Reading Fest Weekend Ticket for sale

[DtheBUK]

Hi everyone.

I'm here to sell my reading fest weekend ticket.

The ticket is currently on ebay with a starting bid of £100 and no reserve.

here's the link

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260840104190?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1156

If someone on here wants to buy the ticket I will take it off ebay.

I'm able to personally deliver to anyone in the bucks/berks area for £5

I can deliver further away for a small price.

Additionally I can meet you outside the front of the venue and sell the ticket there.

For me to take the ticket off ebay I will need a £10 deposit via pay pal. (please reference this thread when making the payment)

I'm open to offers, please either email me at James _ DB @ Btconnect . com or call me on 07515023712

Thanks for reading

James

[jump]

You've listed an incorrect email address and if you're going to charge to deliver the tix in person you may aswell just send it in the post as it's the same price.

I did plan to attend the festival but unfortunately the line up is not really suited to my music tastes so I'm giving it a miss this year.

[gooner1990]

His ebay history shows nothing of the sort. One Reading 2008 ticket sold and you don't even know what price that was at.

Give the lad a break, just trying to get some of his money back on his ticket.

Have you considered that he may have bought his ticket in the pre-sales before the line up was announced?

[DtheBUK]

Hi there

yes the email address is correct. The spaces are there as an attempt to protect myself from spam.

The full line up was not released un till after I had bought the tickets. I rarely go to reading festival for the headline acts. Additionally, as always there is a rush when the tickets first go on sale. I have missed out in the past I did not want to do the same again. If i don't like the line up, I can always sell the tickets on.

Yes you will see that I have sold 3 other reading tickets and leeds ticket. I happened to buy 4 reading tickets for me and my friends to go, as above none of us liked the line up. As for the leeds ticket, that was my girlfriends who decided she didn't want to go.

Additionally I'd like to point out that delivering the tickets personally allows the buyer to see the ticket before they buy it (as you may know there are some fakes going about). And additionally it means I don't have to rely on a postal service which is known to mess up. This is very important seeing as the festival starts on thursday. On top of all of that theres no way i can scam someone if I just give them the ticket for cash outside there house.

Thank you for the warm wishes. Next time I decide to change my mind about a music event I'll clear it with you first.

[jump]

His ebay history shows nothing of the sort. One Reading 2008 ticket sold and you don't even know what price that was at.

Give the lad a break, just trying to get some of his money back on his ticket.

Have you considered that he may have bought his ticket in the pre-sales before the line up was announced?

[gooner1990]

Tix sold for £275 (the price is listed next to the sold item name), that year they were sold for £155 and the rest of seller history is hidden so you can only see the feedback and not the item or price, that combined with the flimsy excuse and him apparently going to be "outside the venue" shouts tout to me and I still hope he loses money on it to blance out what he overcharged before.

[jump]

Hi there

[DtheBUK]

Additionally I had to sell my ticket in 2008 due to illness

[jump]

This was also the year that weekend tickets were being sold for £500 outside the site entrance.

We had a group of 35 of us go that year, one person dropped out and my mate got £300 for it from a tout, so he doubled his money by not going.

Perhaps the auction ended at £275 with people bidding up to that amount?

[DtheBUK]

Jump what is your problem.

I'm a genuine seller selling for a genuine reason. Yes I've sold tickets in the past due to various personal reasons. I have never bought a ticket with the intent to sell as I consider that to be a twatish thing to do.

I have given prospective buyers a number of choices regarding delivery/collection of the ticket. I came to sell the ticket on here along side the ebay auction because if it doesn't sell im out of pocket for a fair bit. I could go an sell it outside the festival on the morning but i don't want to go looking for buyers there, I'd rather have it all organised.

Edited August 22, 2011 by DtheBUK

[jump]

Jump what is your problem.

I'm a genuine seller selling for a genuine reason. Yes I've sold tickets in the past due to various personal reasons. I have never bought a ticket with the intent to sell as I consider that to be a twatish thing to do.

I have given prospective buyers a number of choices regarding delivery/collection of the ticket. I came to sell the ticket on here along side the ebay auction because if it doesn't sell im out of pocket for a fair bit. I could go an sell it outside the festival on the morning but i don't want to go looking for buyers there, I'd rather have it all organised.

[DtheBUK]

Oh wait you've got 5000 posts.... I take it all back

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Oh wait you've got 5000 posts.... I take it all back

[gooner1990]

Jump - your off your head fella. Touting is buying tickets with the intention of selling for profit.

