leedsfestival.net

[teepee]

If you have used leedsfestival.net to get tickets, get in touch with bank or credit card company as it is a dodgy firm from Budapest.

Edited April 4, 2008 by teepee

[ianpw]

If you have used leedsfestival.net to get tickets, get in touch with bank or credit card company as it is a dodgy firm from Budapest.

[Splinter]

It really winds me up that so many people are getting scammed and theres so many selfish c**ts out there buying tickets and putting them on eBay half an hour later

[Zomo]

What!!??? Noooo!! Thats where ive bought my tickets from coz i couldnt get them anywhere else!!

How do you know that is a dodgy site???

[tHomBleached]

What!!??? Noooo!! Thats where ive bought my tickets from coz i couldnt get them anywhere else!!

How do you know that is a dodgy site???

[Zomo]

oh S**it. Looks like i wont be going to Leeds Fest this year then!

[tHomBleached]

oh S**it. Looks like i wont be going to Leeds Fest this year then!

Edited April 6, 2008 by tHomBleached

[Zomo]

Ive spoken to my bank and they've said im covered if the tickets dont actually turn up which is one thing.

Looking back, i cant believe i was that stupid to buy from them but im desperate to go!!

[Bronte]

If you can not get hold of a ticket and really want to come, why not join us and come work it?

Its really not as bad as people think, i love doing it, and have done for the past 4 years.

You get there tues/weds morn, do 3, 8 hour shifts over 6 days, you have a choice of shifts to pick from.

Im working thurs 4pm-12am, sat morning 8am-4pm,and sun night from midnight-8am

Do 3 shifts and have the rest of the time off to do what you want!!

You can go camp with ya mates or camp with us lot.

I manage to get back stage and get a bit of free beer n food, safe camping, hot showers and cleaner loo's.

No way am i not working it!!!

Its just a thought.

xxx

CATs.

P.s. you can see me on the cats webpage linked through leedsfestival news, bit.

Im the one with blue hair. xxx

[Splinter]

I fancied joining CATS this year in fact, but im coming with the missus this year and its her first Leeds so i wouldnt wanna leave her when im on shift. Maybe next year.

[tiffps]

I've been scammed... Oh Sh1t hope my barclay card will cover it!!

[Jinzo7]

My mate used SOS Ticketmaster....the thieving B4stards.

So that's a friend down pretty much.

Mewonders what the touts will do with any spare ticks....cos if I see any....feet won't touch etcetcetc.

[mike taylor]

Is it just me or are people jumping the gun a bit here?

Its a touting site, yes, but no-one has confirmed that they will not post the tickets - all big banks will probably cough up if you dont get what you ordered, or indeed the payment provider used on the sites.

People who ordered from SOSTM & LF.net IMO should wait until they dont have the tickets they ordered when they should before worrying too much...

The larger more well known tout sites are the exact same, you dont know till basically the day before and it could go either way...

[krislomax]

http://www.leedsfestival.net/termsandconditions.html

basically just saying they're touts but they gaurantee your ticket. if you get a confimation email, but then get no tickets, they say you get a refund.

if they actually do that thouhg is the question. good luck!

[Gre]

People who ordered from SOSTM & LF.net IMO should wait until they dont have the tickets they ordered when they should before worrying too much...

[joey tirbiani]

I bought two tickets from leedsfestival.net. Then saw all this and got worried. Is it a bogus company? Or a tout? Very much 2 different things. Surely if it was bogus they would be shut down?

[Fuller@leedsfest]

I did a lookup on them and found that there business is registered to a PO box address and it does look a bit dodgy

i hope this helps in some way

Administrative Contact :

Kaszaly, Kolos

ATTN: LEEDSFESTIVAL.NET

c/o Network Solutions

P.O. Box 447

Herndon, VA 20172-0447

Phone: 570-708-8780

[joey tirbiani]

Following further investigation on the above site. I have emailed COMODO, who are a secure site server domain, and guarantee websites authenticity. leedsfestival.net have there logo on there site so I contacted them by email. See below, my email, and above that; a response I received. I have removed certain items to contain my privacy:

Tirbiani, Joey Posted on 09 Apr 2008 01:10 PM ================================================================

Hi,

I bought some tickets for the Leeds Festival on the following site:

www.leedsfestival.net. I have since heard this site is a scam setup by a company in Budapest. It has your logo on the bottom, can you give me any information on the company. There are no contact details, I have emailed a query as it advises to do so but not had any response.

