were unable to resolve it. They acted very quickly in contacting the seller and getting back to me with information and corrected tickets. I will definitely use SeatGeek again!
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
Seats I got for the Maluma concert were not labeled as “obstructed view”. There was a light system completely covering the whole stage the entire performance. It was hanging from the ceiling and couldn’t be raised or moved. Just very disappointed.
Hi Diala,
So when it comes to us knowing if a ticket does or does not have an obstructed view, we rely on the ticket itself. As the venue did not mark this obstructed we did not realize that would be the case.
While I apologize this reply is late, please check your inbox for a personal message as I will be getting you some resolution here.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
I traveled from Birmingham, AL to NYC specifically to see a play. I purchased tickets thru SeatGeek which were to be delivered electronically. 3 days prior to travel I had not received my ticket and contacted SeatGeek to determine the status. I was informed tickets are delivered 48 hours prior to the event, which would have been before I left home. The tickets were not delivered as promised before I departed and caused me great anxiety to begin my trip. I then spent the next 2 days corresponding with SeatGeek trying to get my ticket. Finally, the morning of the event I received my ticket, only to learn that I would have to print out a hard copy. So I then had to locate a business center and incur their expense to print my ticket.
The entire experience had me anxious as to whether I would get to see the play for which I had incurred significant travel and accommodation expenses. Not a good way to experience a vacation. To add insult to injury, SeatGeek does not publish a customer service phone number, but want to email back and forth. Who has time for the BS while on vacation. I did finally get a phone number out of them: SeatGeek Customer Service: 1-888-506-4101.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
I was notified a day before my event via my junk mail that the seller could not fulfill the seats I had purchased and offered an “upgrade” of seats further away. I called you guys and John ended up getting me seats in the same section slightly closer. He was great and I was happy with the outcome.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
Everything went smoothly, the tickets were received smoothly, the price was great, and the game was amazing to watch with finally having playoff baseball back in Minnesota. I would recommend SeatGeek to everybody that I know.
Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019
Purchased two tickets for Little River Band concert on 9-19-19 at Stafford Centre that totaled $407.60. Drove 2 hours in the rain to get to the place only to find out the concert had been cancelled. The Stafford Centre venue person came out and said to call them the next day to see about the refund as the venue was honoring refunds. Called the venue and realized they were purchased through SeatGeek. She explained that we were to call you and let you know that the venue was honoring refunds.
I called 9-25-19 and spoke to George who originally stated it would take 3-5 business days for refund after they confirm concert was cancelled. Then he called back and said he would have to check with his superior. He called back and he said that they would have to get with the original owner of the tickets as the concert had been rescheduled for 10-25-19 which is a date that we can not make. He never called back. We did not hear anything so called again. Spoke to Rizza who said would be best to sell them so put them up for sale.
This was supposed to be for our 45th wedding anniversary when we purchased the tickets 6-9-19. We drove in pouring rain there and back almost having an accident. We then thought ok, we will get a refund, then yes, then no. I will never, ever, buy any seats from SeatGeek again and I will tell everyone I know how we lost 407.60 because of your company. It should be in big letters that the purchaser is buying tickets from the original owner not this business and there is no "return Policy."
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2019
I purchased e-tickets through the site over a month before the event. I was told I would get them within 48 hours (first lie). Next I get an email saying the tickets were confirmed but now they tell me that I won't be getting them directly through SeatGeek and that I should check my spam folders for certain keywords. This was not the fault of Seatgeek they claim, it's a policy set by the stadium (not true as I'll explain).
About a week later I contact support when I haven't yet received my tickets and yes I checked my spam folder as directed. I also ran through their FAQ and installed some third party app they said I needed to install and I make sure the credentials matched. This rep then told me that their system shows I'll get the tickets on/by 10/17, 48 hours before the event. This really seemed extreme having bought lots of tickets from this company before but there wasn't much I could do plus they claimed they would guarantee I receive them by the delivery date.
Well fast forward and shocker 10/17 comes and tickets aren't here... Checked my spam folder, checked the Flash Seat app. I use their online support and the rep gives me the standard "don't worry" and proceeds to tell me that the vendor hasn't sent the ticket yet (thanks) but I should give them the rest of the night to do so and contact them the next morning if they don't come. Fine. Keep in mind no one has spent more than 30 seconds actually looking into my problem, they've just passed it along as status quo.
Another shock... Next day comes... no tickets. At this point I'm obviously extremely frustrated. The event is about 24 hours away and my plans are hanging on someone taking ownership at Seatgeek. Well no one does. They tell me they are going to contact the seller (why wait until now??). I told them I was going to purchase them elsewhere at this point and to just refund my money. They claimed I was guaranteed to have them 48 hours prior to the event. The buyer guarantee says they will refund or replace tickets I didn't receive from the seller. I'm told they will not refund/replace them and that its not their fault. They first said they can't be responsible for the third party seller failing to send the tickets, they are just a site where they connect buyers and sellers.
Here's my favorite line... The rep tells me if I don't want the tickets anymore I'M FREE TO LIST THEM FOR SALE ON THEIR WEBSITE! How, I ask, do I sell something that was never sent to me?? Even if it WAS sent to me at this point, what are my chances of successfully selling tickets within 24 hours of an event? Why should I even have to? The next lie I received was that it's the fault of the venue. The venue doesn't release the tickets until the day of the event. They also informed me that they only refund the ticket price if the tickets turn out to be invalid. That's really helpful. Oddly enough I bought e-tickets that morning for the same event through StubHub and they came to my app INSTANTLY. No third party app. No seller/vendor/venue delays (not to mention I got better seats at a better price).
I've given up on trying to work with this sham of a company. A previously loyal repeat customer that was just made a fool and will never deal with them again. I called my CC company to dispute the charge since to this point they still have been unwilling to refund my money. Buyers beware, they will not have your back when the "sellers" of tickets don't come through. You'll be on your own. They don't even take ownership of issues even given several opportunities to fix them before the day of your event. Customer service is non-existent... outsourced to an international call center where the rep tells me "don't be mad" instead of getting me a resolution. Was never even offered replacement tickets as a solution.
Hi Matt,
Our guarantee is that we will refund at 120% or find you comparable replacements if the seller fails to deliver. In this case the seller delivered your tickets a day prior to the event at 12:47 PM EST. As the tickets were fulfilled and valid and fulfilled over a full 24 hours prior to the event our guarantee did not apply to this order. Our policy is that all sales are final, simply deciding that you no longer wanted these tickets is not grounds for our guarantee to be enacted.
I understand you were frustrated tickets did not get to you days prior to the event, but our agreement with sellers is they need to fulfill at least a day prior. Which the seller did here, with plenty of time before the game. We do protect all our orders if tickets turn out invalid or the order is not fulfilled prior to the event. It seems here neither was the case.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2019
Purchased 4 tickets for $1100.00 in July for a Bob Seger show in Pittsburgh for October 17. After repeated calls in tickets status, was promised follow up. Had friends from various parts of country fly in for event. Within 48 hours of event still no tickets. Called Seat Geek multiple times and had various folks try to help. Still no tickets. Ended up getting severely downgraded. Truly a negative experience. Was told tickets were retained for protection however I see now my tickets were never mine to begin with after I purchased. I paid for something that evidently didn’t exist. When I thought they were being held.
Hi Jerry,
Sorry we didn't get a reply here in a more timely manner.
It looks like due to inventory we did have to replace with comparable or upgrades. We are very sorry the seller confirmed this order and then failed to fulfill. I know we did get you tickets and processed a 75% refund.
We did fully investigate the seller due to the experience this caused you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2019
I had purchased a Cain. Prepaid over $50 parking garage pass for the Texas A & M -Alabama game this past weekend and when we gave the garage attendant our code on my phone from SeatGeek Texas A & M doesn't ever take 3rd party parking passes. I mean never so how is they are able to sell them? Total rip off!! We had to back up with 10 cars behind us, park 5 miles from the stadium and catch a bus back to the stadium and pay additional $20 but then I was nervous my tickets for the game were bogus as well. I had the ticket office check them before we went in. They were fine but I was holding my breath as we walked into the gate. I will never use seat geek for any kind of tickets again. Very untrustworthy and upsetting. How do you sell something that doesn't exist? ie: a parking pass you're not authorized to sell.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2019
Was purchasing a ticket for a concert in Houston. Seatgeek stated they had tickets available for 45.00. Wouldn't divulge service charges or fees until transaction was completed. NO TERMS/FEES were outlined on page... TOTAL RIP OFF.
