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About Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats is an online marketplace that lets people buy and sell tickets to live events, including concerts, shows, music festivals, sporting events and theater productions. Vivid Seats serves as the middleman between customers looking for tickets and sellers. It has sold over 100 million tickets and has a 100% buyer guarantee and a reward program.

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Pros
  • Easy access to event tickets
  • Rewards program
  • 100% Buyer Guarantee
Cons
  • Ticket prices can fluctuate
  • Fees increase total price

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    This company profits on scamming people. It’s a complete fraud of a company. Benefiting on knowing the patterns of event ticket purchasing. They offer no refund, ever, no matter what. I suggest contacting your financial institution to investigate this company.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    I purchased 4 tickets via Vivid Seats to the Tennessee-Vanderbilt football game on November 30th. I specifically picked out tickets for seats in a specific section and row in the football stadium for a lot of reasons. All during the process I was notified by Vivid Seats of the Section and Row my tickets would be in. Today, Vivid Seats emailed to me my tickets to print, listing the Section and Row as I originally agreed to. When I began to print the tickets, I noticed that the Row of the seats was 7 rows different than what I had originally ordered and it was different than the summary email that I received to print the tickets.

    I notified Jose of Customer Service who read me some "fine print" that Vivid Seats "in its sole discretion" can "upgrade" my tickets to wherever it wants me to sit. I disputed with Jose that I had particular reasons why I chose the Row that I did, and that I did not consider the new Row assignment an upgrade (7 rows different in a 100,000+ seat stadium is hardly an "upgrade" by any measurement). When I protested and told Jose that I was not satisfied (Vivid Seats says that it wants "100% Customer Satisfaction"), he cut my "Chat Customer Service" off since I did not complete my response in just 2 minutes! I will try to avoid ever buying tickets again through Vivid Seats. I sure hope that none of you find out, when it is too late, that Vivid Seats is not sending you the tickets they had previously told you, you were going to get!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019

    They offer 10% off first purchases however the discount does not work online. When chatting to them they mentioned the discount does not work online, and will never work. Wants me to call. Scam. Customer service treats you like **. Extremely rude and not helpful. "You can receive the discount by placing the order over the phone" is what they say. Disclaimer states in app or online only?

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019

    We purchased tickets through Vivid Seats, and when we went to 'view tickets' when we arrived to our event, it said we had no tickets. They refused to give us a refund because they said it looked like they went through on their end. I sent screenshots showing we had no tickets, and they said that did not prove anything and still would not give us a refund. $210 for my husband's birthday present gone. Never ever ever ever buy tickets through them.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019

    We purchased Philadelphia Sixers tickets for Nov. 10 in August. First, we couldn't access the tickets until October which I thought was weird. Second, we got the game and they told us the tickets were in use. We went the box office where they confirmed this and told us not to trust any site except Stub Hub. Third, it's impossible to get in touch with an actual human. They have such a runaround system you keep getting the same messages despite which area you choose to go on the phone. Fourth, they claimed they'd investigate, but they kept trying to call my wife when she was at work, she left messages asking for a call back at another time, they refused to do so and then kept sending e-mails with automated responses that basically left you with nothing. Do not recommend.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2019

    1st time selling tickets after I purchased them on their site. Wanted better seats, so I relisted them. Tickets sold, but customer did not want them because they could not see if the tickets were consecutive. I assumed a customer could see them and pick which seats they wanted. I was called by VS customer service, and rudely scolded and told I was being fined $230!!! This is after I already paid for the tickets and even bought 4 new ones, so they got 8 ticket purchases from me and STILL FINED ME!!! Never buy from these guys. Customer Service might be the worst I have ever encountered. Use Stubhub. They seem to actually care about their customers.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    I purchased (2) tickets to Charlie Berens for $43ea. They can be purchased directly through the casino he is at for $20, but we thought we'd pay the extra to be a few rows further toward the stage. I was shocked when I hit "purchase" and I was charged $121.33. They were shipped standard UPS ground and printed on typing paper. I immediately tried calling them to cancel but couldn't get through to a live person. The invoice they e-mailed has no breakdown of what I was charged and why. I called after they arrived and finally got a live person. He said that the website makes note of the extra fees somewhere. I asked multiple times what I was charged for, and he could not tell me. They would not refund anything. This is such a scam.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    I purchased club seats for the Browns vs Bills and received mezzanine seats which do not come with any of the perks that club seats get. I explained this several times to Vivid Seat's representatives and they basically blew me off with terrible answers. The 100% customer satisfaction guarantee is totally untrue. I paid for club seats and was expecting to sit in seats that were not in the rain. Luckily it did not rain too much - otherwise, that would have made the experience even worse. Stay away from Vivid Seats would be my advice.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    We purchased Luke Combs' tickets for an out of state show, almost four months before the show. We incurred costs for plane tickets, hotel, rental car, concert parking and when our tickets were scanned at the door we were told someone else already entered with our tickets. The concert was sold out and there was nothing the venue could do. Vivid said they will only refund the ticket cost and "sorry for the inconvenience ". Our loss is over $1500 because they send our duplicate tickets which is more than an inconvenience.

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    Maybe I am just the (un)lucky buyer. I bought 8 seats to the NHL Winter Classic 2020. Vivid will NOT provide me an e-ticket via their app. They have only sent me a link to download the PDFs. Well, I can't validate these are legit, and I'd rather not find out the day of the event at the Cotton Bowl. I promised 4 of them for sale BEFORE buying off Vivid, but no other reseller will recognize or list them. AND VIVID REFUSES TO SELL THEM FOR ME EITHER! So, I can't sell them, I can't validate them, but I'm out over $1,000! Vivid chat says "they're fine." SeatGeek and StubHub says "not."

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    I missed The Stones concert due to a hurricane, lost $6,616.74. My first mistake was buying such an expensive ticket for The Rolling Stones on impulse but it was the only one left in my chosen section at the time. The concert was in April but got changed to August 31,2019. Then when the hurricane Dorian made the news the Stones changed the date to August 30, 2019. I got the email for this change at 9pm August 29! I was ready to go, flying from California to Miami, even had my boarding passes. However as I watched the Weather Channel I realized that I would be flying into an area where the hurricane was expected to make landfall. Being from California I do not know how to stay safe in hurricanes. I had no idea what to expect. I also began to realize that I would most likely be stuck there because flights in and out of Miami were canceled for that weekend.

    My flight back to California was not until Sunday evening September 1, 2019. Even the Weather Channel didn’t know what would happen by then. The news stressed that the hurricane was powerful and the outlook was grim. I felt like I was putting myself in grave danger. I contacted Vivid Seats and asked for a refund or credit but was rudely denied. Customer service could not have cared less if they were putting my life or anyone else’s in danger. Worst ticket purchase I ever made. Ticketmaster was offering credits to their customers at the time and the airline gave me a credit but Vivid Seats would not even offer sympathy.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019

    Try to find a live person to help you. It took me a half an hour to try and get through the phone system without luck, sent an email to customer support then tried live chat. Horrible customer service. Be aware that tickets are not issued until the day before or day of an event, so it makes it almost impossible to sell them. When we first purchased the tickets I spent an hour trying to get through to someone as to why we couldn't get our tickets as soon as they were purchased only to end up with the live chat. Now I know why they don't issue them right away, because it makes it impossible to sell if you have to! The funniest thing is that I can't sell the tickets through Vivid tickets that I purchased through Vivid. Seriously? The reason why is because I don't have the physical tickets! Arggghhhh! Good luck purchasing through them. Ended up paying a sky high price for tickets to not even be able to sell them!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019

    Purchased tickets for REO Speedwagon for November 9th, 2019 for the Four Winds Casino venue. I received the tickets through email. I was able to print the tickets. We drove over an hour away and booked a hotel room. Going into the venue, our tickets would not scan. We got sent to a supervisor and he told us our tickets were invalid, and the seller probably sold those tickets more than once. The show was sold out. So, we made the trip, paid for tickets that were invalid and paid for a hotel room, all for nothing.

    Called customer service, and I was transferred to a senior customer service agent. Put on hold many times, and then the agent pretended like she could not hear me, and hung up! I called back and was put on hold once again and transferred once again, and this agent told me they had to do an investigation and would not refund any money until they are finished with their investigation. I was on the phone another 25 minutes, for this. This was the first time I used Vivid Seats, and I will never use them again!

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2019

    I booked a show from 8pm and never received a confirmation email. On the day of, I checked my tickets and they were for 3pm and I already missed it. Turns out an 8pm show never existed in the first place, yet they still posted it. I asked for a refund and they refused even though they could not prove I booked that 3pm show. You’re taking a major risk if you book from these guys. Be safe and avoid.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2019

    We drove 5 hours on a Friday afternoon and evening, paid over $60 for parking and waited in the cold for 4 ticketS and almost $1500 nosebleed section seats at Hamilton only to get as far as the lobby and told that none of the tickets were valid. The show was sold out. Vivid Seats could not "reach" the "owner. But a supervisor will contact me sometime in the next two days to START their investigation". 0 stars and will NEVER trust.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2019

    This app is a scam. I was charged the money for my tickets and didn’t receive them. When calling customer service they were snarky, demeaning and unhelpful. They ended up charging me a $90 fee because the sale of my tickets fell through....because they never sent me the tickets to begin with. One of the worst programs and support I’ve dealt with. DO NOT USE!!!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2019

    If you make a mistake when purchasing a ticket at Vivid, they will not help you. I purchased tickets for Friday instead of Thursday. I called them the same day to see if they could help. They told me to go sell my tickets on Google in a very thick and hard to understand accent. I asked them if they could sell my tickets or exchange them for another time. I kept on hearing NO NO NO. It was really a special event but they simply did not care. They read a policy and told me good bye. No sympathy or assistance or thoughtful suggestions. It is really awful how they treat people and how bad their customer service is. Plus their representatives were really hard to understand. So buyer beware, stay away from this group. They have no sense of service, do not help and do not care. I have found much better service on Stubhub and Ticketmaster. Vivid is a big disappointment.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019

    Well, I am elated to say that I am one of those who had a positive purchasing experience with Vivid Seats. That being said, I did pay $640 total for two floor seats to the recent Tool concert at US BANK ARENA. However, they were transferred over on 10/30 as promised (Ticketmaster didn’t release them until 10/29, so 10/30 was perfectly reasonable) and they did in fact scan correctly at venue.

