Would you buy concert tickets from someone on Craigslist?

[spk926]

I've sold tickets on CL but never bought before. The concert is tomorrow so these people just need to get rid of the tickets and are taking a loss. Fantastic seats but I'm worried about being scammed and out $200+.

[glitzy07]

Eh, probably not. But what concert?

[donthasslethehoff]

Yes. Yes I would, however, I would pay them via paypal or something else that has protection for the buyer. I would not meet the person with cash to get the tickets.

[Deleted]

Not for that amount of money, no.

StubHub has great buyer protection and I have been able to find face value tickets there. (Mini soapbox though that I hate scalpers and have never bought concert tickets over face value. StubHub is sort of infamous for supporting scalpers so I am hesitant to recommend them... but the protection is excellent and CraigsList is super risky.)

[spk926]

Jul 27, 2015 15:22:27 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

Eh, probably not. But what concert?

Shania Twain!! I've loved her since early 2000s, probably earlier. She's also coming in September but tomorrow's date would work so much better for me.

[spk926]

Okay I just bought tickets on StubHub. Pretty good seats for only $20 more and I know they are real tickets and I'm not getting scammed!

[aspentosh]

I would have, assuming you met in person and they had hard tickets. But I see you got some already! YAY! I love Shania.

[loskadoodle]

Yes if I met them in person and they had hard tickets (not print outs)

[spk926]

Yeah this guy only had the printouts, no hard tickets. When I said I would like to pay via PayPal to protect us both and then would be calling the venue for them to issue new barcodes he said he doesn't have PayPal and doesn't know how to do that. It might be true but I just didn't want to potentially be ouy that much money.

[cincodemayo]

Ooooh fun! I didn't know she would be in town! Enjoy it!