Hi Steve,
Just so you know you can toggle during the search process to show listings with fees included. If you do this there will be no surprises at checkout!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019
I was in Dallas recently on Oct 6 and decided to try my luck and purchase a ticket to attend the Cowboys versus Packers game. I purchased the tickets about 30 minutes before the game started and was unable to view the ticket once the transaction went through. Customer service stated that since (I spoke to two different reps) the Accept button had been clicked there was nothing they could do. I was out of a couple of hundred dollars and not able to enjoy the football game. There was no additional option or compensation, outside of the rep apologizing. I was upset and very frustrated at the matter. There were also additional fans who experienced the same thing with their electronic tickets purchased.
I now have to go through my financial party to see if I can contest it and get a refund. I will stick to Ticketmaster as I've not had any problems with purchasing tickets on their site. So for anyone to plans to go through SeatGeek- BEWARE!!! They go through second parties and once you make the transaction, you won't be able to get your money back.
Hi Erika,
It doesn't actually appear these tickets were purchased on SeatGeek. Whomever you purchased them through utilized our app to send the tickets, as we are the primary ticket provider for the Dallas Cowboys the tickets had to be sent this way. The reason we have no ability to assist further here is that our payment processors were not utilized in the purchase of these tickets.
The person whom you got them from sent them via our send feature and you accepted the transfer, thus taking ownership of the tickets. The tickets you accepted were added and in your account they were sent to.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2019
Seatgeek has an option to view the field before you buy tickets. I viewed where my seat was at FedEx Field, liked the price and bought 3 tickets. When I get there, my seats are LITERALLY behind a pillar. My field view was split and my son is now upset. I paid almost $900 for my tickets and the website straight up LIED about what I was purchasing. I feel set up and taken advantage of. A memory that I was trying to make is now marred with a story. This is ridiculous, unfair, and not necessary. Honesty with your customers should not be optional and it's definitely not a way to build long-term relationships. What a disappointment and I will never use this site, nor recommend this site, to anyone.
Hi Candido,
The feature you used shows an approximation of the view from that section. We don't have the ability to show the view from each individual seat in all the venues that events are in. If the venue considers a seat to have a limited or obstructed view, they will put that on the ticket. Which we then require the seller to notate on our site.
If your ticket did show limited or obstructed view and the order did not have that info, please let me know. In those cases we can make sure you're taken care of. If the venue doesn't consider these seats to be limited or obstructed view, then we only have the info they provide as they make the final call on that.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2019
Bought high demand tickets for a MLB playoff game. Was promised deliver 48 hours before the event. Did not occur. Called into to customer service less than 24 hours before the event. Was told my tickets were "confirmed" which meant I could not receive a refund. I was told if the seller did not fulfill the order I would be given comparable tickets before the event. No time frame was given or ability to verify if the replacement tickets would be acceptable to me. Spent over $1300 on tickets to an event that I have no idea if they will deliver. The call center is in India and less than helpful. DO NOT BUY FROM SEAT GEEK.!!! Worst customer experience in the industry. I was told three different deadlines when the tickets would be delivered to my account. Each deadline came and went. Still no tickets. Do not waste your money.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2019
Rocky from SeatGeek saved the day with speedy customer service and unmatched kindness. I was struggling because I initially put in the wrong email, but with the customer service department's help, I was able to get my tickets instantly. Rocky if you are reading this, you are a hero. Any other customer service staff reading this, give Rocky a raise. I am so grateful for SeatGeek's incredible customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2019
I purchased a ticket for a Sounders game and did not receive a warning that it was in a reserved accessible seat until after the purchase had gone through. I immediately contacted support since this was an error and was told all sales are final and “you can try to resell.” I can’t possibly be the only person this has happened to - shouldn’t there be a better warning BEFORE I finish payment? After more than 3 hours of back and forth with support they tell me that they will comp me the price of the ticked as a promo code which I accepted. Then after I accepted they tell me that only certain tickets are eligible for promo code. And (surprise, surprise) all the promo code eligible seats are either much more expensive or in much less desirable locations. Seriously!?!
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2019
While shopping for tickets I went to the SeatGeek website: https://seatgeek.com/everett-silvertips-tickets. The first thing I noticed was that the arena is mis-oriented in that if you purchased tickets in section 108 and thought you were going to sit behind the player's benches you'd actually end up behind the penalty box. The 2nd thing I noticed was that their "Amazing Deal" ($28 + fees) is considerably higher than the actual price of the tickets ($20.25 including fees). I verified on the primary market - directly from the venue - that plenty of tickets in the mostly vacant section are still available.
I contacted customer service about the problem. They got back to me a week later saying they were going to close the ticket because they hadn't heard from me. Wait, what? Ok, so I verified that they did not fix the problems and emailed them and told them so. A couple weeks later... Still no change. Maybe it's not against the law to claim an "Amazing Deal" when it certainly is not, but it (and not getting the layout of a 8000+ seat venue right) is worthy of a negative review.
Hi Stuart,
Just for some insight. Our Deal Score is based on historical data and what other tickets are selling for on our site, so using that data our system does its best to let you know what the cost is like compared to other tickets that have sold for that event, at that venue, etc. on our site.
We are a secondary ticket marketplace. That means there are times our tickets are above face value based on demand and other times tickets will fall below face value for the same reasons.
We are always working to improve our mapping of venues and appreciate you sharing with us this one was not accurate.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019
SeatGeek sold me very obviously fake tickets. It is scary that they have no validation process, mine had been photoshopped. It was a sold-out concert (which is when you would expect fraud to happen most often, obviously) and they had no tickets available so I could not get in without paying 3 times as much, which they have no way of reimbursing you for. They need to be more diligent about ticket review and reserve pools of tickets for sold out shows to ensure their customers get in.
Hi Hannah,
Thank you for brining this to our attention and know that we take things like this extremely seriously. We fully investigate when a seller doesn't fulfill or fulfills with not valid tickets.
We did make sure we applied our guarantee here and refunded this order at 120%.
We will keep working to improve our platform to avoid things like this happening in the future.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2019
Erik was able to exchange my tickets after a mobile site glitch. He was extremely helpful and attentive and because of him I would recommend SeatGeek to my friends. He went above and beyond with his customer service!
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2019
I had been looking for tickets for a Red Sox game for my whole family (6 tickets) and I finally found a good price and when I checked out, every time it told me that they could not verify my billing address. I tried about 8 times and every time it said it could not be verified. I tried to call for customer service and it said they don’t open for support until 11... Seriously? I sent an an email and they got back to me telling me to double check my address is correct... Obviously I did and I know it’s correct! The tickets are now gone and I still have not gotten any real help from their customer service. Such a frustrating experience and they offered no help whatsoever. Got tickets from Vivid Seats and what do you know, my card worked instantly. Will never try to purchase from SeatGeek again.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2019
Selected tickets for purchase - went through and completed transaction - message back from Seat Geek waiting on seller to confirm - one hour later message back seller declined - why advertise tickets at a set price and allow purchase if the seller doesn’t have to honor his end - classic bait and switch - avoid these geeks.
Hi Amelia,
We fully understand how frustrating it can be to think you have tickets and have the seller cancel. The reason we give the sellers the chance to cancel their orders or confirm them, is to avoid situations where the seller may no longer have the tickets but not have pulled the listing down fast enough. That way you're protected and we release the hold without processing your money.
Once an order is confirmed though it's fully protected by our guarantee!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2019
I purchased 5 tickets to the Atlanta Braves vs. SF Giants game for Fri 9/20. These tickets were "instant download" so I received them in my SeatGeek app shortly after purchasing. The 5th ticket was for a friend that was arriving separately, so I forwarded him one of the 5 tickets through the Seatgeek app. **Note: So if I visualized each of the 5 tickets and was able to send one ticket to my friend, then that means the tickets were in my possession, right?... WRONG!
Upon trying to enter the gate at the stadium, I open the Seatgeek app and there are NO TICKETS. I contact Seatgeek (as I am standing at the gate 30 minutes before game time), with my 3 children (aged 6, 10, and 12, attending their first MLB game) and while they are trying to figure out what's going on, I get an email from Seatgeek that says "your order cannot be fulfilled." WHAT? The order was already fulfilled and tickets in my possession. How were they able to take downloaded tickets out of my account?