    Pricing was exorbitant and entirely ridiculous, but he wanted floor seats and didn’t commit to going until about a month ago, and of course scalpers had gotten ahold of all the good seats by then. (Probably within minutes of them being available, to be honest.) An expensive Christmas gift for him and my friend’s husband, but he needed someone to go with and nobody else we knew could afford/were willing to spend $320 for a concert ticket. We’re just lucky to both have good jobs and no kids so we can afford them, I guess? Anyway... our tickets worked, he got into the venue, so I’d say it was a success! I can now put over a month’s worth of worrying to rest!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019

    I purchased tickets from Vividseats.com for a playoff game at Yankee stadium. I was told that the seller would be emailing me the tickets which eventually happened. However this was just the beginning of my problems with Vividseats.com. This was the second set of tickets that I purchased for this event (the first arrived with no problems). Once I received an email stating that I would be able to download the tickets, I tried and was given a message stating that the tickets were not ready and to contact customer service. I tried to email, call and live chat with vividseats.com in order to download the tickets. By this time I was already on the train and close to the stadium. Every way I tried contacting vividseats.com kept giving me generic prerecorded statements. After waiting outside the stadium for an hour, I was forced to go to Stubhub.com and purchase additional tickets so that I could watch the rest of the game.

    The next day I emailed vividseats.com to explain what had happened to me but they told me that all sales are final and that I had received the initial email from the seller and that appeased their guarantee. They did not answer any of my questions about why I was unable to download the tickets. Buy from vividseats.com at your own risk! I will be spending my money on other websites from now on. Hopefully their customer service is better than Vividseats.com

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019

    I was trying to buy tickets for a event and thought I was getting a reasonable price. Right before I was at the end my tickets went up over $100. I hit back because I wasn’t going to purchase them. Somehow my tickets were confirmed. I messaged them right away to tell them what happened - they refused to help me. If you are so confident in your value/service you should not have to trick people with hidden fees. I will not use their service again.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019

    After purchasing tickets through PayPal Vivid Seats sent an email stating they need further verification of my identity and to send a picture in jpg format of my drivers licence/credit card/and to provide a PayPal account number. Enrique from the verification dept. stated I could cover up my drivers license number and signature. All they needed was an expiry date to verify I was the customer. Then he proceeds to tell me he has other customers waiting and couldn't proceed with my call when I still had questions. Customer service could only take my feedback and said they had never heard of the verification dept. needing a picture of my id. Crossing fingers that I receive my refund. Beware.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2019

    I ordered 2 Fleetwood Mac tickets section 224 row N. I hit purchase and they sent me a confirmation for section 202 row M. I called within minutes of placing the order and receiving the wrong seats. They said they could do nothing about it. I could sell the tickets and buy new ones!!! So you order an orange and they give you an apple and say tough. I will never use them again!!!!

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2019

    I purchased tickets to Cardi B concert 4 months in advance using my PayPal Credit account. $1300. Cardi B cancelled the concert 30 mins before it was scheduled to start. I immediately called Vivid Seats to request a refund and was told it was not their problem, that they didn't provide refunds. I was so upset because of the amount of money I paid for the tickets. Nor myself or any of the other ticket holders could attend the "rescheduled" date due to other obligations and Vivid Seats still would not honor us a refund. They "stole" $1300 from me and convinced PayPal Credit not to honor me a refund as well.

    I was not very knowledgeable of Vivid Seats before I made the purchase but have been a loyal PayPal Credit account holder for years and feel PayPal has let me down as well. I am looking forward to paying off my PayPal Credit account and never to use PayPal or Vivid Seats again. Both appear to be in the business of scamming honest consumers in the name of money.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2019

    Purchased tickets through Vivid. It was a scam. The seller sold the tickets elsewhere and I have evidence from Ticketmaster that I never received my tickets and that my tickets were invalid the day of the event. Their 100% buyer guarantee is a fraud. They refused to give me my money back. They refused to answer my questions and said they have a no refund policy even when I fell under the the buyer guarantee policy. STAY AWAY.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2019

    I bought tickets for Ed Sheeran with my platinum Amex last year for his show in Kansas City. I never received the tickets by mail or email. When I looked through my phone on the day of the concert after flying from New York to KC, I had spent $900 and had no tickets. So, I called “customer service”. They told me that my tickets were from a third party and that there was nothing they could do. After two hours of trying to solve it, I called American Express and explained everything. They refunded my money. Then, I tried to buy tickets to Seinfeld in NYC. Again, the day of, I get an email saying my tickets were cancelled. I called “customer service”. They said I had submitted a buyback, so from now on my orders would be cancelled! So, I was screwed again! I despise this company. They are thieves!!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2019

    I purchased hockey tickets from Groupon last night and got an email this morning from Vivid Seats that the tickets were not available and that I'd get a refund in 3-5 business days. What kind of BS is that? You take my money, get confirmation on the seats and then the next day you tell me they are not available?? Never will I do business again with them. Groupon should never use them as their ticketing partner.

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    Customer ServiceSales & Marketing

    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019

    I ordered and paid for 2 tickets to an event that was to start at 7:30 p.m. on 10/18/19. At about 6:50 p.m. the night of the event I still had not received my tickets so I called Vivid Seats. I spoke with an agent who said he would help get the tickets sent electronically. I was on the phone with him for over 35 minutes without any success in receiving the tickets, until at 7:32 p.m.

    I went to the box office of the venue and got other tickets there so I could see the event. I never received the tickets from VividSeats. I called for a refund and was refused and told that they had proof the I received the tickets prior to 7:30. Not true, and I have the email summary to prove it. Their advertised 100% guarantee to receive tickets prior to the event was not honored. I am owed a refund, but VividSeats refused. Very unfair, dishonest, and disappointing. They should not get any stars for their review. An honest business would admit their failure and honor their advertised guarantee.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2019

    I purchased tickets to an event and was patiently waiting on my "Transfer" tickets from the reseller. The same day of the event I became a bit worried because I had not received my tickets. Only hours away from the concert & I could not speak with anyone at Vivid Seats. I tried chatting but the automated chat was not helpful. I receive a call from a rep finally, to tell me there was a mistake and the reseller sent my tickets to another email (WTF!) but that I should not worry because I was getting better upgraded seats at no additional cost. I was glad, as I mentioned to the rep my drive to this concert is at least 2 hours.

    So there we are driving only fiiiiiivee minutes away from the venue and I receive a call again!!!! Telling me "You do not have tickets! We're sending you a refund. Bye!" seriously! Im sure these "Good reviews" are all bs. Thank goodness for ticketmaster to save the day with incredibly close seats at an even better cost than Vivid Seats. If I could give zero stars, believe me I would! 2 thumbs down. Fair warning, be careful guys.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2019

    Bought tickets for an event and it got postponed. I could not attend the new date so call to get a refund. Nope. They don't do that. They will tell you to either resell the tickets or give them to a friend. What kind of company won't back what they are selling? I could see if the date didn't get changed and I just wanted cancel but that's not the case. The event got change to a date 3 months down the road.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2019

    You will never get the email with the actual tickets!! And when you call for a refund they keep telling you you got it. And then they will tell you they have proof the people send you the ticket and it's not their fault if you never got them.

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2019

    I purchased tickets to the big game for this upcoming weekend and they allow the seller to resell my tickets and offered me a less visible seat in a completely different section than what I paid for. They would not honor the original section or seats that I paid for and they are not doing anything to the seller who created this situation in the first place. Buyer beware. If you don’t mind sitting in less valuable seats and paying a higher price for your original seat then go ahead and do business with this company otherwise stay away.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2019

    I've been a Vivid Seats customer for several years now and have never had an issue with them until this last time that I purchased tickets. As a gift to my parents for their Anniversary I bought them tickets to a baseball game that were 1 section over/same row as us. When they got to the game and actually opened the tickets to scan them, we saw that the tickets we purchased were completely different to what they gave us. Instead of 1 section over from us, they were 9 sections over. When I called Vivid Seats to complain and ask for a refund or at least a discount I was told they would not do that due to them being able to give you tickets of the same value or an upgrade. Since when is this ok? So let's deceive our customers into thinking they're getting a great seat and then sending them something else. Total RIPOFF!!

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2019

    After purchasing tickets for a big time playoff game, I never received the "delivery" email. I spent 45 minutes on the phone with customer service. Long story short, I never got the tickets. Never again!

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2019

    I lost my ticket and no one could help me. They refused to get the seller to reprint or reissue so I was out of luck. And I paid over 3 times the price for a seat. I don't know why they don't hold their sellers more accountable as they are a 1.5 billion dollar company.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2019

    I purchased tickets advertised through Groupon. At no point did the seller indicate they were standing room only SRO till after I received the tickets. Neither Vivid Seats nor Groupon would refund. I have a medical condition that does not permit me to stand. If I knew tickets were for standing I would not purchase. Buyer beware. This group is a ripoff. $125 USD to stand.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019

    I purchased two tickets to the Yankees Twins game. The game was 10/5 and I bought the tickets on 9/16. They took my money easily enough but then the problems began. On 9/18 I received an email from their seller telling me to click the link to accept the tickets. I clicked the link and it kept saying, "Oops something's wrong on our end. Please try again." I then contacted customer service on 9/19 and told them what the issue was. They were unable to help and furthermore told me that the seller had delivered the tickets to me and there was nothing they could do. I called every day until 1 hour before the game. They kept telling me that the tickets were confirmed delivered by the seller. But they weren’t. They continued to protect the scam artist seller.

    I bought tickets to the game on StubHub which was so much easier than Vivid Seats convoluted process. I bought two tickets in the same section one row ahead of the two seats vivid seats allegedly sold me and low and behold there were two people sitting there. I have now contacted the bank reported it as fraudulent so we’ll see how it goes. Vivid Seats will do nothing to help you if there is an issue with their crap website and their alleged 100% guaranteed is a complete lie. Please I urge you do not use this company.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019

    Purchased tickets and seats weren't together, called and they said I could sell tickets and buy more. Paid 4k for 5 tickets tickets and that's the services you get! Thought I paid double the price so tickets would be together but consumer apparently is always wrong! Tried to go through online customer service and gave order number. They replied back 3 days later with wrong order number and wrong name?