Any help you could give me would be appreciated.

Thanks

Joey.

Response received 09 Apr 2008 03:45 PM

================================================================

Dear Joey Tirbiani,

Thank you for contacting Comodo with your question about readingfestivaltickets.com. We regret to inform you that this site is not a Comodo customer and is displaying our site seal in violation of our intellectual property rights. Their use of our site seal has not been approved by us and they do not have a valid Comodo certificate. Please do not rely on the Comodo seal on this site as no validation or checking has been done on the company. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the services of the site in any way. The site does appear to have a GeoTrust certificate (rather than Comodo). You might want to try contacting them for further assistance.

Thank you,

Mr J Bloggs

Associate Legal Counsel

[Tompe]

i ordered some tickets from leedsfest.net and was gutted to find out it was all a scam, the b*stards took the money out of my account and i will never recive my tickets. i got on to the proper leeds fest and they confimed they have never sold tickets to leedsfest.net and it all the work of a conman. i have put a link to an artical about the man who is behind it.

lookin like im goin to get my money back from the bank but got no tickets!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/investigates/...-name_page.html

[tolywoly]

If you type 'leeds festival' in to Google it's the top sponsored link, which makes it appear official. I think a lot of people are going to be caught out.

[GingerChris]

Tbh i think this has been blown out of proportion.

1.In the T & C for leedsfestival.net it basically says they are touts but tickets are garenteed

2.Not one knows if its a scam because the internet tickets haven't even be printed yet.

3.They are a sponsored link on google which means they must be pretty ligitimate as google could get in alot of trouble if they turned out to be fake.

4.Leedsfestival.com only says they are "Un-authorised" which means there not official, eBay is on the list as well and plenty of real tickets are sold on there every day. They just don't like ticket touts.

Edited April 15, 2008 by GingerChris

[Emitime]

Well aren't you a beacon of truth.

1. I don't think anyone's stupid enough to admit that they're stealing from you, they wouldn't get anybody at all handing over their money, so you can hardly take their word for it.

2. I'm not sure what your point is here.

3. Google aren't going to get into any trouble at all.

4. I can't see anything about them in the Leeds festival 'tout section'

Anyway I find it kind of suspicious how you're defending this website with your first ever post.

Edited April 15, 2008 by Emitime

[Gre]

3.They are a sponsored link on google which means they must be pretty ligitimate as google could get in alot of trouble if they turned out to be fake.

[rawraw]

i used www.leeds-festival.net and had my freind chech the websute out as i felt it was a bit dodgy.

The wesite was created only 5 days befor the tickets went on sale and is privatly hosted in budapest! Obviously a scam. Luckly the money didnt go out immendiatly (which is also suspiciouse).

I reccomend the same to anyone else who has used a fake site, phone your bank immediatly to block your card. This will make the ank details you have given them invalid and they wont be able to withdraw the funds. The negative point is that your card will be useless untill you recieve a new one. This means if you still want tickets its going to be hard online.

Because leeds-festival.net didnt withdraw funds and havent removed the site it leads me to believe it was a phising hoax. And insted on scaming money they infact missleadyou to giving them

your email address

telephone number

address

the fact you are intrested in music and festivals

your name

These could be used to sell on to other agencies so they can contact you selling useless stuff (spamming.)

[Miss Dee]

Hate to say it but it is scam, the same website that crops up year after year and they keep just making it again. It's best to only buy off the websites on the main festival page.

until this morning see tickets had another batch up. Keep a look on the genuine sites if you have the funds to buy another one.