Since it was about 30 minutes before game time, no seats were left in the section that we wanted (where we were meeting other friends), I just had to buy tickets in another section at the stadium ticket office. I WILL NEVER USE SEATGEEK AGAIN and will let everyone know about this experience. I am questioning if this is even legal - how do you remove tickets that have already been downloaded? And the crazy thing is that later on, my friend who I sent the ticket to looked in his account and his ticket was still there in Seatgeek app. Somehow they did not remove his but they removed mine. That is so shady. Never again. Will stick to StubHub and Vivid Seats.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2019
Terrible experience from beginning to end. I purchased 6 tickets for a baseball game, paid for expedited shipping as the event was less than a week away from purchase (6 days). Never received a delivery notification as stated. Contacted SeatGeek. Was told seller opted for local pick-up, so had to argue over a shipping refund as I was going to have to pick them up in person day of event. Asked where the pick-up location would be, was told the seller would email at least 24 hours before event. That never happened. After contacting SeatGeek again, they provided me a pick up location. Day of game, went to pick up site and no tickets! After some back and forth, our tickets were being sold from the east coast and never made it to Chicago! Huge mess, never ever use seat geek. The refund process is ridiculous. Buyer beware!
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2019
This company has made this process one big headache. I finally got my tickets after multiple times calling customer service. If I were you, I would choose another vendor. They are horrible. Now let’s hope my tickets work when I get to the event. Stay tuned.
Hi Corey,
it's been a month but I hope you had a great time at the event!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2019
I noticed an error on my account, where my ticket for my event was not showing up in my account. I was at the gate, ready for entry, and I was stressed about not having a ticket. Erik quickly looked into the problem and was able to resolve it in less than 10 mins. He pushed the ticket immediately into my account and I was able to enjoy my event. Thanks SeatGeek for your speedy customer service!
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Reviewed Sept. 21, 2019
I’m a visitor to Dallas and going to the game, booked car lot ticket but being outside US couldn’t gain access to barcode QR. However, Erik was extremely helpful and found a solution where unfortunately other colleagues didn’t, I’m grateful I got through to Erik in the chat room as his solution took the stress out of my forthcoming trip. Thank you Erik.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2019
If I could give a negative 5 stars I would. Bought tickets to a major football game in my area. Seller printed out a label through FedEx the night I purchased them. Seller never sent tickets. Their Seller Policy states that the seller must have tickets in their possession before selling. I contacted SeatGeek the following day questioning the whereabouts of my tickets. I was sent an email stating that the venue would release Etickets 3 days prior to the event. Sooo the seller printed out a FedEx label for Etickets? Was also told that I would receive an email the following day after the seller was contacted and an explanation would be provided to me. They failed on that promise as well, no email.
I spent 2 nights and 3 total hours on the phone asking for a refund, was given the run-around, and ignorant explanations from incompetent Customer Service Representatives. Finally reached a manager who kept repeating I would not receive a refund, all sales are final. It might cost more but I have purchased tickets from their competitors without one single problem. Do yourself a favor. Scroll past this scam.
Hi Ron,
While some ticket sellers were selling tickets as E-Tickets, there are those who get and seller hard stock tickets. That was the case here. Taking a look at your order I see they were shipped and arrived almost a couple weeks prior to the event you were attending.
We can't refund orders where the seller is fulfilling and they did fulfill correctly here.
Hope you enjoyed the event!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2019
Purchased two tickets to a Nebraska Football game at Memorial Stadium. Avoided purchasing tickets that were listed as obstructed or limited view. Found two tickets that had no mention of an obstructed view. Drove 8 hours to the game, got to the seats and was astonished to find out that the seats were in a completely obstructed area. VERY DISAPPOINTED!! Couldn't see / enjoy the game from these seats. This was 60 minutes before kickoff. Jumped on StubHub, purchased two more tickets, able to enjoy the game. Immediately reached out to SeatGeek to ask for a refund, lots of excuses on their part, refused to refund purchase or offer any compensation. Buyer Beware, poor customer service!!! I am a retired military guy who was treating my Vietnam Vet friend to a special treat. Almost a big bust. SeatGeek doesn't care. Not their problem. Disputed the credit card purchase. Will see what happens.
Hi Ed,
Sorry to hear that you had a disappointing experience at the game. We do our best to clearly mark tickets that are obstructed or limited view in the notes section. The issue is that we can only mark those when it is printed on the ticket as the venue considers them obstructed.
Some older venues don't consider these seats to have visibility issues, as such it isn't on the tickets and that can't be communicated through our system.
That said, I am reaching out to you, even though this response is very late to try and make a better resolution here.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2019
After a terrible experience with SeatGeek and zero effort on their part to fix or remedy the situation I am here at my wits end. I have never been treated so poorly by any company ever before with such truly appalling customer service. I was no longer able to go to a show this upcoming Friday, so I went to SeatGeek customer service to see whether my tickets were E tickets (pdf) or paper tickets. A customer service rep, Marissa told me they were e tickets and that I couldn’t resell them on SeatGeek but that I could resell them on StubHub. Great. So I go to StubHub and I sell the tickets as an E TICKET like they TOLD ME IT WAS. Within minutes the tickets sold and then I get an email from Fedex letting me know that my tickets were being delivered. So now I’m concerned because I think I got the wrong information.
I go back to SeatGeek and they tell me that they were wrong and they will reprimand the employee. Are you kidding me? That does nothing for me. She made a mistake and now I’m going to pay for it. The buyer on SeatGeek didn’t WANT PRINTED TICKETS so I had to cancel the sale and now I was charged FIFTY DOLLARS TO CANCEL on StubHub. I called SeatGeek and they will not refund me or do anything to remedy the situation. Absolutely nothing. I cannot believe this appalling service after I was only acting based on the information they told me. And on top of everything I am literally on my honeymoon dealing with this horrible horrible mess that I’m now out $50 on top of the ticket money I am already losing. Severely disappointing and unethical to not refund me.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2019
Daughter bought Dad 2 tickets to see Rams/Broncos at L.A. Coliseum. When he arrived at the gate and they scanned his tickets on the phone...security said one ticket was being sold OnLine at the same time they were trying to get in. Luckily, the LA Coliseum was nice and gave them two new tickets. What a hassle! We’ll never use SeatGeek again????
Updated review: Oct. 31, 2019
SeatGeek eventually did provide me with a refund, though I was initially frustrated with what seemed like a lack of communication. They were very kind and apologetic about the wait time. I received the refund in full shortly after their response.
Original Review: Sept. 10, 2019
I purchased two tickets to a Post Malone concert through SeatGeek and received a confirmation email shortly after for my purchase. However, 10 minutes after this initial email, I received an email from customer support explaining that my tickets had been "sold in a different platform" and that they would be happy to provide me with a refund or replacement tickets. I responded that night thanking them for letting me know about the issue and requesting a refund. I received no response to that email, so I waited about 24 hours before emailing again to ask if I could get any information about the status of the refund.
Another day passed, and I still had not received any response, so I contacted SeatGeek through the "contact support" widget on their website. It is now the next day and there has been no communication with me through any platform about the refund. I am very dissatisfied with the lack of communication from SeatGeek's customer support department and I am frustrated with the fact that they provide no phone number or direct mode of contact, which acts as another barrier to communication.
Hey Brooke,
Chat isn't meant to be a hurdle in contacting us and sorry it behaved that way for you here.
I took a look into this and it looks like we did process a full refund and you should've received that within 5 days of talking to us. If you still don't have that refund a month later please private message us and I will look into it.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2019
After purchasing tickets ($163 pp) on SeatGeek because of a friend, I found a lower price on StubHub ($135 pp and where I usually buy tickets and should have this time). I followed their procedures for the price match guarantee and the only response was a form letter with instructions for the price match guarantee. I emailed them requesting clarification and all I got was the same form letter email. After the second request, with the same response, I called and the person told me to resend the request. I did and got the same old email. I called again and got David, who seemed very helpful, as he had me resend my request directly to him.
He eventually responded that the screen shot of StubHub did not for the same row as the SeatGeek tickets and therefore would not match the StubHub price. They were NOT paying attention. If they had looked carefully they would have seen that it WAS for the same section and row. I’ve wasted many hours over two days and my issue is still not resolved. I will NOT be using SeatGeek ever again.
Hi Morgan,
Sorry to hear that the first agents you talked to did not take care of your issue. I wanted to let you know that David did, you actually have a promo code on your account for 110% of the difference! So he did get that promo applied and you are free to use it when you want as it never expires.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2019
Last night I attended the Metallica show at Chase Center, I bought tickets 3 days before the show on SeatGeek. Upon trying to enter the venue, the tickets were scanned as invalid barcode. I had to then go to ticket resolution counter at the venue for them to tell me that my tickets were “fake”. I then try to contact SeatGeek through the app which only gives me email or chat option, no phone number to call. After dealing with customer service via chat for 20 minutes or so and getting extremely frustrated, I had to buy new tickets through Stubhub since the show was sold out. This was an extremely stressful and frustrating time and ruined my evening, especially since I was with others who had valid tickets and were already inside the show and having to wait for me to deal with this issue. I will never again use SeatGeek. This was my first and last time.