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019

    I purchased tickets through their website. I received an email confirmation and my credit card was charged. Believing that I had the tickets I went on with my day. I checked my email later and they had cancelled my order. When contacting customer service they could not tell me why the order was cancelled other than some information could not be verified (despite having my correct credit card information and my email address). Ticket prices had nearly doubled since my original purchase and their response could be summed up as better luck next time. At one point one of their representatives hung up on me because I was not satisfied with their non-answer answers. I would never use their services again nor would I recommend anyone else to do so either.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2019

    Never could speak to human. Website fraudulent. Never use this company!! Said tickets already taken by other user. Immediately bought other tickets, then received email that I had purchased both. Tried for an hour to speak with live person to no success. Online chat useless.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2019

    I listed a game parking ticket for the first time. I reached out (via public info) to ask if buyer preferred hand delivery a few blocks away. Now am being charged not paid; mgmt won't even take calls.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2019

    This company sold us tickets and then took them away a few weeks later. Apparently they never actually owned or had the tickets, and the true owner decided to do something else with them. Very sketchy. They had already provided the tickets to our mobile device, which they revoked when this happened, so we called them to see what our options were. They offered us a free upgrade to better tickets, which sounded great, but then after accepting the better tickets they told us they didn't have those tickets either - and that we wouldn't see them until a week before the event.

    At this point we are waiting to find out if we will receive these new tickets at all, and our travel plans are totally up in the air until then, not knowing what is going to happen. Even if we do finally get the tickets, as we learned from our original tickets, they could easily just revoke them if the actual ticket owner decides to do something else with them.

    We asked for a refund and they said it was too late because we already approved the new tickets. Well, I only approved the new tickets because I thought they actually had those tickets to give. At no point did they explain we might never receive them and would have to wait until a week before the event. In my opinion it's a very shady and dishonest way they are doing business, and they clearly only care about their profits (not customer service). Currently in a credit card dispute now to hopefully get my money back and go through a more reputable ticket vendor to make sure we can actually attend this event.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2019

    I have 4 children and could not find parking for the Eagles opener. My son went on VIVID to order get a parking pass for $200. Yes $200 he mistaking put in the wrong email address. He and I tried calling VIVID to try and correct the mistake. We kept getting a pop up window to chat. The pop up window was useless. By 11:00 on Monday we finally got a live person on the phone. Her response was, "Sunday is our busiest day and we are understaffed." She was laughing on the phone and said, "Too bad we have a no refund policy." The customer support person could care less. We never got to use the parking pass and lost $200. We are disputing it. Their position is we should have read the no refund T&C's. I will take them to small claims court. Very unreputable company. Never use VIVID.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2019

    I have had the same issues that multiple others have been having regarding not receiving tickets. I ordered two sets of tickets for the Eagles vs Falcons game on September 15, 2019. The first set came through just fine with a an email providing a link from Ticketmaster that I had to download the tickets through an electronic transfer. I received an email that my second set of tickets were delivered and to follow the link provided to download the tickets, which did not work. I called Vivid Seats and the person walked me through how to do it, I tried following his instructions but it did not work, the guy kept walking me through it and eventually hung up on me. I spent over 6 hours with Vivid Seats customer service on the phone, through chat, and email to try and get refunded for the tickets I never received.

    The last call I had, the person walked me through searching for the email in my email box from the Atlanta Falcons ticket office or Ticketmaster, which, naturally I was unable to find but they were not interested in that fact. I called the Atlanta Falcons ticket office and they confirmed that I never received the tickets because they were not in my account. Every person I talked to at Vivid stated that the seller confirmed the delivery of the tickets via the email on file. However, there are two parties to a transaction, a seller and a buyer.

    The company was not interested in me the buyer, stating that I never received the tickets, they were only interested in protecting the seller, which I do not agree with, they should be interested in protecting both seller and buyer. They gave me a credit for the fees that Vivid charged but it was only 15% of the amount that I actually paid for the tickets. I will use the credit they provided and that will most likely be the last time I use the site to purchase tickets and I think it is getting to the point where this company needs to be held accountable for their actions and poor business practices.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

    They charged my card for tickets they said I ordered which I didn't. Thankfully, I received an email from the ticket source asking me to "accept" the tickets, which I quickly declined and received an email saying they were declined. Vivid Seats didn't issue me a credit for the charge so I contacted their customer service. They said I accepted the tickets and therefore was on the hook for the charges. They said my only option was to try to resell the tickets. I told them I didn't order the tickets and even so they were declined so there was nothing to sell.

    This person had the gall to tell me he was going to reissue the "accept" request which I needed to accept so I could resell the tickets. I told him again I didn't order the tickets so why would I accept them? I received the email and went in to decline them again so there was no question and once I went in to decline, the notice from the ticket source said there were no tickets to accept because they were previously declined! What a miserable experience.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

    I spoke with customer service/ chat regarding an issue I was having selling my tickets. They were rude, and not useful at all. I work in customer support, if I spoke that way to my customers I would not have a job. I advised them to place more information on their site and they said they wont. Overall experience was not worth it to try and sell the tickets I no longer needed. Wont buy from them again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2019

    I’m never one to complain, but Vivid Seats literally has no customer service. They were 36 hours late on an e-ticket (yes the same ones you can instantly download from StubHub). Normally this wouldn’t have been a problem, but my friend backed out of going. It sure would have been nice to be able to sell that ticket instead of getting it an hour before the game. No apology, credit or nothing. If that’s the kind of customer service you want, go for it. It’s cheap for a reason.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019

    In fact I’m not going to use them again. Thinking back on last Opening Day I didn’t get my tickets until late the day prior. I was pissed 'cuz I had to do it on an actual computer not just a cellphone. I was already up in the city so it was good my hotel was able to let me access one but I was really upset. Nope NOT using them again for sure!! PLUS I called them several time before I left to tell them I was still waiting only for them to say.... "Oh you should get them soon!" Also I bought Andrea Bocelli tickets through them then about three weeks later they told me they weren’t available and wanted to give me nosebleed for the same price but I got a refund.

    Recently I went ahead and bought 2 SRO tickets. We get there and they scan both of them then they told me they had already been used. I was in shock and heartbroken that we were going to miss Bochy's Goodbye ceremony! VIVID SEATS can't make that up to us! They took away Precious memories we would have had being there. Just please don't do business with them! I don't want any of you to feel what we felt yesterday. So sad!!! Untrustworthy company!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019

    It’s too bad I can’t put 0 stars. I ordered tickets same day as event and it took a hour to get the confirmation email. When I finally did the link did not work. I called and they told me that they did what they were supposed to and would not give a refund for a “troubleshoot” issue. They said Ticketmaster MIGHT give me a refund. Ticketmaster wasn’t the one I have the money to or did any business with. The representative was very rude and finally to get me off the phone offered $70 credit which wasn’t even a third of what I paid for the tickets. I declined because I will never use this company again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019

    They will not give you tickets at time of purchase and say you will get them 48 hours out. When we did not receive our tickets at the designated time, we began calling them. At one point they sent calls from my husband's cell directly to automated answering. We used my cell phone and got right through. Two hours before game time, we wanted our money back and we were referred to a supervisor who got huffy and said, "You didn't need to talk to me to get a refund!" They purchase tickets from a third party, get commission, and screw you if the ticket is from a fraudulent individual. I reported them to my credit card company. Crooks.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2019

    The experience started well, taking my money and sending confirmation went smoothly. Apparently, according to Darren, (top of the escalation chain as the first representative was unable to do anything other than record the issue details twice), sending confirmation and a second email containing a URL to retrieve the purchased parking pass is the totality of their perceived responsibility. When clicking on the aforementioned URL, logging onto the Ticketmaster website and clicking on show details to reveal the parking pass bar code the page turned, revealed an empty page with the words "no details". Darren's solution was to advise me to contact Ticketmaster! I told him my purchase and contract was with Vivid, not Ticketmaster and their failure in electronic data exchange was not my problem. This is where the call ended.

    I was unable to retrieve the parking pass I purchased from Vivid and their response is it's not their fault because they sent an email with the URL. I told Darren Vivid took my money and is contractually obligated to deliver the purchased parking pass, but Darren kept insisting Vivid isn't responsible....UNBELIEVABLE! I will NEVER use Vivid again, they're happy to take your money and claim zero responsibility other than sending you an email with an invalid URL.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2019

    If you have to be sent to YouTube to watch a video on how to retrieve your purchased tickets, then there is a problem. Vivid Seats is a complete joke. Complicated and complex. Who has time for this kind of nonsense! How about just purchasing online and being sent an email to confirm your purchase and be done with it. I will never use Vivid Seats for future events. I give this site a ZERO.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2019

    Scam Company! On September 17th, I purchased a $100 ticket to the Titans at Falcons, then received an confirmation email saying the tickets will be sent once the seller confirms the order. It also said I can look up the action on my Vivid Seats account, which I did. Said it was pending confirmation from the seller, and now the game is tomorrow and I never got the ticket. I looked back at the 17th in my email history and the confirmation email didn't even exist anymore, and the order didn't exist on my Vivid Seats account anymore either! So I went on my Bank account and saw that I still got charged for the ticket on the 17th. I tried to call Vivid Seats, no Customer Service. I spent an hour trying to get a live person. It's not possible, so Vivid Seats literally stole my money!

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2019

    If I could rate 0 stars I would. Spent almost $700 on 3 seats and delivery totally messed up. Found it impossible to speak to a human and chat option inane. The whole process of electronic delivery is unnecessarily complex and poorly designed involving linking to multiple websites and emails from unknown sellers that end up in spam. No help when there are questions. At least with Stubhub you have the tickets in your hand or on your phone at least a week in advance and you can get them on the phone.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2019

    Horrible experience with Vivid Seats! I purchased tickets to an NFL game and then went to another site to see on a stadium map where exactly the row was. I found out that the row for those seats did not exist. An email from the Manager of Ticket Sales at the stadium verified that there was no such row in that section. Vivid Seats, through a chat session agreed that there was no such row and that the seller would have to correct the error or the purchase price would be refunded and that I would be notified shortly. I was not notified shortly of anything.

    A follow up chat session 3 days later offered no additional information from the seller. Vivid Seats said that the seller had until the specified delivery date, over a month away, to do fix the error and no refund would be processed until that time, ONE WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT. No guaranteed non-bogus seats, no offer for a refund, until 40 days following the purchase of bogus tickets. UNBELIEVABLE!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2019

    I bought a parking pass for $65 in the Orange lot at Metlife Stadium. When I got there I was told the lot was full and then I tried another lot and it was full. I ended up having to park in the parking garage for another $45. I called Vivid Seats and went round and round with their customer support. After 2 weeks they offered me a credit of $14 because $51 went directly to the seller. I told them to keep their credit because I will not ever by from Vivid Seats again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2019

    Vivid Seats resells very expensive tickets that you can find at least half the price from any decent resellers... And don't count on the customer support to answer any of your requests. I'll never ever buy anything from them.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2019

    I purchased Skynyrd tickets the week they went on sale. $1500 for two VIP tickets. The process only allowed the next best available. The seats were the farthest right you could possibly get, couldn’t see the stage and the devastating part was the people sitting next to us paid $130 for two seats! Definitely did NOT get what I paid for. We watched the concert on the screens! NEVER using Vivid again! Think twice and research other companies before purchasing from Vivid! It was a distressing, disappointing evening!

