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A couple of my mates have decided they really want to go to Leeds festival and don't mind how much the tickets cost (within reason).

Viagogo has tickets on sale for the full weekend for £280 (including booking fee etc.)

I've heard some bad rep about viagogo so I am asking you, the loyal efestivals users, if it is worth trusting the site and going ahead to get weekend tickets off the website

thanks in advance

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Ideally if you were going to sell a weekend ticket on ebay, you would put it on for about 205 to break even with recorded delivery, booking fees, listing fees.

So its upto them really.. £280 is steep but if they don't care then go for it, viagogo should be safe, its just a touting site though

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A couple of my mates have decided they really want to go to Leeds festival and don't mind how much the tickets cost (within reason).

Viagogo has tickets on sale for the full weekend for £280 (including booking fee etc.)

I've heard some bad rep about viagogo so I am asking you, the loyal efestivals users, if it is worth trusting the site and going ahead to get weekend tickets off the website

thanks in advance

x

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Viagogo supposedly have this "guarantee", but at the end of the day if someone posts a fake listing what on earth are they supposed to do about it? Sure, you'd get your money back but you wouldn't be going to the fest.

You ought to check Seetickets etc... They may well still have coach packages or something left?

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Okay, a few myths in this thread. This is the definitive fact about this.

1. The words "fan-to-fan ticket exchange" on these sites are the biggest load of rubbish ever. If that were the case why would they be charging £280-a-ticket? I don't understand why there was only a news story about this a couple of weeks ago. It's always been blantantly obviously it's a tout site in all but name. The fact that Viagogo actually actively try and recruit Ebay sellers on to their site says plenty. And the fact that ALL the official ticket sites now have these says it all. They only care about a slice of the pie.

2. They don't actually take anything off the sellers. As a buyer you are charged 10% commission per order.

3. Because it is a shiny site and looks professional people think it is a normal ticket site. People need to understand it is not. It is just Ebay at vastly inflated prices - which sellers can do due to people thinking it is a "normal" ticket website.

4. They are no more or less reliable that a professional seller on Ebay. I know for a fact that these sites sometimes buy replacement tickets from Ebay when the original seller does not deliver on the tickets. If that is the case, then how are sites like Viagogo any more reputable?

5. Don't forget the anti-touting people like Reading & Leeds will be getting their cut from Viagogo, thus you will be paying them twice for one ticket. Don't bother, it's a scandal that they support Viagogo without actively insisting on a maximum price for their tickets. How can they justify that yet slam other touting sites? Just because they get their extra dividend?

6. Buy from Ebay in mid-July. There's be loads more listings on there, the tickets will be cheaper, and you will be fully insured by Paypal Buyer protection. Buy from a Top Rated Seller with thousands of positive feedback and you are as safe as the agency sites. And you'll save youself at least £80.

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mcalli2008 Newbie

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I used Viagogo last year to buy me and my girlfriend a ticket each. Last minute decision (we decided to go on the Friday the festival started) we booked the tickets and were told to pick them up at a hotel near Reading station by 6pm. Got them at about face value plus maybe a small booking fee so I guess I paid about £190 each.. Because we had to fly over, I knew we would be late and we were told that there would be someone there much later than 6pm. Arrived around 8pm and picked them up.

Thought it was a great service personally, and prices will drop closer to the festival date!

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