Hi Michelle,
Very sorry to hear about the experience you had last month.
Your order is protected by our guarantee, so we are able to refund it at 120%. I know the extra 20% doesn't fully make up for the frustrations but want you to at least be financially taken care of when something like this happens.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2019
Ordered tickets they offered for sale. Then they cancelled the order. Tried again. Same result. Emailed customer service. They said try again. This time I got my tickets. Show up at the football game and the tickets DO NOT work. I called and they emailed me PDFs of the tickets - FOR THE WRONG GAME. Had to scramble at the venue and purchase random tickets. Missed 1/2 of 1st quarter and had junk seats. They said they'd email me a confirmation of my refund. NEVER HAPPENED. Still waiting for my refund. TOTAL FAIL.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2019
Of all the sites I checked for Dead and Company fall tour tickets at the Garden in NYC, this site had the best value. The seats I bought were easily $50 less than similar seats on other sites. Definitely glad I looked at different sites.
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019
I purchased two tickets to the 9/15/18 Alan Jackson concert in Charlotte, NC. The concert was postponed to 8/24/19. I received an email from SeatGeek saying I could still use the original tickets I bought to get into the concert on 8/24/19. We took the original tickets bought from Seatgeek to the concert on 8/24/19 and couldn’t get in. The attendant scanned the two tickets and said they were invalid and told me to take them to the Box Office. The attendant at the Box Office said the tickets had been resold and there wasn’t anything they could do since they were bought through Seatgeek, a third party. We had to buy two more tickets for $207.00 from the Box Office so we could go in.
I contacted Seatgeek after we entered the concert area and told them about the invalid tickets, and they said they would send me an email to start the refund process. I never received my refund so I contacted them again. This time I was told I had talked to a live Seatgeek representative the night of the concert and had received replacement tickets that worked and they would not be giving me a refund. What? If I had received replacement tickets that worked, why would I pay another $207.00 for two tickets to get in? I think I would have known if I had received replacement tickets. I think they came up with this excuse to get out of refunding my money. This was my first and last time using this company. I would definitely NOT recommend anyone to do business with Seatgeek. I would recommend everyone to just stay away from them. They do not honor their buyer guarantee policy for invalid tickets. Buyer Beware!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019
I bought tickets for the US Open through SeatGeek and didn't receive the tickets within an hour of the event so I called when I had to decide whether or not to go which is a very stressful situation. I was told the tickets were double sold. If I hadn't gone out of my way to call I would have ended up traveling all the way to the venue to get the same disappointing news but it still made a day we were REALLY looking forward to.
The representative was polite but didn't mention anything about the 120% guaranteed refund. She offered a $20 credit for a future purchase which is the same offer as anyone who uses a Podcast promo code. What a let down. I go to many events and they could have retained a valuable customer but I'm never using SeatGeek again. There are lots of other options for ticket purchases. Stay away from SeatGeek.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2019
I purchased tickets yesterday at 8:30am in the morning for the 7pm US Open, when I didn’t receive my tickets by 9:30am I emailed them and was told “don’t worry.” 4 emails and 5 phone calls. 1 call at 5pm where they said “don’t worry go to the venue your tickets are guaranteed.” 6:30pm at venue, “sorry no tickets are available for you.” Had to spend $260 more at Ticketmaster tent to get in for worse seats and they said won’t cover the difference. No compassion for the aggravation they caused... They cannot be trusted!!!
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
I received a quick response from Erik regarding how I should go about getting a refund on my tickets purchased for the Rolling Stones in Miami. The staff assisting me were so considerate and extremely helpful.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019
This is the first time I tried to use SeatGeek. Bought my tickets, received a confirmation that I have the tickets but I still have no tickets, just a bill. Tried calling to cancel and get a refund since I still do not have the tickets and they refuse.
Updated review: Aug. 28, 2019
Company reached out and resolved I will continue to use SeatGeek. Very good in the end.
Original Review: Aug. 27, 2019
I've called twice now to resolve a problem that occurred in purchasing. Essentially when I went to purchase it said there was in error processing the order but in actuality the order went through. Unaware of this I purchased tickets for the same event elsewhere. I called Seat geek to resolve the problem that occurred and the customer service representative told me he would need to contact the development team to verify the issue, saying he would get back to me within 24 hours. Three days have gone by and still no call. Now on my second call they've told me they recommend me reselling the tickets, basically I'll lose money in the end due to their fees but that is all they can do. Really unhappy with the customer service and the company's lack of caring in general. This was probably hard to read but i am flustered so...
Hi Sean,
We definitely do care very much about the people who use our platform. I am sorry to hear that you were promised a callback and never got that. Please know that I will be reaching out to you directly to try to get this issue resolved for you.
Warm Regards,
Locke, SeatGeek CX Team
Updated review: Sept. 7, 2019
My refund was suppose to go back to my PayPal account, but it went straight back to the card I paid with & I am totally okay with that. The refund processed less than 5 business days after my last review.
Original Review: Aug. 27, 2019
I bought tickets for $235 on SeatGeek on 8/8/19 at 4pm for a 8pm show that night. I received the tickets & realized that the seller listed the wrong date in her posting as the actual tickets were for the 8/11/19 show instead. I contacted SeatGeek via chat & they were kind enough to assist me with the refund process & followed up with an email asking for a PayPal account for the refund to go to & assured me it would be in the account in 3-5 business days. 3-5 business days passed & still no refund, so I contacted SeatGeek once again via email & they told me to wait 7-10 business from refund order date.
7-10 business days pass & still no refund, so I decide to contact SeatGeek via telephone on 8/23 & the representative I spoke to said that his lead would have to handle the matter, but wasn’t in. He told me he left a note & assured me that somebody would contact me the next day. I called again the morning of 8/26 & was assured again that somebody would contact me before the end of the day. I never received that call or a refund. To seat geek if you’re reading this. The last request number I have is **. Please look into my request. Thank you.
Hi Deanna,
All refunds should process within the time frames you posted above. If the refund is to a card it takes 3 to 5 business days, refunds through PayPal can take up to 10 business days. If these time frames have passed, and it sounds like they have, please reach back out to us. In cases like this generally something happened between our payment processor and getting it issued and our team can get that located and resolved.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019
I purchased concert tickets for my daughters 17th Birthday, they double sold them and a week later decided to tell me that I now no longer have tickets. They offered me nosebleed seats instead. Now I cannot find tickets within my price range because they are now sold out, and my credit card is tied up with charges from the 1st tickets which will now take another 2-3 weeks to get refunded so I cannot buy tickets even if I could find seats. This should be illegal, and why am I the consumer that screwed out of the double sold tickets? THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE IN BUSINESS. My child has been waiting 9 MONTHS to see this concert and SeatGeek completely destroyed everything. SHAME ON THEM!!!!
Hi Karen,
We absolutely do not want to have your daughters birthday ruined, our goal is to help people see more live events. I am very sorry to hear that this happened. It sounds like there may have been some form of internal error.
Know we are here to do our best to make this right for you and find a resolution. Please reach out to us at 888.506.4101 or support@seatgeek.com and let us see what we can do to make sure you have seats for this show and the ability to have a magical birthday with your daughter.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019
I was excited to purchase a ticket for Dear Evan Hansen when I would be visiting NYC 5 days. I wanted an orchestra seat and compared prices on their visual map. At first I selected a seat on the left hand side and then the right hand side and center. I selected a seat, purchased it and then the e-ticket stated "obstructed view." That wasn't included in the original info. So I immediately messaged to ask if I could exchange tickets, and was told no. At that moment I noticed that somehow the ticket date had reverted to "tonight!"
Well, that's rather impossible because I'm in San Diego and it's already 3:15 in NYC. The very skilled message writer let me know so sorry, can't exchange it. I know how you feel, blah, blah, blah in the kindest manner possible. However, no refunds. I'd have to sell my ticket through their service where of course, they can make the $$$ twice! I've listed the ticket for a lower cost, I'm out $150.00 right now - I'll never use their service again. Buyer beware - you could make an easy mistake too!