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2019

    When you place your ticket on checking out, you can not see any delivery date before you pay. On that page, you will have a option to pay several dollars for refund service. After you pay, you will see the delivery date is one day before your event. When you try to contact customer service 4-5 times, you will get contact with one rude agent who says you cannot do anything and we cannot give you refund. LOL REALLY A DISGUSTING WEBSITE I HAVE EVER SEEN. How does this website survive until now???

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2019

    Vivid Seats sent us tickets that didn't look valid, small stubs. We browsed Seahawks web site and saw they went 100% mobile. That increased our suspicions. We worked with Seahawks support to determine the tickets we received from Vivid Seats were invalid.. a scam from the seller. Luckily we determined this before trying to use them and get rejected at the gate. Vivid Seats has a guarantee that seats are valid or your money back. They refuse to respond. I'm emailing daily with proof the tickets are invalid, no response. You can't call them to ask for a manager, no number posted to call. Their chat is non-existent, sat there for 30 minutes, no live chat response. There's a reason you can't post reviews on their site. BBB is my only option. Crooks. I would avoid at all costs.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2019

    Kid Rock ticket. This has to be the crappiest company I have ever used. Purchased 1 tix over on 8/15/19 and still haven't received my ticket yet as of 1 pm EST on 9/19/19. The concert is tomorrow. I wouldn't use this crappy company ever again and would recommend everyone to not use this company. Terrible customer service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2019

    I guess I should have read the reviews about this company before spending $700 on tickets for a concert. Purchased tickets back on 5/8/2019. Received confirmation email of ticket purchase and email stating my tickets would be available 9/15/2019 via electronic transfer, 2 days before my event. I did not receive my tickets and called the day of the event stating so. I called the first stating the problem I was having, the woman was friendly, asked for an alternate email in case that was the issue and told me they had contacted the seller and the seller was going to resend my tickets, if I had not received them 1 hour after the phone call...call again. 1 hour later, no tickets, call again and the second man I spoke to again was apologetic and told me again that the seller was resending my tickets, if I didn’t hear or receive an email call back again in 1 hour.

    After waiting over 2 full hours and still no tickets we were about 3 and a half hours before the event, 2 hours before doors opened for the event. I receive a phone call from someone at Vivid stating they were issuing me different tickets....in a different section and different row. Ok sure no problem aside from the fact that the new tickets were worth $60 less EACH from the tickets we originally purchased. I was told nothing could be done and now suddenly they had proof I received my tickets on 5/30/2019 when I was looking directly at an email telling me my tickets would be available ON 9/15/2019. The man who called me was very rude and told me that now I had accepted the new tickets nothing could be done and that was the best they could do. Best they could do?! For a company who 100% guarantees customer satisfaction.

    Of course I accepted the different tickets. At this point it was 45 minutes before the event was supposed to start, we traveled out of state and purchased a hotel room for the evening. I wasn’t asking to be refunded. I was simply asking to be reimbursed for the inconvenience of worse seats in a farther section. The man told me to call the next day to figure it out and that was all he could do for me and actually ended up DISCONNECTING the phone call on me. I called the day after the event as he had stated I could and was told the same twist of nothing they could do. There was proof I had them. I accepted different tickets so I should be happy, etc.

    The funny thing is though when I had asked for the proof he had that I received them on this obscure date he couldn’t give me any and told me that they were accepted a few days later which NOBODY had mentioned before and said to me “don’t call a few hours before the event and expect for it to be fixed” even though when you call customer service they tell you they PRIORITIZE people with events today and tomorrow. What a bunch of disappointment and garbage. Rude people, no solution and a bogus guarantee advertised on their website. Will NEVER buy from them again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019

    Bought $1200 worth of tickets on Vivid Seats 2 weeks ago. Now three days before the event I need to resale some in advance due to a death in the family. But, Vivid says they don’t possess or control delivery of the tickets they sell AND now the tickets they sold me aren’t eligible for resale anyway!! You can’t actually talk to a human being in customer service. Just a bad, bad process. Don’t give them your money!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019

    I bought 4 tickets to the Rolling Stone concert in Miami Fl for April 20th 2019. The show was rescheduled for Aug 31st 2019. I paid $937.48 for 4 tickets and was willing to wait 'til Aug 31st but Hurricane Dorian was approaching and one day's notice moved it to Aug 30th. We could not attend because of the approaching hurricane. We live in Cocoa Beach FL and are over 3 hrs away and Florida declared a State of Emergency. Called Vivid Seats for a refund and was told because the show was rescheduled I can't get a refund. I also bought insurance through PayPal from Allianz Global Assistance and they too said to go through where I bought my tickets. Talked to the top guy Brandon **. and he was really no help. So bottom line do not buy tickets from Vivid Seats. They are not a reputable co.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019

    I put tickets to the Old Dominion University - University of Virginia game in the cart to see how much they would cost. The price was too high, so I closed the window without making a purchase. Imagine my surprise when I saw that my bank had withdrawn $192.50 for an order I never completed. They told me that it is impossible to get a refund. Avoid Vivid Seats at all cost!

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019

    Whatever you do, Do not buy tickets here from this site. The seller usually doesn’t buy tickets from the vendor until last minute which means you don’t get your tickets until last minute....if you get your tickets. This seller was late 3 times so far delivering my tickets and the agents lied to me twice of a refund but with a constant run around. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!!! StubHub is better.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2019

    You cannot transfer electronic ticket. I purchased ticket 3/30/19. Still on the phone with them after chatting 3 time and on the phone still no tickets. They do not care and always give and this people never help you. The customer service is from overseas and they don't own what to do and when you pass that you will be chat with a machine. For me I will pay more for not need to deal with this people ever again. TRUST ME. DON'T GET TICKETS FROM THIS SITE, YOU WILL BE VERY MAD.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2019

    On June 29, 2019 I bought 2 tickets on your website for the Rolling Stones concert that occurred last Friday, August 30, 2019 on Hard Rock Stadium, Miami – FL. These 2 tickets together cost me more than a thousand dollars. On the day of the show, I had a really bad surprise on the entrance of the stadium. When I tried to use my tickets, the security told that those where “invalid tickets”, and that they were probably fake. I was told to go to the ticket center on Hard Rock Stadium to try to solve this embarrassing situation. It was raining a lot at the moment; I got my fiancé and ran to this ticket office hoping not to lose the concert.

    When I reached this office, I was told the same thing, that those where “invalid tickets” and that if I wanted to attend the concert, I should buy new tickets at that time. So, after paying $1005.06 two months before the concert on Vividseats.com, I needed to pay more $239.50 PER TICKET ($479,00) at the Hard Rock Stadium ticket center to attend the concert on a worst place and far place from the tickets I originally bought on your website. After some days analyzing my case, Vivid Seats refuses to refund me.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2019

    Could not access my tickets for 1 hour after the Metallica S&M concert in Chase Center. The app didn’t work! No ticket was there. Called and emailed multiple times and received no help from customer service. The next day I called and their representative had no reasonable response about the issue. They said it’s the bank fault!

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2019

    I usually use other services, so I have a benchmark. I gave Vivid Seats a try, and it failed miserably. First of all, once I created a listing, it did not automatically show up in the search results for the show. I had to speak to customer service. The associate did not give me any explanations and did not apologize, but the listing was activated. However, Vivid Seats has a weird policy that ticket listings automatically expire every few hours. It's ridiculous. The day of the show, when most people shop for tickets, the listing has to be manually renewed every 4 hours. Who wants to be checking on their listings every few hours on the day of their Broadway trip? Not me. And even that wasn't the most frustrating part.

    Half an hour after I renewed the listing on my phone, I went to check it on my computer and it was still not activated in the results. I guess you just have to call customer service every single time you list or reactivate an existing listing. I gave up. There are much better services out there that actually sell and don't trouble you. If I wanted to be on the phone with customer service every four hours on the day I reserved for my Broadway trip, I'd rather just call all my friends and find someone who wants my ticket, and pay no fee. So useless.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2019

    I purchased concert tickets 3 months prior. Delivery was guaranteed week of concert. Been on phone 3 consecutive days before concert with no promised callbacks. Day of concert today. Still no ticket and refusal to refund.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2019

    I purchased tickets for a Mets-Phillies game on July 7th. When I tried to enter the stadium with my wife, we were denied entry and told we had to go to customer service. They told us that someone had already entered with our tickets. So the seller sold them twice. While I understand Vivid Seats is not the seller, they should hold themselves more responsible for the tickets they sell. It was a very poor experience and ruined our day.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2019

    Took me almost to game time to get my seats. Total runaround by incompetent representatives. They acted like it was my fault. Had to charge back on my credit card and file a BBB complaint to get them to respond.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2019

    I purchased ticket from them against my better judgement months ago. Besides the HUGE gauge they call a service charge, I couldn't see what seat numbers I was getting, only the row (not even a section). Now three days before the show, I get a text saying the tickets have been transferred. Transferred where??? They make Ticketbastard look good by comparison. They don't even deserve a star, but you can't rate no stars or I would.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2019

    After I bought the tickets, the link sent me to another site which I was locked out of. I then had no choice but to reject the tickets, even though I first accepted it. They were nice on the phone but told me my it was my tough luck, that other site is my problem, and I rejected the tix. They don't really sell tickets, they just send you to a link to login to the sellers account. If you don't have an account there, that's your problem.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019

    In the previous reviews people said they talked to an actual person at Vivid Seats. I'd like to know how they did that, because after 2 weeks of calling, e-mailing, texting I have gotten only recordings or no response at all. I bought tickets to the Bears game in London. The tickets will arrive at my house (at best) on Tuesday of that week when I'll be on the plane on my way to London. I've tried repeatedly to contact them to either cancel, or redirect the delivery with no results. Consequently I'm out $400.00. The tickets are high, the service fees are exorbitant, customer service does not exist.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2019

    Do not buy tickets from them. If something goes wrong with your event they will NOT support you. They are unscrupulous. Please trust me on this one. There are plenty of others places to get tickets from.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    Bought tickets for Sept 8 game cardinals vs lions, thought everything went well. Got email confirmation my card was charged so I assumed all was good. Wrong. Not even ten minutes later my tickets are canceled and I can’t get my money back to purchase tickets elsewhere for 3 to 5 business days. So my kids are without watching the game now thanks to Vivid Seats. Lesson learned. Next time will go through Seat Geek like I normally do.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2019

    I ordered tickets for a concert in September, in August. I received an email saying that I will be receiving a confirmation email. I have been on the phone with Vivid Seats since August 26th till today September 5th. My concert is on September 7th and I still have not received my tickets. I am on hold now for a supervisor for 1/2. No one has come to the phone. Was told to create an account in Live Nation and Ticket Master and nothing is there. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE. DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE MY OPINION AND MY REALITY.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019

    Bought tix for Bruno Mars concert in Vegas. Taken off the line with a claim that the tix I had purchased were fraudulent. Mandalay Bay made good on the purchase otherwise I would have been out of $650. I will never ever deal with this company and I urge anyone wanted to deal with them, to reconsider.

