General reminder: Hamilton ticket scams

I feel terrible for yor friend, but what doesn't make any sense is how the ticket would ring up for two people. Even if both had the same valid barcode, how would they let 2 of the same ones go through?

I can't speak for how the tickets were faked but in rare occurrences the box office can mistakenly print up duplicate tickets for the exact same seat for the exact same performance and both tickets will scan so since it's not impossible for it to happen by accident it's surly not impossible for a fake duplicate ticket to scan at the door.

I am not surprised to hear that there are fake tickets being sold for Hamilton. I am, however, surprised that someone selling said fake tickets would actually use Stubhub as their way of doing so.

In order to sell tickets there, you have to give them your credit card info. If a buyer finds out that their tickets aren't working, and they call Stubhub, they will either get replacement tickets, or if non can be found, a refund. Either way, Stubhub won't be paying for either themselves. They would then charge the seller for that. So, it seems whomever is selling fake tickets there is ready to shoot themselves in the foot.

StubHub is required to either reimburse for or exchange the tickets. A friend and I bought tickets off of there for the first preview of Spring Awakening a few weeks ago, and when we got to the theatre the tickets showed up as having been refunded when they were scanned. We called and stubhub gave us a new pair of tickets.

Yes, I think it's terrible what happened...but why does it make her not want to see the show? It's not THEIR fault the tickets were bogus.

Michael19 said: "As mentioned in a previous post there is no point in selling invalid tickets on Stub hub as they only pay the seller after the performance. Accordingly I believe fraud is relatively rare on Stubhub since there is no payment when tickets are invalid. You are far more vulnerable on Craig's list however which does not provide customer protection. So I would not discourage anyone from purchasing from Stub hub while you need to be extremely cautious with Craig's list purchases (go in with seller; meet at their work or home)."

Sellers actually get paid when the sale is made, but you have to put a credit card down. (I have baseball season tickets so I sell a lot through stubhub.) The buyer is protected, and stubhub either will give you new tickets fi they can (probably not an option for Hamilton) or refund the purchase price. They then charge the seller's credit card. I imagine there are people who have found a way to game the system by providing fake credit cards and stuff.

Incidentally, stubhub is the reason I would now never buy a paper ticket from someone on the street either (even if clearly legitimately issued by ticketmaster). I have realized with my baseball tickets I could easily put the barcode into stubhub to sell them (making the paper tickets no longer valid), and then still sell the (worthless) paper tickets at the ballpark. This is obviously something I would never do because I'm not a criminal, but realizing it's possible has made me much more skeptical of where/how I buy tickets for other things. You have to be very careful. (This also makes me mad because I now get much less for paper tickets at the ballpark than I used to.)

I realize the ticketmaster resale marketplace has its downsides in terms of facilitating scalpers, but it really does provide a safer option.

Updated On: 9/29/15 at 10:36 PM

I'm new to the site, and I have recently purchased re-sale tickets for Hamilton from Ticketmaster. The tickets were pretty cheap (considering...), and after reading this thread I'm kind of panick-y. Ticketmaster Re-Sale is safe, right? I'm visiting in December from Australia so it's the only chance I'll get to see this wonderful show.

Updated On: 9/29/15 at 10:54 PM

I saw Hamilton twice with tickets from stubhub. I was especially worried the second time because the tickets (or ticket printout) had no face value on them. I called stub hub and the agent sounded so young and confused about what "face value" was. So I let it go and decided to get to the theater super early in case the ticket was fake or if it was sold to two people. Both times I ended up having no problems. But I sure would prefer to buy the tickets from telecharge or ticketmaster

This wasn't meant as an anti-Stub Hub post; I've sold tickets on Stub Hub myself when I ended up being unable to make it to the performance. It was just a general warning that scammers are getting better and Hamilton seems to be their current target. Even if you get your money back and the person gets "caught", you still miss out on the show and any travel costs associated.

This thread has me concerned. I don’t have much experience buying from StubHub, but I did for HAMILTON. Cross-checking the Ticketmaster resale seats with StubHub, I quickly found the same pair of seats offered in both places. I bought them through StubHub, and the seats immediately disappeared from the Ticketmaster seat map. That’s a good indication that they’re legit, right? Would you advise going in advance to the box office and asking? Is verifying the tickets something the box office can help with?

Thats horrible! Same kind of thing happened to my uncle, but he was on the ticketmaster website. It somehow redirected him to a 3rd party site and he got scammed (Well, just paid too much actually). You really have to pay attention on these ticket sites.

Do you think buying from Today Tix is safe? Safer than Stubhub?