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019
We were shocked to find out when we got to the Santana concert that our tickets had been resold on Ticketmaster and were invalid. We had bought our tickets for the Santana concert on SeatGeek. The gate supervisor and the person in the box office at the Xfinity center who helped us could not have been nicer and in the end they gave us six free tickets in a section better than our original seats. If they hadn't we would have had to just turn around and go home.
Hey There,
We are very sorry to hear that the tickets provided to your by one of our sellers were invalid. Please know this is something we take very seriously and will fully be investigating. You are protected by our buyers guarantee though and we will refund your order at 120% due to this. If you haven't already please contact us and we will get this refunded.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019
Erik was fantastic on his job in supporting my questions. After I reached out and got disconnected, he followed up three times in a row even though I was not responding as I was too busy. It is really hard to find people at customer care center that actually care about their customers to follow up on cases to ensure satisfaction and resolution of problems. 5 stars to Erik.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019
Seatgeek is easy to use and incredibly convenient. I love how quickly I can purchase tickets and get into my events, or transfer them to another person. My one complaint is with the convenience fee. While it’s less than many of the competitors, it’s still annoying to add an additional $10 per ticket to my purchases especially since I don’t have many other options if I want to attend the event.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2019
Bought seats on SG website and looked at the photos SG posted showing view of seats. NO MENTION of OBSTRUCTED VIEWS posted anywhere, & in fact the photos SG displayed showed clean clear views. Showed up and found we were at the back of a cave. Asked for $ back due to false misleading photos and concealment of obstructed views. After numerous cloying responses meant to placate me they said no $, & not their fault. Fraud is either misrepresentations or concealment of the true facts. SG did both and given their failure to refund my $ it’s clear that fraud is their practice.
Hi Rod,
We require all tickets to be noted if they have a limited or obstructed view. However, what constitutes an obstructed or limited view is set by the venue. If the tickets issued by the venue not indicate that the view has any limitations, then they don't consider it such. Lots of older stadiums are like this and those teams consider it part of how that venue is.
Regarding the view shown, these are approximations of how far you will be from the field. We don't have the ability to show the view from each and every seat. What we show is an image of where that section is in comparison to the field.
There was no intention to mislead here, the venue does not consider the seats you had to be obstructed view or that would have been noted on the ticket and then noted on our site.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Updated review: Aug. 17, 2019
Seat Geek refunded my money after my emails and review. They also put a credit of $20 in my account should I use them in the future. I appreciate the quick follow up, and the fact that they wanted to make it right.
Original Review: Aug. 12, 2019
Purchased a last minute concert ticket about 12:00 EST for a 5:30 concert. We were told an email would be on its way shortly. About 2:45 when my son was ready to leave for the concert, we still had no email. We contacted SeatGeek via chat (chat or email are only contacts available on website) and were told they were trying to contact the seller, but were on hold. This went on about 90 minutes (2 chat disconnections). I asked the rep if this was a guaranteed ticket and he said "We work with license sellers only. Also, you are covered with our buyer's guarantee, so we have your back in case there's a problem with the tickets."
At this point, my son is now at the venue and we still have no ticket. I asked if the rep could reach out to a supervisor at the seller and he replied, "My supervisor will do the same process, Please hang on. I am escalating now to my team. So sorry for the delay." (Me: "Am I able to get a refund? I am going to have to try and get him a ticket somewhere else. Like I said. this is now a safety issue as he is alone without a ticket"). "I am still here escalating this to my team." Me: "what does that mean? So you still can't get the seller on the phone??" "The seller is asking for 5 more minutes from me. I will update you as soon as possible."
You get the idea! Now my son is at the venue in line with no ticket, so I have to get online quickly and purchase another ticket elsewhere. I ask for a refund and am told "no, I really apologize for the delay. Unfortunately, we can't process refund as the seller was able to fulfill the order". It's 5:23, the concert begins at 5:30, and still no email! Pretty sure the seller did not come through. If he had, I would not have had to go elsewhere to purchase another ticket! (The rep emailed me a link at 4:58 and said I could access my ticket that way, but I could not open the link. Even if I could, the concert starts at 5:30, and a link with an error at 4:58 doesn't get you in to a concert). Now it's 5:30 pm EST, the start of the concert, and I still have not received the ticket I purchased ticket, and they refuse to give me a refund.
Hello Sheryl,
Sorry for the anxiety this caused for both you and your son! This is not how we want anyones event experience to go. It sounds like it took until almost show time for the seller to provide a ticket link and when they did that link did not work.
Please give us a call at 888.506.4101 and we will make sure you get a full refund for this order!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2019
Bought a pre-sale ticket. SeatGeek current buyer guarantee implies every fan gets to experience the event. Ticket is shipped to me but it is the wrong game. SeatGeek says "it is a glitch, no problem, I refund." Massive problem because my $140 refunded pre-sale ticket now cost $440 to get me into the game. I state my case with a SeatGeek manager. After some debate, I point out his casted blame on the seller, the glitch, the stubbornness of company, the changing of buyer guarantee and the tardiness to inform me of the glitch are not voidable reasons to cancel/refund my ticket. He agreed my points carried weight.
Instead of pursuing their buyer guarantee promises, they quit taking my emails. I am waiting 6 days now on a promised callback from manager. SeatGeek is still holding my money. SeatGeek changed their buyer guarantee and applied the new rules when the active guarantee burdens them to get me into the event. They would rather me prove my case by arbitration than do the right thing for its customer upfront. They will probably win arbitration because I do not have any law experience in that department. Shame on seatgeek.com. Shame on you.
Hi Keith,
I am very sorry for how long it has taken for us to get this resolved for you. I am following up directly to your email after posting this to make sure we get this resolved for you.
It looks like there was an error on the processing side and tickets for one event got listed as if they were for the event you were looking at. I know we have fixed that error now, but it still impacted you. I will do my best to try and get this resolved and promptly for you.
Warm Regards,
Locke, SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019
I purchased tickets for a show 8 months ago, a few days before the event the artist (Maggie Rogers) got sick and pushed her show back until August. I received numerous confirmation emails for my tickets, including an email from SeatGeek saying "Your show is pushed back, but don't worry all you need to do is show up on the new date and your seats will still be valid". Great, right? No. An hour before the show I log in to get my tickets and they are not in my cart. I call SeatGeek who says that they see the purchase, and they see they were transferred to me but that I need to download Flash Seats to access them. I download Flash Seats, and try to log in but it says my account has been deactivated with no further context at all. So I call Flash Seats, they say, “No you don't have any tickets in your account. You need to call SeatGeek.”
SeatGeek says, “Yes we will send you a confirmation email that shows the tickets have been transferred to you but we need to get the original seller to resend them to you.” Keep in mind I purchased these tickets 8 months ago, and now the day of the event they say basically, "your tickets are lost. Let's hope the seller is awake and near their computer to urgently send you these tickets to a show happening in 5 minutes" (I was on the phone with all these people for over an hour).
So I show up to the venue and show the box office my confirmation of purchase + confirmation of ticket transfer and she says, "You should never use SeatGeek, they should not be allowed to sell tickets for events and you are out of luck". She said they are a third party and so they have no ties to their system at all, even though I was routed to their site from the venue itself's website... Guess who missed her favourite artist's show due to incompetence? And is out nearly $200 for no apparent reason? Me. I will never use SeatGeek ever again.
Hi Raegan,
First, I am very sorry you were not able to see the concert you were looking forward to. What happened here is not the standard experience, but we are sorry you had to go through all of this.
When the event got rescheduled something happened that caused tickets to vanish from Flashseats accounts. We are not sure what caused this, but we don't have access to their systems to know what happened. The box office should not have treated you that way and tried to help even when you had full proof of the tickets.
Looking at your order I can see we did fully refund you, as we would never charge someone for an order that resulted in them not being able to see the event!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Updated review: Aug. 10, 2019
I spoke with a representative of Seat Geek after I wrote the review. The representative was very sympathetic to my situation and gave me a refund on the spot, plus a $35 credit for a future concert. I thanked the representative and told her she made my day.
Original Review: Aug. 8, 2019
I purchased 2 tickets to the Maggie Rogers Concert in Denver for $161 total. It was scheduled for April 2019. I received the digital tickets from the seller for that concert. Concert was then cancelled and promoter cancelled the tickets and issued a refund to the Seller. I never received notice of the cancellation of the tickets nor any refund. Concert was then scheduled for August 7. SeatGeek indicated that I had tickets to that concert (they said that the order was "fulfilled" for the August 7 concert), but I was told the day of the concert by the box office that I did not have valid tickets - they had been cancelled. Therefore, I could not get in.