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019

    I purchased two sets of 3 tickets each to Elton John. Within minutes all 6 tickets were canceled. In the email it said that I withheld payment in past to them or another competitor. I spoke with a senior customer service agent that day. He told me my only recourse was to email support@vividseats.com. I have done this every day and received zero response! Today, 4 days later I spoke with another senior customer service agent. She told me that it is up to their discretion if they ever want to contact me or accept another ticket order again. I have never withheld payment to them or any competitor, I have perfect credit and am totally disgusted with their lack of customer service. Never do business with them!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 4, 2019

    Purchased tickets on line. Read the information. Was "linked" via the AK State fair to this organization and didn't realize I had any other choice. Ticket price was originally $40 + $6.00 fee. AFter reviewing my invoice and AFTER I compared the tickets realized the HUGE charges. They had increased the tickets to $51.00, charged a service fee of $7.90, then added on a Delivery Fee (online mind you) of $26+.....My ticket price went from what should have been $92.00 for 2 tickets to $126.28. There was also apparently a "discount" of -$10 something. Nonetheless, got no good support from them. I am calling the AK Fair and advising NOT TO USE THIS VENDOR. TOTAL RIP OFF.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2019

    I purchased tickets for the wrong date. Within seconds I contacted them and they reported they were unable to provide a refund. Although they acknowledged that no tickets would be provided to me and understood that I errantly purchased tickets for the wrong date, they said they would not send tickets to me but would still charge me full price for 4 tickets. Shame on you Vivid Seats for having such horrific refund policy. Unethical and terrible business practice.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2019

    Purchased tickets in May 2019 for an event in Canfield, OH on Labor Day. Watched for email from VIVID SEATS three days before event. Received email from a John somebody with Ticketmaster. Didn't open because I didn't recognize sender. Called VIVID. Told me that those were my tickets. Could not download Ticketmaster App. Spend an hour on Live Chat with snippy person who assured me the tickets would be at the venue "On Call." Went there today to pick them up. Not there. Pleaded with ticket counter to print them for me as I was unable to open App. Will NEVER EVER buy tickets from VIVID SEATS again nor Ticketmaster. Horrible, stressful experience. Thankfully, person at fair booth was able to print tickets for me.

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    After a positive interaction with Vivid Seats, Jason increased their star rating on Sept. 4, 2019.

    Updated review: Sept. 4, 2019

    They finally sent the tickets 15 minutes before the show. After a total of 20 plus emails with 2 different emails they came through at the last minute. However, I'm not 100% certain I'll use them again. I've purchased airline tickets electronically much easier than tickets from them.

    Original Review: Sept. 2, 2019

    Stay away from this site. After purchasing my tickets to an event. They took my money in two seconds. But this is day three now and they still haven't sent my tickets to me even after multiple calls and chats with just about everyone at Vivid Seats. They made me create a new email and sent multiple bad links for me to retrieve my tickets with no success. Customer service is a pain in the neck to get through to anyone live. Now I'm in a hotel near my venue and still have nothing in my email or account. They are not going to last long treating people like this. Behold Vivid Seats! I'll do what I could to SHUT YOU DOWN!

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2019

    Since our event was within 24 hours of purchase, we had to confirm our order over the phone within an hour of purchase using a phone number listed in one of our order detail emails (which we did!). We even received a confirmation email thanking us for our phone call after we completed ticket confirmation. Hours later at 11:43pm, we received an email stating that our event order was canceled. I called customer service immediately and spoke to two agents. They both told me that there was nothing they could do because their system said that we had never called to confirm our tickets, even though we had email and phone history as proof. Since it is so late the night prior to the event, there were no listings with comparable prices and seats, nor were our original tickets re-listed for re-purchase. Vivid Seats did not offer any kind of help to fix our problem when their system ruined our day and now left us without tickets last minute.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2019

    Vivid Seats lies about their service, they should be banished. Was promised entrance into Washington State Fairgrounds with paid Keith Urban ticket, once we got to the event, we found out we had to pay entrance fee, Vivid Seats is a RIP OFF, pleaase stay away!!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2019

    I bought tickets for an event and the seller was misleading as to the type of tickets they were. I have never been to a show at the particular venue but there was a VIP section and GA and VIP Platinum. So I was looking at 2 listings. One said VIPBAL indicating it was a VIP balcony seat and the one I ultimately wound up buying which said VIPGA VIP general admission? Well since GA was on the floor I assumed these were VIP on the floor nothing indicated otherwise. And these were more expensive.

    So I purchased them and I received the tickets electronically and was upset to see they were balcony VIP which I could have purchased there or from a reputable vendor for less. They have a no refund policy. Even though they could clearly see how the listing was misleading they would not do anything for me only offering to let me resell them with no guarantee that they would even sell so I would be out $250 if they say no. I would never use them again,. Nor do I recommend using them to make a purchase. They do not care about the buyers only their money. Bad business, bad customer service and bad policies. Steer clear!

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2019

    Could not access my tickets and received no help from customer service.. All they did was tell me who I should call or contact... They do not offer any refunds or exchanges!! Buyer beware!!!! I would not buy from this site ever again! NO STARS!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2019

    The fact that I could not, as their service implies, resell my ticket because they "do not yet have the capability to resell tickets through the phone app," should not make me responsible for the amount listed below. I tried over and over to get in touch with their terrible customer service a half hour wait two times, only to have your rep say to me, "you can't resell the ticket with your phone," I can't?!?! Then they had the gall to say "google how to resell it in some other way." Are you kidding me?!?! Then you have the nerve to charge me when I could not fulfill my obligation to the guy who wanted to buy my ticket. This is called theft. In reality I got the real answer eventually, but it still DID not help. "We can only have "authorized resellers resell tickets." Really?!?! That is not what the implication of your service is.

    As a result, I could not resell their ticket and I had to eat it. So not only am I out the app $170 for the ticket I could not use or resell, but you are charging me another $134. Why? Why not let me know on the ** website that I could not resell it on my phone!!!! This is a scam. They are unethical. And I will never use your ** "service" again. Very unsatisfied "customer."

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    You cannot transfer electronic ticket. Almost missing my game and this people never help you. The customer service is from overseas and they don't own what to do and when you pass that you will be chat with a machine. For me I will pay more for not need to deal with this people ever again. TRUST ME. DON'T GET TICKETS FROM THIS SITE, YOU WILL BE VERY MAD.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    Extremely unprofessional experience - refused to escalate my concerns to more senior customer service professionals. I recently had spinal fusion surgery and pulmonary embolisms preventing me from attending a future event. Vivid Seats told me they didn't have a seller for my tickets yet (i.e. they hadn't bought my tickets yet because they could not find a seller), and I offered to pay them a commission to cancel the order since I couldn't attend the event. I even offered to let them name their number. They refused to speak with me about it after I waited on the phone to speak with someone for 68 minutes.

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    Reviewed Aug. 29, 2019

    I find their inability to answer a phone with the fees they charge per ticket to be one of the WORST examples of customer service around. When I bought tickets they were all about taking to me. But now that they have my money, they only have digital Betty ready to ask STUPID questions without answering a single one! Then they send a survey WITHOUT answering my questions!

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    If you’re thinking about purchasing tickets from this company, don’t! For starters the tickets are way overpriced. I purchased tickets for the Las Vegas Summer League games for 1 day and for two tickets the final price came out to be 158 dollars, when the actual event itself was selling two tickets for a final price of 57 dollars. But even with the overpricing problem of the tickets that’s still not the problem! While I was on the phone with the agent, I asked him multiple times when the game started, and he claimed he looked it up. He told me that the game started at 9pm. However, when my mom and I got to the Thomas and Mack Center at 9pm the event was over. There was not a time of the event on the tickets they sent us nor was it a time on the website, so I was relying on what the agent of this company claimed he looked up and verified.

    I called Vivid Seats Customer Service and my bank that same night to let them know what had happened. Vivid Seats claimed they had reviewed my phone call with the agent, but still wouldn’t refund me my money. After a couple days, my bank eventually called me as well saying they couldn’t get my money back either because the company has a hidden disclaimer that states whether they or right or wrong they will not refund you your money. In other words, save your time and money and find a better reliable service for any event you wish to go to.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2019

    I purchased Lions tickets on 7-12-2019 for a preseason game at Ford Field. It was for Friday August 23 against the Buffalo Bills. This was a birthday present for my other half. We received a section number row number but no seat number. I tried the week before was on phone for 2 hours would get them couple days before. I tried 2 days before by chat and got they would be sent. NOTHING. So we went down to Ford Field (first time there) with our e-mail. Paid fifty dollars for parking. The email was of no use. But we were able to get tickets again. Never use this company again. Would not even give them 1 star.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2019

    Ordered Styx tickets on May for a show on August 25th. Never received the tickets. And in fact they resold our row 2 seats for over 900.00 U.S. and didn't inform us. They claimed that they had to move us to row 18 Because of an obstructed view. The tix were purchased back in May for 100.00 U.S. each. Nothing but a bunch of scalpers. We're now out hundreds of dollars in flights and accommodation. Horrible and disappointing experience.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2019

    I wish I was able to give no stars for this. I have always bought my tickets from Vivid, a great company up until last night. First off, my boyfriend bought tickets for Florida Georgia Line on Aug 22, they sent him the wrong tickets for FGL Aug 10, Vivid resent us tickets for the correct date. We go all the way to DTE, spend $50 in food and $25 in gas. We are in line waiting to get into the concert and all for nothing because the workers say our tickets were invalid. We try and contact Vivid, and there was still no communication. For a night of spending $400 in tickets, $50 in food, $25 in gas, and taking the night off of work to deal with this. It would be great if we were reimbursed for this headache, and tickets to September 8th for Florida Georgia Line. I never want to experience this ever again.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2019

    I purchased two tickets for Raconteurs, and after I downloaded the link I found that the tickets sent were for a different band and different date. I contacted the customer service the same day, and none of the representatives including Senior Customer Care Service representative offered any help. They did not want neither to replace nor reimburse these tickets. All they said, as well as a prerecorded message suggested to sell these tickets to somebody which also impossible due to the fact that these tickets are tighter up to personal ID and credit card used for purchase. Finally, I was offered $30 for not complaining, which I refused.

