Ticketmaster and the AAC Championship Tournament

[FlakeyFoont]

I had tickets for the Tulane game on opening day. I was prepped to watch the Huskies make their run to the Big Dance. COVID-19 intervened. Dream over.

I had a hotel and rental car booked. Hotel and rental car issued no-muss, no-fuss refunds weeks ago. I am still waiting for Ticketmaster, despite their website saying, "...you should expect to receive your refund in as soon as 30 days". It's over 30 days and no one at Ticketmaster has a clue or can even estimate when the refunds will be issued. Posted about this on the AAC website and asked if the conference knew fans were getting jerked around. Shockingly the post disappeared within minutes. Imagine that.

Good riddance AAC. Ticketmaster remains as sleazy as ever.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Same boat. Not to mention only getting ticket price back at some point and not the exorbitant handling fees. I have over $400 wrapped up in Roger Waters tix also. No refund because it is only “postponed” at this point.

 

[Drew]

this isn't a conference issue its a Ticketmaster thing- just call customer service and explain. I had something similar happen for a different event and they processed it for me while I was on the phone.

 

[WestHartHusk]

I had tickets for the Tulane game on opening day. I was prepped to watch the Huskies make their run to the Big Dance. COVID-19 intervened. Dream over.

I had a hotel and rental car booked. Hotel and rental car issued no-muss, no-fuss refunds weeks ago. I am still waiting for Ticketmaster, despite their website saying, "...you should expect to receive your refund in as soon as 30 days". It's over 30 days and no one at Ticketmaster has a clue or can even estimate when the refunds will be issued. Posted about this on the AAC website and asked if the conference knew fans were getting jerked around. Shockingly the post disappeared within minutes. Imagine that.

Good riddance AAC. Ticketmaster remains as sleazy as ever.

Well your experience matches the commitment on their website: 'in as soon as...' - a/k/a expect more than 30 days. Definitely written by a lawyer.

 

[ConnecticutBB]

Just to add more fuel to the fire...I certainly hope everyone does get their justified refunds...but TicketMaster will probably not refund all the additional fees placed on each ticket ordered..examples S&H..arena fees & so on.

 

[Drew]

Just to add more fuel to the fire...I certainly hope everyone does get their justified refunds...but TicketMaster will probably not refund all the additional fees placed on each ticket ordered..examples S&H..arena fees & so on.

correct unless you bought the insurance on the tickets

 

[Waquoit]

Don’t put up with it. File a dispute with your credit card.

 

[freescooter]

Don’t put up with it. File a dispute with your credit card.

Yup. I did that on another Ticketmaster cancellation. Visa gave me a credit for the full amount and notified TM they had I think 14 days to respond or they lose. TM never responded. My niece works for one of the credit card companies. From the largest to the smallest no company ever disputes these. Not worth it and ones like Ticketmaster cannot get on the bad side of these companies. They won’t last 15 minutes if they can only take discover.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

I had tickets for the Tulane game on opening day. I was prepped to watch the Huskies make their run to the Big Dance. COVID-19 intervened. Dream over.

I had a hotel and rental car booked. Hotel and rental car issued no-muss, no-fuss refunds weeks ago. I am still waiting for Ticketmaster, despite their website saying, "...you should expect to receive your refund in as soon as 30 days". It's over 30 days and no one at Ticketmaster has a clue or can even estimate when the refunds will be issued. Posted about this on the AAC website and asked if the conference knew fans were getting jerked around. Shockingly the post disappeared within minutes. Imagine that.

Good riddance AAC. Ticketmaster remains as sleazy as ever.

Bought $300 tickets to UFC 249 in Brooklyn which was supposed to happen in tomorrow.

Still waiting on my refund after they said we would get it in 30 days

 

[B1GEast]

this isn't a conference issue its a Ticketmaster thing- just call customer service and explain. I had something similar happen for a different event and they processed it for me while I was on the phone.

If the guy wants to blame the AAC, let em

I think the AAC might be responsible for global warming too

 

[Waquoit]

The AAC sucks

 

[freescooter]

Not defending Ticket Master but they just released their plan for reimbursing all the events that have been cancelled. Shows concerts sporting events were all covered.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

It never fails to amaze me that companies can process a transaction in 10 seconds from a smartphone when its money coming in but takes "7 to 10 business days" or longer when its money going out.

The fees are getting outrageous these days also. I get that businesses are in it to make money but I bought tix for Marvel Live last year at the Webster Arena. The tix were $20 each and I paid $35 in taxes and fees. Tax plus convenience fee plus facility fee. It was for my son's bday so I sucked it up and paid it but I almost threw up when I saw the total.

 

[Waquoit]

It never fails to amaze me that companies can process a transaction in 10 seconds from a smartphone when its money coming in but takes "7 to 10 business days" or longer when its money going out.

Not to go all Monty Python but "7 to 10 business days"? Luxury! We plunked down >4K for a cruise that was cancelled. The refund policy had you complete an on-line form that wasn't available until two weeks after the cancellation. After that, they said to wait another 90 days to get the refund. I said screw that and filed a dispute. AMEX had a credit in my account in three days. The money was back in my checking account 2 business days after that.

 

[HCCForever]

Ticketmaster is one of the worst. Buy they did right by me. I had 2 spring training tickets for the Braves and Sox and received my complete refund on March 28th.

Some companies bend over backward to accommodate their customers. I finally called to cancel Audible since I was paying monthly and hadn't used it in many months. The customer rep refunded 9 months of unused service without me even asking for more than 1 month. That is an example of great customer service.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

We had tickets to the Blue Jackets-Pens game in CBus on 3/12 that was cancelled and had got our tickets through StubHub. They offered us either 120% of what we paid in site credit or a refund, so we went with the refund and got our money back within 2-3 weeks. Usually I’ll do NHL tickets via NHL Ticket Exchange (run by Ticketmaster) so I’m glad we stayed away given how many awful stories I’ve seen. Had to eat the hotel cost though, as Hilton wouldn’t refund the cancellation fee since it was booked thru Travelocity and Travelocity wouldn’t refund past the cancel date.