I spent over two hours trying to sort things out with SeatGeek. First they said, "Just bring a screenshot of your original ticket purchase to the box office and that should get you in." That did not work. Then they sent me to Flash Seats which delivered the first set of tickets to me from the Seller for the April concert. Flash Seats said, "We only distribute tickets, we don't sell them, so go back and talk to SeatGeek." I was not able to get into the concert; the tickets from SeatGeek were apparently cancelled; and I am out the $161 I paid for the tickets. I am entitled to a refund of 120% of the purchase price of the tickets. A very frustrating and terrible experience.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019
Erik was very helpful. I was having trouble purchasing tickets and he told me to verify my email and phone# so I did and the tickets were finally verified. He also said if that didn’t work he would keep in contact with me and email me if he has any more info.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019
I bought 4 baseball tickets to see a Yankees' game in September. I used the app but didn't get the actual tickets. When I asked on the chat they told me I was supposed to get the tickets 2 TWO days before the event!!! I need to book hotel and transportation since the stadium is 5 hrs from where I live. What kind of guarantee I have I will get the tickets?? They already got my money and I just have a receipt from them... I tried to use Ticketmaster but they didn't have tickets for that date, with them I never had problems... I hope SeatGeek give me a peace of mind sending me the tickets.
Hi Patricia,
We can fully understand that this is causing you some anxiety. Please know this is perfectly normal, and different sellers have different relationships with venues/teams. So they often get tickets closer to the event date and then fulfill those directly to you.
Once a seller confirms an order, we back it with our guarantee. If the seller for any reason does not fulfill the order we will either refund you at 120% the cost or source you replacements that are comparable or upgrades at no additional cost to you.
I am also going to send an email to the seller to see if there is anyway they can fulfill your order sooner.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019
In late June, my girlfriend and I wanted to buy tickets to a Cleveland Indians game in August for our anniversary. We decided to use SeatGeek because of promo codes from YouTubers we watched. Having checked other platforms, we found that SeatGeek was offering cheaper tickets in our price range so we decided to use that platform to buy around $70 plus worth in tickets. We bought tickets that were supposed to be delivered electronically to us on the day before the game started. At first we were a little sketched out because why would it take over a month in order to deliver tickets to our account.
Well the day before the game happened, we never ended up receiving our tickets. So being nervous, we emailed customer support about it and they told us to go travel to the event the next morning and they should be in the account by then. Having believed them, we traveled to the game the next morning and got to the stadium an hour before the event started. At this point, we still have not received our tickets so we ended up calling customer service in which they told us they will contact the seller. After about 20 minutes of nervously waiting, we finally got the tickets. However they were not the electronic tickets that were promised. It was a pdf of the tickets that we had to print off before getting to the stadium. Since we were already at the stadium and it being a Sunday, we were unable to print the tickets. At the gate, they would not accept the pdf version of the tickets since they were not printed off.
We once again called customer service and told them that the tickets given to us were not the ones promised to us. They told us that they will try to contact the seller again to try to get the electronic tickets but they said it will take about 30 minutes. At this point the game was already about to start and we were tired of waiting outside the stadium.
We called again and told them we just wanted a refund of tickets because it was not what we wanted. Customer service told us they could not give us a refund because the transaction already went through with the seller. That the only thing they could do was try to find other seats for us or give us another terrible promo code to use on another purchase. At that point, being fed up with them, we told them no thank you and had to buy tickets there at the gate. So moral of the story is never use them and buy straight from Ticketmaster or an official company because we got screwed out of $70 plus dollars in tickets that we could not use.
Hi Brandon,
First off I want to say sorry you and your wife went through this entire ordeal. Know that I want to make sure we find a resolution for this and I am committed to doing so.
I am going to followup with a private message here to get some info and see what we can do for you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019
I bought concert tickets for Thomas Rhett at Xfinity Center about 4 or 5 months ago and I am still waiting for them to send me the email with my tickets and the concert is today. I do not know if I will even get my tickets never mind compensation for this horrible experience. This was the first and last time that I use Seat Geek.
Hey Nick,
We fully understand waiting on tickets can cause anxiety, that said different sellers have varied relationships with venues. Meaning for security reasons they get their tickets closer to the event date and send those right over when they do. Order will always be fulfilled no later then the day prior to an event!
Please give us a call at 888.506.4101 and we can take a look into when your order will be fulfilled. Know you are protected by our guarantee and we will source you comparable or better replacements at not added cost to you or refund at 120% if the seller fails to fulfill on time.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 30, 2019
Do not use SeatGeek! It is designed to rip people off. I bought tickets for a basketball game on SeatGeek. Shortly after I got an email saying I should have gotten tickets but I didn’t get an email with tickets so I wrote SeatGeek, I wrote because there is no phone number to call!!! What kind of company does not have a customer service number? They told me to check my Ticketmaster account but they were not there either. Then they told me to check some other account that I don’t have and can’t sign up for. They refused to cancel the tickets and are unable to send them to me. Then they had the audacity to tell me to just go to the venue (which is an hour and a half away) and maybe they could help me. I don’t understand why they can’t either email me the tickets or cancel them and give me my money back. So frustrated!!!!
Hi Susan,
I am very sorry to hear about the experience you had trying to get your tickets. First I want you to know we do have a customer service number, we can be reached 9 AM to 11 PM EST at 888.506.4101.
Sometimes tickets have to be fulfilled by a specific platform. We try to fulfill through our app as often as we can, but if an event or venue requires a different app that is the one it will be fulfilled through. These orders are denoted when you're looking at them prior to checkout as mobile transfer. That is why our team had to assist in having you check with another platform here.
Due to the nature of being a secondary ticket marketplace, we cannot refund orders. We connect buyers with sellers, which means we have an all sales are final policy. If an event is cancelled we of course refund, but if a seller successfully fulfills the tickets we need to honor that sale.
Please reach out to us at the above number and one of our reps can look more closely at your order.
Warm Regards,
Locke at SeatGeek
Reviewed July 30, 2019
Using SeatGeek to get tickets for Red Sox games has been wonderful! It's easy, quick and thus far I've never had any problems. I am more than happy to refer friends to get a discount and receive money towards my own purchases. I also love being able to get in using the app on my phone instead of printing the tickets out as I have done in the past.
Reviewed July 29, 2019
Ticket are for a Dodgers-NHL night. Just found out that these are considered "third-party tickets" and are not eligible for the jerseys being offered that night as part of a promotion to "regular" ticket holders. My sons will be very disappointed.
Reviewed July 28, 2019
Purchased 2 box seat tickets for Nelly/TLC. When I arrived at the gate the security tried scanning my tickets for 30 minutes until finally telling me that these were fake. Extremely embarrassing considering I was on a first date. I’ve been to hundreds of concerts, never had this happen to me and the very first time I use SeatGeek, I purchase fake tickets.
Hi Kyle,
I am very sorry to hear that the tickets you got were not valid for the event!
That is absolutely not the experience we want for anyone using our platform. Know you our guarantee assures you will be refunded 120% of the order cost, as the tickets you got did not work!
If you haven't already please call us at 888.506.4101 so we can get that order refunded for you.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 26, 2019
I had bought tickets for an event months before event, had not received tickets up to a month before, tried contacting them while getting the runaround assuring me that my tickets would be delivered all the way up until 3 hours before event, then being told, "Sorry, we can’t secure tickets" when all I expected was honesty from the get go. Then I could have made other arrangements or plans, but this cost me more money with travel arrangements and expenses to getting scammed in the end. I find this to be disrespectful and dishonest and not the way to do business and rest assured, I won’t be using them again!
Hey There,
We fully understand and hear that this was not a great experience. We opperate from the fact that the vast majority, 99% of them, fulfill on orders once they confirm them. Therefore we were under the impression the seller would fulfill your order.
I am very sorry that didn't end up happening. You are protected by our guarantee and we will refund the order at 120% for the the fact the order did not get fulfilled.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 26, 2019
I bought tickets to the Chicago Red Stars vs. Orlando Pride game the other day and unintentionally used a different e-mail address of mine that isn't the address linked to my Seat Geek account. I e-mailed the Seat Geek Help Desk and Nick responded very quickly to help. He was so kind, polite, and helpful. He got my tickets switched over to my actual Seat Geek account and was so wonderful through the process. His positive and caring demeanor provided me much comfort and assurance. I will continue to use Seat Geek based on this experience.
Reviewed July 26, 2019
I was having a problem downloading tickets to phone. Miranda walked me through the process and if it for some reason was not on the phone I could go to the box office and gain entry... Thanks will probably try and use this for other venues.