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    I got an email with a discount. It didn’t work so I called and chatted and I was assured the discount function was just not working at the time and I would be reimbursed after I purchased and emailed customer service. So I had done my best to validate pricing upfront. After purchase I emailed multiple times, chatted multiple times, and disputed the charge... still no discount! Never use Vivid Seats! Spread the word!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    Online purchase of two VIP seats for concert in CA. CC processed for $700.00. No worries, as long as I get tickets. Has to be app download for tickets. One week later no tickets. One week later, multiple calls to Vivid CC group. No case remarks, no dedicated CSR, call center. Identify problem and multiple efforts to download tickets to me. Told, "We are not seller" and "Sorry but we cannot refund you, our policy." I stated, "No deliverable of service or tickets, how can you justify keeping money." Told, "Sorry, seller is liable, not us." Really? You received payment not the seller. I am out tickets which was most important and 700.00. Bought insurance and told unless you're sick or issue with travel we cannot refund. Another SCAM. 42.00. Very sad. I would think after identifying problem they would dedicate a case worker and resolve. Nope. 20 minute holds, multiple people and restate details of case each time. BEWARE!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2019

    I purchased tickets to KoRn and Alice In Chains at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. My purchase email said that my tickets would be delivered as Flash Seats (the only thing that the Pepsi Center accepts)... They weren't. Instead, they sent them via their own Vivid Seats app, 4 days before the event. I am currently on the phone with someone in Indonesia most likely trying to get my seats transferred to Flash Seats or get my money back. I am not hopeful of either. I will most likely end up having to hire a lawyer to get my money back. Do yourself a favor and run as fast and far as you can from these people. They are absolute cons!!!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2019

    Another company that refuses to answer the phone... They list several numbers... NONE OF THEM ALLOW YOU TO TALK TO A REAL PERSON. If I have any problems with my VERY expensive purchase I will start an online boycott. They are what is wrong with this country.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2019

    I had never been to Fenway Park before, but have been to older stadiums and, thus knew to look for tickets without obstructed views. Purchased tickets based on the Vivid Seats' seat view, which showed no obstruction. Got to our seats and they were directly behind a grandstand pole...buyer beware that Vivid Seats does not verify the accuracy of the ticket descriptions. Or at least not their seat view map.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2019

    Slick ads offering promotions $10 or %10 off but buyer beware! There is a service fee that you do not see until allegedly at checkout (I did not see it although I was assured I agreed to it) and you don't see the fee in your order details either or how it is calculated. In other words you must catch the notice of fee somewhere right before checkout or forever be kept guessing what the fee is for. SNEAKY, no other word for it. Should be illegal.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2019

    Bought concert tickets (the hidden fees are absolutely staggering), they advertise that you can resell your tickets but this is false advertisement. You cannot resell tickets as a small time individual. You cannot physically hold your paid merchandise. You have to wait until 24 hours before the event (after paying absurd amounts). You don't know 100% even if your seats are right next to each other. They say they push events that are within 24 hours to top priority, if you have any problems. I waited on hold for forty five minutes while simultaneously waiting to "live chat". I never spoke or chatted to a single person. Stay clear of this company, they are scam artists. Our government NEEDS to regulate this kind of illegal activity.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2019

    I believe the seller had no intention of sending ticket link--Vivid Seats is guilty of Fraud! Buyer beware as to easy to get ripped off and never receive the tickets you purchased. No help from Vivid Seats to recover, resend or even assist in making it right. Slimeballs.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2019

    Bought tickets for the Saints game for my birthday, tickets would not download. Tried several phones to make sure it wasn't an issue with the device. Waited outside the stadium for 2 hours on the phone with several people being transferred from one department to the next dept. Also live chatted with a rep, no one was any help. Needless to say we missed the game and they had the nerves to tell us that our issue would have to be investigated before a refund could be issued which would take at least 3-5 business days. That's pure bs.

    They could clearly see that we had been on the phone with them for a while, plus they could see the tickets were never used. So unprofessional. Scammed on my birthday. Wasted time buying the tickets and walking to the stadium. We also bought Saints shirts for the game which cannot be returned since we obviously wore them and walked in the heat sweating smh. I am pissed to the fullest! I will never ever again use Vivid Seats and I do not recommend anyone else to use them either unless they want to be disappointed and scammed.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    You hear people write reviews all the time and say, "I don't normally do this"... I am not one to try to talk negative about businesses because great companies can have a bad day. This was my first and last experience with this company... Have people coming in from three states and I purchased 5 tickets for over $550. They were purchased in an upper level called the Stretch. Two days before the even I got a call and said they cant make the tickets stick but they can take $10 off and got to a comparable area. In my defense it was during a huge storm and I had a client in front of me. They say I verbally agreed to this and that is now final; however, once I received the tickets in writing and downloaded them I saw they were in the Grandstand and called advising the Stretch and the Grandstand are not the same.

    In fact, The Stretch has private bathroom, waiter/waitress service and is less crowded. Since they cannot get me tickets in what I originally purchased I asked for a Refund but since I agreed to verbally 12 hours earlier I do not get a refund. I am out this money. Really poor since the person agreed to me that they are not the same. Embarrassing situation now with my guests. I would think in writing is more valid than a late phone call in the day. I am sure they do good stuff but they just wasted 55 minutes of my time trying to correct and now taking my money for a product I never wanted. FYI: Grandstand tickets can be purchased for a fraction of that cost. Really poor overall level and now I will have to take legal action to get my money back. Sorry for the long review but this spot on and accurate.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2019

    If I could give this crap-hole of a site and the people behind it negative stars, I would. Completely rude, incapable, incompetent, rude, 100% rip off artists. Even tried to have me take a screenshot of Ticketmaster Tickets so they could change them into .PDFs which is COMPLETELY illegal now. In long run, I'm out over $1,000 and the jerk I talked to on the phone...Eric or Erin or Satan, was a complete jackhole. What comes around goes around. STAY FAR, FAR, FAR, FAR, AWAY. Buy your tickets on legit sites and not threw a bunch of pompous money hungry brokers. UNREAL. Worse experience with a company ever. If I lived closer to them, I'd slap their Mommas in the face for raising such **.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2019

    TLDR: Everyone at Vivid Seats is a shark who wants to make a sale. They don't want to help you in any way, their promotions don't work on purpose so that you will have to call and order tickets through a sales rep. They want to sell you tickets that don't even exist so that you can wait until the day of the event to get an email saying that you won't be receiving your tickets. This may seem silly considering they would have to refund you. However, I was informed by the first sales rep I spoke to who kept telling me "This company is legit and this seller has sold with us before. They're a professional..." that if a seller fails to provide tickets Vivid Seats fines them. So, the sales team at Vivid Seats only cares about making the sale because even if you don't get your tickets they get money from fining the seller.

    I have attempted to purchase tickets through Vivid Seats twice. The first time I was guaranteed to receive my electronic tickets before the date of my event. I called several times to inquire about when I would receive them and every time I was assured that I would receive them in time for my event. It was not until the day of the event that Vivid Seats informed me that I wouldn't be getting the tickets that I ordered.

    The second time I attempted to purchase tickets I called to inquire about why the tickets I was looking at had a row that was "TBD". The sales rep had no idea and was trying to get me to buy them over the phone with him without giving me an explanation as to how the row of a seated play could be "TBD". He said "Well the venue hasn't determined the row so the tickets will say TBD". I said "I don't think that's how this works. It's not a Zoned or GA event". He said "This is how we do things at Vivid Seats. We have made over a million sales in the past year, we are legit and If you don't like the TBD tickets then call StubHub." He literally told me to call StubHub and then hung up the phone.

    I called again and spoke to a woman who explained that I would find out where the seats were once I bought them. She assured me that this seller was "a professional" and said that the tickets would be sent out the same day which I found out later was a lie. (I found out later that the seller didn't even have the tickets yet.) I then asked this rep about a 10% off link which I received via email for the specific tickets I had been looking at. The email said "Offer only valid online or in the Vivid Seats app."

    I decided to download the Vivid Seats app since they were offering a promotion that would allow you to get points to use on future purchases if and only if you used their app to purchase tickets. The link emailed to me was unable to be opened in their app so I called customer support to see if they could help me apply the 10% and also get the points for making this purchase. I spoke to 8 different people at Vivid Seats, each one deflecting me to a different department. Everyone gave me the most roundabout reasons why their department couldn't help with either the rewards points or the 10% off coupon that I already had.

    Every rep I spoke to was just trying to get me to buy the tickets through them over the phone for some reason. I clearly didn't want to do that. I wanted to be able to use the 10% that they sent me in their own app. Two of the online representatives I spoke to were trying to get me to use the app to purchase the tickets at full price and then they said that after that I could email support to have the discount applied retroactively. I wanted to make sure of this before I made the purchase so I called and spoke to a Customer Support Supervisor. They told me that they had never heard of such a thing. They said "Don't purchase them because I have never in my life seen Vivid Seats retroactively apply discounts, no money ever goes back to the customer."

    As I stated earlier this supervisor was the person who told me that "TBD" means that the seller doesn't actually have the tickets yet... I asked how this was possible since the event was sold out thus driving me to purchase resale tickets. The supervisor told me "This seller is a professional, these people have connections and can get seats that you may not be able to see even if an event is sold out." He also told me he could give me 5% right now if I purchased through him. I said thanks but that wasn't the point of my call (I want to buy the tickets in your app and use the 10% off that was emailed to me). He told me to leave a message with sales and said that they would be able to provide me with the code for the coupon I received so that I could use it in the app so I let him push me through to yet another department and left a message for them to call me back.

    When sales called me the following day they just kept repeating that they couldn't give out codes over the phone. This didn't make sense because the person I spoke to the day prior was going to give me a code for 5% off. I asked it to be emailed the 10% off code and they said that was handled by their marketing department. I asked to speak with the marketing department but was told that they don't take phone calls. I asked to speak to this representatives supervisor and was put on hold for 15 minutes and then the rep came back and said that supervisors don't take calls. This also didn't make sense because I spoke to a supervisor the day prior...

