This is not meant to freak anyone out (and certainly not discourage anyone from trying) but here's some intel from the past couple of weeks re Stubhub.
On 9/12 purchased a ticket to see Prophets of Rage at The Mayan in Downtown LA. When I got to the venue my ticket (which appeared as a PDF) was ACCESS DENIED. The door security said this has been happening.
A friend of mine (with inferior musical taste) purchased two tickets to The Black Keys last night at The Wiltern in LA. He and what he described as dozens of others all had the same issue I did - sold FAKE tickets by Stubhub.
I was refunded by Stubhub (as was my friend) but it was a massive letdown for both of us.
There are 100% real tickets on there, there's just also some bad ones.
Stubhub needs to up their game.
I was at the Black Keys show at the Wiltern last night and this happened to me. The issue wasn’t stubhub’s fault at all. Live Nation/Ticketmaster apparently made all of the tickets non-transferable, “rotating” the bar codes on every ticket so that they didn’t match once they were sold to a third party. Hundreds of people who bought real tickets that people re-sold on stubhub and other third party sites were turned away at the door. Once the set was about to start at 9:15 and they realized the theater was still half empty, they started letting us in. But a whole lot of people had already left by then. Point is, check your tickets to see if they say “non-transferable.” If so, they will do this at the palladium as well, and if you sell tickets and the person who bought yours gets rejected at the door, stubhub will refund the buyer and charge you for the full price of the ticket you listed plus a fee. If you buy on stubhub be prepared for this kind of situation. Maybe even call stubhub customer service first and ask if they have a read on this since it seems like it’s becomming common place with LNTM shows
09/21/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
in 2019 Tour Dates
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I was at the Black Keys show at the Wiltern last night and this happened to me. The issue wasn’t stubhub’s fault at all. Live Nation/Ticketmaster apparently made all of the tickets non-transferable, “rotating” the bar codes on every ticket so that they didn’t match once they were sold to a third party. Hundreds of people who bought real tickets that people re-sold on stubhub and other third party sites were turned away at the door. Once the set was about to start at 9:15 and they realized the theater was still half empty, they started letting us in. But a whole lot of people had already left by then. Point is, check your tickets to see if they say “non-transferable.” If so, they will do this at the palladium as well, and if you sell tickets and the person who bought yours gets rejected at the door, stubhub will refund the buyer and charge you for the full price of the ticket you listed plus a fee. If you buy on stubhub be prepared for this kind of situation. Maybe even call stubhub customer service first and ask if they have a read on this since it seems like it’s becomming common place with LNTM shows