Reviewed July 25, 2019
SeatGeek won't do anything to help when a baseball game gets rained out. They don't care that I wasn't in town for the make-up game or that I only had 12 hours to try to re-sell before the make-up game was going to happen. They just stick to a stupid policy that hoses me. I understand how the system works, but basically I'm out $350 and there is nothing SeatGeek even tried to do to make this better. I will never use SeatGeek again.
Hello Ryan,
We are a secondary ticket market, which means our policy is that all sales are final. If an event is cancelled and the box office is refunding, we can offer a refund. If the tickets you are provided are still valid for the new date/time of the game then we have to honor the sell as we cannot control a venue or teams decision to change the date of an event.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 25, 2019
The ticket purchasing process was very easy. I was able to locate 3 very good tickets right away at a reasonable price. I was able to access the tickets right away via the AXS app. I would definitely recommend the SeatGeek service to anyone looking for tickets.
Reviewed July 22, 2019
Seatgeek is not a fair marketplace for event tickets. Instead, it offers certain users preferential treatment (“direct sellers”) over its “regular” users. These same regular users pay Seatgeek expensive fees and yet are treated as second class customers. Meanwhile, it is clear that ticket scalpers and brokers are given preferential treatment with loose ticket delivery terms (1 day before the event!). The delivery terms were omitted at the time of the purchase and only provided AFTER the purchase was made. If seatgeek were really a marketplace, tickets would be sold by exiting holders.
I used the Seatgeek app to make a very expensive purchase. The purchase screen only specified the seat location date and price. After entering my payment information at checkout I received a “order confirmed” email. Shortly after I received a “tickets confirmed” email. A small paragraph at the top said I’d receive tickets up to the day before the event. This was the first time I’d heard the delivery wasn’t immediate. The information was given post transaction and concealed on purpose. This would all be ok if Seatgeek didn’t give regular customers the ILLUSION that they are able to also sell tickets (especially those purchased on Seatgeek’s very same platform!). This to me is unfair and false advertising.
The seatgeek sellers agreement does not specify that I would not be able to list or sell a ticket I’ve purchased on the platform. Instead, a seller “may only list valid Tickets, which Seller has the right and authority to sell”. Hard to argue I don’t have either right or authority as I’ve been charged for the purchase. The agreement also specifies that “Sellers must deliver any Tickets purchased by Buyers in accordance with agreed upon timelines and in a manner consistent with the Seller’s listing”. It doesn’t prohibit me from selling my ticket (as it is already my property) and establishing a delivery date within my listing.
Despite my request to escalate the matter, Seatgeek refused to take my complaint seriously. The used delay tactics, leaving me hanging for two whole weekend while a “solution was being discussed”. Seatgeek gave me excuses such as the ticketing agent hasn’t released tickets ahead of the event date. This is completely false as I checked their platform and saw several tickets were marked for “instant delivery” (which id seen that the first time!). After I pressed them for a solution, Seatgeek offered me a small “store credit” on my next purchase suggested I list the tickets I purchased-and haven’t yet received-on StubHub. Really disappointed. SeatGeek’s recommending me to take my business to StubHub is just a confirmation of the inferiority of Seatgeek’s product. I will take the necessary precautions within my rights.
Hello There,
I understand and hear you concerns with our platform. You would like to be able to sell tickets that you purchased, prior to them being delivered. Unfortunately our platform is not setup to allow for that on our Marketplace available to all users.
Our vetted sellers can fulfill tickets in a number of ways, that delivery method is specified at the time of checkout. The exact date they will be delivered is generally not specified as different sellers have different relationships with venues and may get their tickets they fulfill with closer to the event date.
In this case it sounds like that is what happened. For users reselling tickets, we are limited to PDF tickets that you already have procession of. While the tickets for your order are confirmed and will be fulfilled, we are not set up as a secondary market to facilitate sells like that at this time.
Hope this helps illuminate how our platform works!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 22, 2019
Found amazing front row tickets for Shawn Mendes The Tour! Prices were significantly lower than every other ticket re-sale app, and we had zero issues getting the tickets, and getting in the show! Absolutely one of the best nights and concerts of my life! Thank you!!!
Reviewed July 16, 2019
SeatGeek sold me fraudulent tickets to the Hamilton show in Chicago. They promised to refund my purchase in full following an investigation. I have not received a full refund and they are not responding to my inquiries.
Hey There,
I have reached out to you as a followup directly.
It looks like we refunded this order at 100% and I will work with you to figure out where the holdup might be between us and your bank to make sure you get your full refund.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 15, 2019
I used the SeatGeek app for the first time last month to purchase Shawn Mendes tickets. The purchase was fast and easy. The promo code worked without any complications. I was so satisfied with my experience with SeatGeek, that I've already used it again to purchase Khalid tickets.
Reviewed July 15, 2019
This is a very easy to use & helpful service/app for purchasing tickets. E-tickets are easier to use than paper tickets. The app is so good for obtaining the best or cheapest price for tickets. Just wish they had more customer appreciation promo codes.
Hey There,
Very glad you enjoy using our service!
Thank you for the feedback, we always take feedback from our customers seriously and will make sure our users know if we offer additional promo codes!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 15, 2019
Just today I paid $36 for two tickets plus fees for WWE Extreme Rules in Philly and you guessed it, I didn’t get to go. SeatGeek has them up for sale and after an hour on 2 phones talking to 2 people they were cancelled and I was told they were not available. I also never received the 120% money back that they promise. The transaction was just reversed like it never happened. I even asked on the phone because it was a SeatGeek Error if I could just be upgraded for the price I paid to another section that was available. Of course that was a no! Either way the event has already started and I figured sure SeatGeek was going to be out money but....they were still making their fees on the deal.
I completely missed this people after literally paying for parking. Thanks for the $31 I had to pay to park only to keep me on hold for over an hour than tell me I didn’t have a ticket you had up for sale. I’d love for you to get in contact with me. Should have made this right over the phone and not had to email me after this review!! I will probably never use SeatGeek again. Stick with StubHub. At least you don’t have to wait for a seller to confirm your tickets so you are stuck!! ** email away boys! You should make this right, I didn’t receive a 120% money back guarantee.
Greetings Anthony,
The 120% guarantee is for orders that were confirmed and the tickets never fulfilled. In this case the order went into the pending state but was never confirmed by the seller. When this happens if the order is cancelled by the seller or we cancel it due to pending to long, the hold that was on your card is released.
We don't actually process the funds until the order is confirmed. So when it was cancelled the hold was released and generally falls off of the card within 24 hours.
We are very sorry that the seller did not end up confirming the order, but in these cases all we can do is release the hold so you are not charged anything for the attempted purchase.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 13, 2019
Word of warning....NEVER buy tickets to an event through SEATGEEK, unless you want to risk being told hours in advance of the event that “they will not be able to fulfill your order.” (Purchased 6 months in advance.) Purchased Florida Georgia Line tickets for my teenage daughter and a friend in January. Received an email THE MORNING OF THE CONCERT in July informing me they could not fulfill my ticket order, offered refund. NOT good enough. Three phone calls, zero resolution. They still had tickets available on their website but refused to stand behind the sale and issue new tickets. The result...eight of my daughter’s friends attended the concert together, and she and one friend remained home. To say she was crushed is an understatement. The company it’s unreliable, deceptive, and provides lousy customer service. Useless.
Greetings,
First off I am very sorry that the tickets you ordered were not fulfilled. This only happens on a very small percentage of orders and is something we take very seriously when our sellers do not fulfill orders they have confirmed. This is why we offer our guarantee, and a refund of 120%. We also try to find comparable tickets and will go above the initial cost of the tickets at no cost to the customer but there is limitations.
So even if there were tickets available there was a chance they were ones we could not use fo replacements.
Please make sure you reach back out to us at 888.506.4101 and we will get your above cost refund processed for this order.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 12, 2019
I purchased tickets for a Rolling Stones through SeatGeek and the concert was rescheduled and I was unable to go to the new date. No big deal, I should just be able to resell the tickets through SeatGeek and recoup my money. WRONG! SeatGeek wouldn't let me resell the tickets until 24 hours before the concert because they hadn't delivered the tickets to me yet. I don't understand how this is possible? I purchased the tickets from SeatGeek and now they won't let me sell them because I don't have the tickets? This is a scam and I am going to lose a lot of money because of this. Do not do business with SeatGeek unless you're willing to risk getting ripped off by their deceptive business practices.