    Basically every interaction I have had with this company was just a huge waste of time. At no point was anyone going to help me make an in app purchase using the coupon that they emailed me. The way they spoke to me was shocking. Nobody is aware of the companies in app promotions, they just want to get the recognition for scamming you over the phone. I would take the advice of the first sales rep that I spoke to and just call StubHub or Ticketmaster instead.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    We lost our physical ticket due to moving and they would not reissue another. We purchased the insurance which was suppose to cover the loss and it did not. Do not purchase the insurance. It is a waste of money.

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    Price

    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2019

    At a concert, was announced a special time frame to purchase tickets, limited time special for next concert, so hurriedly purchased only to find I picked the wrong deal. Purchased the correct one and tried to cancel the other purchase, rep said, "no." Asked for tickets so I can sell them, they said, "no." Concert is 6 MONTHS away, won't refund me. Subpar service. Use StubHub. Might cost bit more but they care about their customers. These clowns don't.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2019

    First I would like to say I have been a customer for years and I am absolutely shocked at how they handled this. I purchased 4 tickets for a game and spent the better half of 10 hours trying to accept the tickets via the link they sent. I spoke to 5 different representatives and was instructed to do 5 different things. I was unable to download the tickets and forced to buy 4 more tickets. They will NOT offer a credit or refund the amount which makes no sense since the problem was with the link they sent. They offered nothing which for a company this size is pathetic.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    I purchased some tickets to a local concert through FanXChange on Home Depot's Perks at Work website. I paid a total of $87.21 for the tickets. I realized right after I purchased them that I had the date wrong and would not be able to attend. I called FanXChange literally two minutes after the purchase, and they refused to cancel the charges. I asked to speak to a supervisor and have yet to hear back. I went to the venue's website shortly after - only to find I could have purchased the SAME tickets there for $28!!! This is a completely unethical business, and The Home Depot should drop them like a hot coal.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2019

    If you're even remotely thinking about purchasing something from Vivid Seats, READ THE SMALL PRINT! I originally thought I bought two ticket to a Cubs game for a Father's Day Gift. When I read the small print with my order confirmation, I learned it was actually a supplemental package (entrance to the Stadium Club) to be purchased with a ticket. The total was over $150 just for this.

    I contacted Vivid Seats customer service within the day that I ordered the tickets and explained how it wasn't clear and that I needed a refund because I couldn't afford more money to buy tickets when I thought my original purchase included tickets. They told me the order had already processed, the best thing I could do was sell my tickets, and that I would lose the claim if I sent it in. Unfortunately, I put in a claim and lost. Because of Vivid Seats not only am I out over $150, I also never got to enjoy the game, and my father never got his Father's Day present. If that doesn't tell you the quality of this company, I don't know what else will.

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    After a positive interaction with Vivid Seats, Will increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2019

    I purchased tickets to the Miami vs Florida game in Orlando 4 months ago. I live in Minnesota, I'm traveling to Orlando a few days before the game. I check Vivid app, it says tickets will be delivered the day of the game! I call Vivid. They tell me they might arrive earlier. Ashley ** in customer service was 0 help at all. She kept repeating the same sentence over and over like a robot. She told me to change the address to my hotel. On the day of the game I wont be in the hotel. You buy tickets months early and Vivid sends the tickets via ups or mail a couple days before the event. Don't use Vivid!!

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    Reviewed July 31, 2019

    Purchased tickets thru Vivid Seats for Rolling Stones event tomorrow and additionally paid Vivid for parking pass. We were emailed the tickets for the concert quite some time ago. We have not received our paid for parking pass. Now we have event tickets and nowhere to park, which makes the event tickets useless. We were told we would receive the parking ticket by yesterday, we didn't. Then Vivid changed that again & we were told we would receive it by 1:00 a.m, last night, we didn't. Now Vivid has changed it again and we are being told we 'SHOULD' receive it within 2 hours of event!!! This will be useless to us as we are traveling and do not even know if we should bother, we could arrive and still no parking ticket. Buyer beware, it is up to the seller to email my parking pass and the seller has not done so!!!!

    At this point we/they have no idea where our parking pass is. It appears that Vivid Seats is useless to help in this situation and can't do anything to resolve this. Now we are being told if they can't get our PAID FOR parking pass they will TRY to make other arrangements. I was 'live chatting' with Jose at Vivid for an inordinate amount of time this morning, then he abruptly ended the 'live chat' because, to quote him, he had no information! I have initiated 2 more live chats with no positive results.

    I just now finally s/w Sheila on the phone, she states that 'seller' is trying to get our paid for pass, but if they can't they do not have any other parking options available. Vivid would then refund parking payment amount, but not the actual concert tickets, although they will be useless without parking pass. Obviously reading from a script, she had no answers other that to repeat pre-scripted answers even when the answers did not fit the question. She then said to go to the venue several hours early & try to find street parking... STREET PARKING AT MET LIFE STADIUM!!!! *UPDATE, our parking pass was just emailed to us, it is not even Met Life parking, it is at a restaurant in another town! Vivid seats has truly been the most miserable experience ever!

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    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    5mo ago my husband bought 4 Florida Georgia Line PIT tickets from Vivid Seats. We spent 1623.00. Went to the concert last night and the tickets did not scan . Now we have the headache of trying to get reimbursed. Never mind the $93 on Uber ride and $60 in babysitting that we are now out. Never again.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2019

    My brother was operated at Dana Farber in Boston so I had to sell seats to the clubhouse for the weekend since I was unable to spent the weekend at Saratoga. I posted my four tickets each day for three days on July 26, 27 & 28 on Vivid Seats and Stub Hub. On Vivid Seats I sold two tickets in the clubhouse for Saturday, July 27th. They sent me a printed label for the individual that bought the tickets totaling more than $85. I immediately went to UPS and mailed the tickets on July 16th. I have called several times, did the chat room online, wrote emails, etc. with NO response asking where is my money for the tickets! Every time they indicate comments like "information doesn't match" or email incorrect! DO NOT SELL YOUR TICKETS ON VIVID SEATS. I'm still trying to get my money, what a scam! Sold tickets on Stub Hub and they did exactly as expected. Wish I could give them 0 stars!!

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    Reviewed July 26, 2019

    I received an email from Vivid Seats stating that if I used them for one purchase, I would get a 20% discount on tickets to a second event. Nowhere in the email does it give any minimal time required in between purchases. I was unable to use the 20% discount on a second event I tried to purchase 2 days after the first, and was told that it took on the order of 10 days to receive the code after the first purchase. That would be after the second event occurs. I wouldn't have purchased the first ticket if I knew of this catch, because Stubhub had slightly lower fees for the same event.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    I bought Dave Matthews Band tickets just hours before the show. I was having trouble downloading. It turned out to be on my end. I called customer service and she was very patient and helpful. She was able to send the tickets to my wife’s phone just in time for us to see the entire show!! Thanks for your help!!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 25, 2019

    I ordered tickets for an upcoming college football game in Nov. After the order was placed they informed me the tickets would be sent out the week of the game (which is in another state) via post office. No guarantee the tickets would arrive early enough for us to travel to the state and receive the tickets before we are to leave. My issue was the game is in November but they won't send the tickets until the Monday of the game week via regular mail. I wanted to cancel and they told me no way. Don't use this company!

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    Reviewed July 23, 2019

    Went on Vivid to order tickets for Saratoga Race Track. Tickets offering map showed Box Seats by finish line flashing. Clicked on location ordered 2 box seat tickets in row one. Completed transactions. Received tickets and they were located as Bar Seats row 1 Seats 24 and 25. In the stretch location opposite end of track. Contacted customer service 3 times and they tell me that’s what the tickets were. No and I still see those tickets being offered the same way a month later. Something fishy here. Will never buy from them again.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 23, 2019

    They charge an exorbitant amount for their service. There are many other cheaper places to get tickets. Not sure why they charge so much. I should have looked at their fee, but I was happy to get these tickets for my mom's birthday and overlooked it. Tickets weren't even that expensive but they made it so. Turned $150 worth of tickets to $300. I will never use their service again.

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    Reviewed July 22, 2019

    They overcharge me by hundreds of dollars!!!! Sent me multiple tickets. When I asked why they said it was a mistake and gave me the worst available tickets they had!!!! Every time giving me worse tickets for my anniversary.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    On July 20, 2019, I purchased two Indianapolis Colts Season Tickets. I found an incredible, once in a lifetime deal on Vivid Seats website. It was club level seating for $350ish a ticket. I immediately purchased. Later that day, I received a text message requesting that I call back customer service. I did. They advised me that the seller was unable to fulfill the order and that the order would be cancelled. The rep advised that the tickets were likely sold on another website and are now unavailable. The tickets were not already sold, the seller clearly made a mistake on the pricing and now did not want to sell the tickets for the price that they listed. Vivid Seats website clearly states that seller is responsible for any and all pricing errors. However, they did not hold this seller accountable. I've used Vivid before and it was pretty painless however this transaction has ruined any future business from me. DO NOT USE VIVID SEATS.

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    Reviewed July 21, 2019

    Purchased tickets that were non existent, after spending 50 on long distance call from Canada, they offered me to buy a different ticket on the game that was already half way in. Absolutely no interest in customer satisfaction from Jazzman, customer manager.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed July 19, 2019

    This service is terrible! They change the dates of when you will receive the tickets and then will not stand behind their "guarantee". They have no concern if you never receive the tickets - this may be a complete scam! DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!

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    Reviewed July 18, 2019

    Bought 5 tickets as a group to Miss Saigon for my mom's bday. Tickets said rows were to be determined. But ALL FIVE SEATS were separated. Could have easily bought smaller groups of 2/3, but instead it ruined the entire experience. Customer service straight up doesn’t give a **! Rude and unhelpful. Website was very ambiguous, then customer service makes it seem like you agreed to it. Gross way of doing business.

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    Reviewed July 18, 2019

    My daughter purchased tickets which we thought were for $323 for both tickets as this person isn’t well known. We were also charged a service fee of over $280.00. How do they get away with this $960.00 for two tickets. This is just wrong.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 17, 2019

    You must not make a mistake. My elderly mother was trying to get concert tickets in Las Vegas but when transaction went thru it was for one in California. Just want to change tickets for correct location. Customer Service will not help her in any way!