We took our mates ticket with us (as it was a last minute drop out) hoping to get his money back and got offered double. Would you have told the tout no mate you keep the extra £140 your offering me?!

Works both ways, in 2009 a mate dropped out and we only got £100 for it. This year a friend has 3 spare tickets and are still unsold despite punting them round for £120 each!

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Jump - your off your head fella. Touting is buying tickets with the intention of selling for profit.

[gooner1990]

Errr not really been to the festival with large groups every year since 1999 and it's only happened twice.

2008 - I think something came up at work for the fella and couldt get out of it.

This year 3 girls, one dropped out and the other two followed (girls eh?! ) as they are only really friends with the one who initially dropped out.

Things come up and people do drop out of things for genuine reasons!

As for the comment about offering double face value that year DAY tickets for the Friday were going for £280 and weekend ones for £500. Believe or don't believe Me if you want! Touts were generally buying for around half that amount.

[DtheBUK]

Jump could you please post your black and white views on ticket touting elsewhere.

I'd like to use this thread to help sell my ticket (for less money than what I payed for it)

[jump]

Errr not really been to the festival with large groups every year since 1999 and it's only happened twice.

2008 - I think something came up at work for the fella and couldt get out of it.

This year 3 girls, one dropped out and the other two followed (girls eh?! ) as they are only really friends with the one who initially dropped out.

Things come up and people do drop out of things for genuine reasons!

As for the comment about offering double face value that year DAY tickets for the Friday were going for £280 and weekend ones for £500. Believe or don't believe Me if you want! Touts were generally buying for around half that amount.

[DtheBUK]

3 years ago, I sold and item for what it was worth.

in fact you could say the same about anything.

What if I a bought a car and then three years later is double'd in price. Would I be taking advantage or extorting for selling it at what it at the new price?

What if i bought some gold and then sold it a year later for more money?

On that basis should I go and moan at every AE86 owner selling their car and tell them that they're extorting me and taking advantage? I'm a fan after all.

[jump]

3 years ago, I sold and item for what it was worth.

in fact you could say the same about anything.

What if I a bought a car and then three years later is double'd in price. Would I be taking advantage or extorting for selling it at what it at the new price?

What if i bought some gold and then sold it a year later for more money?

On that basis should I go and moan at every AE86 owner selling their car and tell them that they're extorting me and taking advantage? I'm a fan after all.

[DtheBUK]

An item is worth what people are willing to pay for it.

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An item is worth what people are willing to pay for it.

[DtheBUK]

Like i said. If people are are willing to pay x amount money for an item thats what the item is worth.

Why do you think that standard accounting practice is the lowest value an item is worth?

Are you an accountant?

And what is you opinion on this

"What if I a bought a car and then three years later is double'd in price. Would I be taking advantage or extorting for selling it at what it at the new price?

On that basis should I go and moan at every AE86 owner selling their car and tell them that they're extorting me and taking advantage? I'm a fan after all"

I'd like to mention that I'm not arguing through spite, (ive already sold the ticket) I'm actually quite interested in this discussion, these are genuine questions and im not trying to be witty

[jump]

Like i said. If people are are willing to pay x amount money for an item thats what the item is worth.

Why do you think that standard accounting practice is the lowest value an item is worth?

Are you an accountant?

And what is you opinion on this

"What if I a bought a car and then three years later is double'd in price. Would I be taking advantage or extorting for selling it at what it at the new price?

On that basis should I go and moan at every AE86 owner selling their car and tell them that they're extorting me and taking advantage? I'm a fan after all"

I'd like to mention that I'm not arguing through spite, (ive already sold the ticket) I'm actually quite interested in this discussion, these are genuine questions and im not trying to be witty

[DtheBUK]

A substantial amount of people were willing to pay £100 on top of the face value for a ticket. Therefore the ticket is worth more than the face value at that time. If these people were not willing to pay that money, it would not be worth that.

This year the tickets are worth a lot less money as no one is willing to pay more than face value for them. They are definitely not worth face value.

just because the organisers decide to sell tickets for £190 doesn't mean that's what they are worth

As for a car not doubling in value in 3 years, thats besides the point the idea is still the same.

If you buy an item for so much and then three years later people are willing to pay twice the price for that item, is it wrong to let someone pay you twice the price you paid for it?