Hello Austin,
I am very sorry you can't make the new date. Unfortunately, as a secondary ticket market, we have to operate with an all sales are final policy. Unless the box office is giving out refund and the event cancelled, the order cannot be refunded.
Ticket delivery is also based on when the seller is going to get the ticket. In many cases events that are large like this have mandatory delays on releasing the tickets or maybe don't release to sellers until closer to the event. We did reach out to see if there was any chance it could be fulfilled sooner but the seller wasn't going to have the tickets until 24 hours before.
Our policies are all clearly stated and we are happy to help within the best of our ability.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 12, 2019
Don’t buy from these sharks. I purchased 2 tickets to baseball game. Price advertised $66 ea. After fees 192.00 for 2. $56 in fees. The next day I received email but no tickets. I contacted customer “service” and was told it would be 9 days before available. They stated the original provider had them but wouldn't release until then. SeatGeek said they weren’t sellers just brokers and there wasn’t anything that could be done.
I paid SeatGeek and they took the money. They assured me that I would get the tickets but if I didn’t they had 120% guarantee refund (that wouldn’t include fees so they would still make about $30 if they refunded ticket price) and I would be stranded without tickets on an out of town trip day before game. Ultimate con. Advertise tickets you don’t have, charge fee, refund ticket price only and make cash. Customer service nonexistent. Beware. Stay far away. Buy from the seller direct, individuals or Ticketmaster or whoever BUT NO BROKERS!!!!
Hello Max,
It seems like there are a number of things causing you frustration here, I am very sorry to hear that. I am going to address each of your points to hopefully add clarity!
I do understand that fees are the worst part of the ticket buying experience, unfortunately those fees are what are able to keep us in business and able to continually evolve our platform to provide a better service. We do make sure to keep our fees comparable to other places you may buy tickets. We also want to make sure you get the best deal you can, so we offer price matching. If you do find tickets cheaper elsewhere we can give a promo code for 110% the difference! This way we can stay the best priced place for tickets.
What you are experiencing in delay is called the in-hand date. Different sellers have different relationships with venues. Generally they get their tickets closer to the event, this is just a security measure meant to protect you as a ticket buyer. As these are electronic tickets as soon as the venue releases those tickets to the seller the seller will transfer them directly to you.
As for the guarantee, if anything did happen to your confirmed order we refund 120% of the total order. We do not keep any fees. So it would be 120% of that $192 or about $230. We actually lose money if we need to refund but we do that as an assurance and belief in the tickets getting fulfilled. We can also get replacements instead of a refund that are comparable or an upgrade at no additional cost instead.
Hope this clarifies things better!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 11, 2019
Bought 2 tickets for Bethel Music in MD for 135.54. Listed by seller as "Orchestra" section but after viewing ticket seats, it was located on the far end of the concert hall. Contacted chat support and I was told that the it's GENERAL ADMISSION seating. Told them I could have bought it from Ticketmaster since there was tickets available there at very low cost (less than 100 for 2) and why they are not verifying from the listing of sellers. I want a full refund since I felt I've been robbed. Chat support told me case will be escalated. 3 days have passed, no response. Very dismayed with their service. No after sales buyer's protection.
Hello,
Taking a look at your order I can see where you selected Orchestra and it turned out the seating for this event was General Admission. Due to the fact that our site was misleading (an error we are getting fixed) for this order I am reaching out to make sure we get you refunded.
If you do not get the tickets you selected with our system, we will not force you to keep those tickets!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 11, 2019
What type of company sells tickets but will not allow you to re-sell your tickets on their website if something changes? 1. Purchased 3 tickets for a concert in May 2019. 2. Concert was 'postponed", it took several months to find out the information when it was rescheduled to. Until a dispute was filed with my credit card company, I had no new concert date and SeatGeek would not refund my money.
3. Finally I received my hard copy tickets. Of course, one ticket was not usable for the new date. Could not get my money back from StubHub. They recommended I try to resell on a site, but I could not sell on StubHub because they are hard copy tickets. StubHub recommended I try to resell on Ticketmaster. 4. I tried to resell on TicketMaster but could not because they are hard copy tickets and not electronic. 5. Finally found a website where I can at least list my ticket for resale. I feel foolish for buying from this company that refuse to allow me to list tickets for resale on their website when I purchased tickets from them to start with.
Hello Michele,
I can fully understand that there are frustrations when a band changes their tour dates. This is completely outside of our control however. As a secondary ticket marketplace, we cannot offer refunds due to events getting postponed if the tickets you have are still good for the new date.
In this case they were hard stock tickets shipped to you, so the seller fulfilled the order on their end. Right now our platform is not setup to allow ticket resales from users in a format other then PDF. I am happy to hear you found a place that allows you to list hard stock tickets for resell!
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 7, 2019
I bought two tickets for my daughter to go to a concert in Milwaukee last night (we're from Chicago). The venue denied her entry saying the tickets had been used. Spoke with SeatGeek, they sent over two replacement tickets in a worse location. They explained that my daughter would have to go to the box office to have them printed. When she got to the box office they refused to print them because they were not purchased through Ticketmaster. Called SeatGeek again and spoke to the guy at the box office on 3 way. They refused to print the tickets again. Long story short, if you want to actually attend an event DO NOT BUY FROM SEATGEEK.
Reviewed July 7, 2019
I purchased 2 tickets. for the gold cup semifinals for 130 USD. The day of the semifinal I went to the stadium and tried to find the SeatGeek electronic tickets. After a long search I found the mail. However, when I hit view tickets they would not come up. It would just take me to a stupid screen where there were no tickets. I tried downloading the crappy app but there were no tickets there either. It would send me to buy then again. Customer service was not available at the late time of the game.
The next day I talked to customer service and they said the tickets were blocked because there was an attempt to transfer them. They offer me a 20 USD coupon. Then I got more calls from them saying that I tried to transfer them to my other email, which I never did and there were no tickets and neither of my accounts. Also I would like to add customer service and the managers seem to be Indian people which it is not a problem as I am from Costa Rica. The problem is that who knows if they are even in USA.
In summary do not put your money there. You will likely be scammed, too. They even charge you fees for the tickets. Better go the stadium or places that sell them directly. They are cheaper and they won't scam you. I would not recommend SeatGeek to anybody. They did not refund me a penny. I can tell they are a scam or a really small company that does not understand that being fair is important in to be successful in the market.
Hello There,
It seems like you had a very difficult time trying to attend the game. I am sorry that we were not open by the event start time, our hours are 9 AM to 11 PM EST.
In this case it seems like you clicked the 'send' feature in the app, this allows you to send the tickets to other users. Sometimes this is mistakenly used to attempt to send it to your own email, when a ticket is in a pending transfer state it doesn't allow it to be accessed.
I am going to reach out to you directly to try and find a resolution.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Reviewed July 6, 2019
I was extremely disappointed to figure out that when I had a family emergency I could not get an exchange for my tickets. I understand they have a policy and they have to follow that, however, reselling my tickets needs a routing number to my bank account? I think that is just absolutely absurd. I spent $500 on tickets and was unable to use or sell them. I am not one to give out my personal banking information. In conclusion, DO NOT USE THIS SITE. IT IS A SCAM AND COMPLETELY A WASTE OF MONEY. To be safer with your purchases call the Twins Box Office directly or use StubHub due to them being backed by the MLB (That is what the box office supervisor told me). Hope I can prevent at least one person from wasting their money.
Hey There,
While we do understand that emergencies and things come up, our policy is that all sales are final. As we are a secondary ticket market we don't hold the inventory and cannot do exchanges nor can we refund when our sellers have fulfilled orders correctly.
Our payout system is done completely through direct deposit. This is actually to assure we are able to keep our sellers protected and data safe. There are other platforms for selling tickets that may have a payout that better suits your needs but our system is extremely secure.
Again, we are sorry you couldn't attend the game but try to always be transparent in our policies and that sales are final.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Original Review: July 4, 2019
I tried to resolve this problem with their support staff. I was told they could not refund my tickets that were double ordered. I would have to sell them myself. They are e-tickets and I will not receive them till 24 hours prior to the concert. I'm not very computer savvy so it's not likely I would be able to sell and transfer these e-tickets. I was told that's tough it's their policy. So now I am out 1000 dollars. Never buy from SeatGeek, they should be called SeatCheat!
Hi Barbara,
I am sorry that you got duplicate tickets, sounds like that wasn't deliberate.
Our general policy is that all sales are final and tickets need to be resold if the buyer no longer wants them. However, in situations like these there is generally more we can do. I will reach out to you directly so we can get that duplicate order taken care of and refund you for it in full.
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
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