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    Reviewed July 16, 2019

    I bought a Floozies ticket on their site and it was $25 more than Etix for the same ticket. This site should be a last resort, please don't waste your money on this website. I hate companies that are predatory like this one. We all just want to go see our favorite musicians, not get stolen from. SO DISAPPOINTED!!!! That's a boycott from me!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 15, 2019

    Bought Rolling Stones tickets for 7/14 in May. Understood that the tickets would be provided electronic by 7/13. Concert was postponed one day to 7/15 and got an email stating the tickets would be sent on or before 7/14. Contacted Vivid Seats help and was told I would need a computer to receive the tickets. Logged onto a chat with Vivid Seats and was told the tickets would be sent the morning of 7/15. I told him that was unacceptable but his response was “if you don’t receive the tickets before the event Vivid Seats will refund your money. I asked why the electronic tickets were not available and the response was that I will receive them before the event.

    So - I have to have faith in this Mickey Mouse operation that I will actually receive tickets and be able to download them on a mobile device after staying overnight in New Orleans after driving three hours to get there. I highly recommend using ANY OTHER ticket source for your event tickets. I should have read reviews before doing business with these fine folks.

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    Price

    Reviewed July 14, 2019

    I bought tickets at 99$ per seat for the concert. I picked field level seats at a higher price. Instead of the tickets I paid for I received tickets valued at 49.50 each. After hours on video chat I was told the fine print doesn’t guarantee the exact seat but it’s comparable. My seats couldn’t be further from field level unless they were in a different stadium.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed July 13, 2019

    I purchased tickets for a Florida Georgia Line concert on 7/11 through Vivid Seats. When I arrived at the concert, I was told by security that the concert was to be rescheduled due to the down pouring weather. I drove an hour home, woke up the next morning to find out that the concert did indeed happen! Three hours late! Vivid Seats won't give me a refund at all. My ticket wasn't even scanned or used. $100 down the drain, all because of miscommunication. So disappointed. My friends used StubHub and got refunds/credits to their accounts. USE STUBHUB.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    Like other ticket broker services, you expect to pay more than face value for tickets purchased from Vivid Seats. You accept it. But when you give them your money, you expect to actually receive the tickets you are paying for. In our case, this did not happen. Including the Vivid Seats fees, we paid $250 for tickets to see a show at a casino in Atlantic City. We received the email that said the tickets were transferred to us, and accepted the transfer by clicking the link. This is where the trouble began. The tickets never showed up. Vivid Seats support just says "well, you accepted the transfer, so we can't punish the seller". I wasn't asking them to punish the seller. I just wanted the tickets.

    After literally hours on the phone on the day of the event, and reaching the point where we had missed the show, we gave up on seeing it and accepted that they would do their internal investigation as to what went wrong and give us our money back. This was not to be. We did everything we were asked to do, including sending them screenshots of both my wife's and my Ticketmaster accounts showing that there were no tickets transferred to us. What Vivid Seats offered us was to refund the ticket fees of $56 - in the form of a store credit. The person I spoke with would not even let me talk to her supervisor.

    A few days later on a weekday, I called back, hoping that I could get someone else at a higher level to discuss this with. I got another "senior service agent" who put me on hold for 10 minutes then came back and told me that she was authorized to offer me $75 - again, in a store credit.... as if I'm going to give this company one more dime of my money. The bottom line? If you want to see a show, a game, or a concert, I advise you to go to a different service, or you very well could also lose your money. A scalper on the street would be better than these people - at least the scalper has the tickets in their hand to sell you, not some phantom on the internet. Vivid Seats is a terrible service that does not value their customers or care about their service.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 11, 2019

    I purchased tickets for an upcoming concert and had bad experience with the purchase and the allotment with the seating which was not available at the time of purchase. When I called customer service they have helpless and not even considerate, advised to see the tickets on some other website that can be found on google. They would not consider exchange. Very bad experience and would not recommend.

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    PriceOnline & App

    Reviewed July 10, 2019

    I bought a ticket off their website (on which the fee was 50+% of the asking price), and then needed to turn around and sell it as I couldn't go anymore. I went to sell it on the same platform and was informed that I couldn't sell it because it was a mobile ticket only. When I was connected to support they told me to google "sell tickets" and that I could probably figure out how to sell it somewhere else. Disgusting, predatory company. I don't know how anyone in good conscience could work there.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed July 9, 2019

    Bought 5 tickets to a concert ($75) each as shown on the site, great. Check-out price should have been $375. They show that price, and then in a SMALL click-through box (which I didn't even see), they show another price of $480. Why? They charge $100 service fee for NOTHING. I clicked through and did not see the fee (my fault -- but why hide it behind a small pop-up box). I immediately realize my error, customer service says nothing can be done. No help or nothing. The website seems VERY scammy. The fact that pricing is NOT up-front makes it feel like a cheap airline or car company. If you're going to charge service fees, fine, but DON'T put it in a pop-box box or underneath boxes which are never seen.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    Accidentally listed mobile tickets as PDF for Rolling Stones concert I could no longer attend. Tickets sold same night that Stones postponed tour. Spent 2 days unable to reach VS to see what to do, as it seemed wrong to continue if the whole concert was now questionable. Strongly worded emails & answers in "help" made me accept sale even with issues that would buyer even want these due to indefinite postponement, plus I'd likely be able to attend delayed concert. Finally reached someone early the next week, was assured nothing would happen til concert was rescheduled but when we realized ticket delivery situation she would reach out to buyer to see if they'd accept other delivery method, if not she was to offer that I'd pay to get hard tickets mailed from Ticketmaster.

    Surprised by email several weeks later -got penalized an exorbitant amount of $335 for listing wrong method that buyer wouldn't accept. Finally was able to reach someone again after a long delay and was told that they never knew about the other offer, nor would they consider lowering the penalty even though it was a so-called discretionary penalty and I had offered to relist the tickets with them to try to make it go away. I have since read so many instances of tickets being invalid through them. Why would they not do mobile ticket transfer from Ticketmaster, other than as they say, safeguarding their buyers' email addresses from sellers? Mobile transfer is the only safe way to go besides mailed hard stock tickets.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2019

    This company has the nerve to place guarantee for the their customers. Let me tell you this is very untrue. I will never do business with them again. I would not recommend anyone do business with them. Now that I have gotten right to the point here is my story. I purchased tickets on February 14, 2019 for a concert taking place on August 31, 2019. That is 6 months after purchase. My tickets were lost. This company will not replace them. They have stolen over $400 dollars from me. That is how I see it. I paid $400 dollars for something that I will not get. That is stealing. I warn you BE AWARE do not purchase from this company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed July 6, 2019

    This was my first and last time buying from Vivid Seats. They blamed us for issues with shipping and refused to refund us our money after they were unable to reissue our tickets when we were promised it would be taken care of. The supervisor we were handed off to was incredibly rude and flat out told my fiancee that the only reason we received even a partial credit to my account was so I wouldn't write a bad review. Maybe not illegal, but incredibly poor business practice.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed July 5, 2019

    To whom it may concern: My name is ** and I purchased three Rolling Stones tickets on July 4, 2019. After receiving a confirmation email, I was emailed a cancellation notification. After speaking with a Vivid representative, it was revealed, that somebody at your office processed an unauthorized cancellation from someone other than myself. I did not receive in my email or by phone, any contact concerning this cancellation request. I did not authorize this request! Nobody confirmed it by email or phone - they just processed it. Wouldn’t you need to verify someone’s identity before cancellation?

    Then when we tried to repurchase the tickets the gal stated that we needed to use another vendor!!! If anything Vivid should have used basic customer service skills and worked at finding a proper resolution, better seating etc. I am extremely unhappy with how this scenario was handled and I will never utilize or recommend purchasing any Vivid entertainment to anyone now or in the future.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2019

    I ordered 4 tickets to "Bring It! LIVE" with were $69 each, therefore my total should have been $276 but instead it was $356... I called to see what all the additional charges were and they said they charge $70 extra to just order from their website then a $10 delivery fee (even though I am receiving the tickets through e-mail). I will never order from them again. And on top of that their customer service is terrible.

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    Reviewed July 1, 2019

    I purchased tickets to a baseball game from Vivid Seats. Naturally, the game was cancelled 10 minutes after my purchase. I contact them for a refund as their policy states: "We are only able to issue refunds for events that are officially cancelled by the venue, team, or performer and not rescheduled". Vivid Seats would not abide by their policy as they say that the game "will be" rescheduled (though it hadn't yet so it isn't rescheduled).

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed June 30, 2019

    Purchased seats 5 months in advance, week before musical was told seats were not available. Substitute tickets were in a different zone and far less desirable. Paid $900 per ticket, was sent $177 tickets, refund $193 per ticket. 2 of the seats were so far right, viewers could not see part of performance. Their agreement states they guarantee tickets in the zone if a substitution is made. NOT TRUE.

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    Reviewed June 28, 2019

    When I purchased tickets from they sent me to another ticket company who had the incorrect delivery method. Spent 3 hours trying to talk to a real person on the phone, but it only loops you back to prerecorded messages. I tried live chat after having to provide an annoying amount of info to even talk to someone on the chat. They were unable to help me and told me to go to the other company. Their help was essentially useless and complete waste of my three hours. Then I went to the other company, who said they were unable to help because I had not bought the tickets from them. A week away from concert and still no idea how I will receive my tickets: absolutely ridiculous. DO NOT USE VIVID SEATS.

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    Reviewed June 27, 2019

    If I could put 0 stars I would. My event was postponed to a date when I am out of state for and they refused to refund my money. Lame excuse they are the middle man. You sold me the tickets - you are responsible. I will never use this company again. They have a no refund no exchange policy. But really in this case I was made to pay for however changed the event. They really suck.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2019

    I ordered 2 tickets in January for a game on Saturday, June 29th. The delivery states they will be delivered June 28th. I purchased additional tickets to the same event in the same section from another site and received those over 2 months ago. It is now June 26 and I need to sell these tickets and can't because I still do not have them. I will NEVER EVER purchase from Vivid Seats again.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 24, 2019

    Very expensive tickets, they are re-sellers. I have ordered almost two months in advance, one day before sending me the electronic tickets, I got a call from them notifying me that the seller does not have the seats I have purchased. They offered me a different seats. I took them, since I realize I didn’t have a much choice. Not good experience dealing with them..Will not buy ever tickets through Vivid Seats again...

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    Price

    Reviewed June 23, 2019

    I tried buying tickets through Vivid Seats, I paid for them with my credit card but I accidentally declined the tickets. I assumed that my payment did not go through but I later discovered that I had been charged and was unable to get a refund. Buyer beware- Vivid Seats will be charge your credit card even if you are unable to have the tickets transferred to you.

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