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Virginia
1 review
17 helpful votes
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I scheduled a fun NY city birthday weekend around $600 concert tickets from Bargainseatsonline. Travel and hotel costs was over $1,300. They claimed tickets not available until 48 hours prior to event. After calling 6 times, we were finally told 8 hours before the concert that the event was "... cancelled for the NY Rangers..." Turned out to be a lie. Filed a report to get my $600 back and they refused to reimburse the $1,300 travel costs.

Date of experience: April 20, 2017
Arizona
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Online ticket scalpers!
February 6, 2017

Bargain seats at lower prices, what a joke! Stay far far away from this place, unless you don't mind getting ripped off. Paid $300 for two Styx tickets. Downloaded the tickets to see the price printed on them is only $50 each. They doubled the price of the tickets, added a $33 service charge per ticket plus $8 to email them to me. I thought scalping was illegal, but bargainseatsonline.com is keeping it alive and well!

Date of experience: February 6, 2017
California
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Worst experience I've ever had buying tickets. Misleading website. Told 'tickets are selling out' only to find that tickets don't officially go on sale until a week later! When I saw the $65 fee per ticket, I gave a double take, but figuring that this was my only chance to get them (remember, they were 'selling out') I bought them anyway. When I later learned that they weren't even on sale yet (expect though pre-sale companies like this) I tried to get a refund. Even talked to a manager. Stood behind everything calling it Marketing 101. I'd agreed to their terms and policies, including no refund, and the sale was final. She defended language of 'selling out' by saying that they 'are selling' and usually do 'sell out'. Completely misleading and, though perhaps legal, completely unethical. I refuse to work with a company like this, and am going to tell friends to stay away from them.

Date of experience: June 6, 2017
California
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Ripp Off
June 3, 2018

Way overpriced and they have a ridiculous service fee I will not be shopping there ever again. I purchased a ticket only to find out I could have gotten it $100.00 cheaper somewhere else they are a resale place way too high priced.

Date of experience: June 3, 2018
Indiana
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Worse experience I`ve had buying tickets. I brought tickets to a concert they were etickets said I would get the download in 24 hours. So I followed up with them and they said they were no tickets available for that show. How can you call yourself a business if you can`t produce what your sell!

Date of experience: June 6, 2017
Massachusetts
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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No morals!
May 29, 2020

Event was cancelled due to Covid-19 and they refuse to refund my money. All I could get from them were "generic" responses. I will only buy tickets from Ticket Master or Stubhub. They did the right thing and refunded everyone's money.

Date of experience: May 29, 2020
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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Complete Rip Off.
July 27, 2018

This company is a rip-off! Purchased seats for a baseball game behind home plate and received tickets in the outfield. Called Bargain Seats before ordering on-line to verify seat location. Bargain Seats sales associated confirmed seats were behind home plate. Printed and noticed seats were in the outfield! Immediately tried to correct with no help from Bargain Seats. I hate to even give them a star.

Date of experience: July 27, 2018
Idaho
1 review
6 helpful votes
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AMAZING!
August 3, 2017

I was scared when I read negative reviews and I called them few times and they were very responsive and nice. I received the tickets electronically earlier than expected and they were great seats and everything went smooth.

Date of experience: August 3, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Bought a Gold Fan Package for my wife's Birthday and the ad promised the tickets were in 1 of the three sections closest to the stage I paid over 1300. 00 with their astronomical fees I got 2 seat at the top of the middle section to the side of the stage 2 seats from the end all we could see was the back of Ed Sheeran could not even see the screen I would have been much better with the tickets I could have bought for 150.00 dollars each in the nose bleed at least we would have seen the screen!

Date of experience: July 17, 2017
Virginia
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Horrible, horrible site. Price gouging at its worst. This website preys on the ignorant and the desperate. I used this site when no other tickets to an event my family desperately wanted to see could be found. I ended up paying over $111 more than the quoted price (for each ticket!) in enormous fees and "shipping"(no print tickets option here!). Disgusting. Might I also add that the seats were terrible, despite the website's boast that tickets show up as promised "or better!". Yuck. Stay away from bargainseatsonline.com!

Date of experience: April 3, 2013
New Jersey
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Attempted to purchase 4 tickets for Stevie wonder@ prudential center -10/14/15- advertised as 30%off. After putting in all my info I realized no discount showed up. Called company and kid said, " oh!, well maybe the tickets already came with discount." I told him I checked your site for pricing before on same tickets and it appears to be the same cost $120, $7.50 Plus $37 fee each ticket! This site isn't very professional and the fees are outrageous! I No not think this site is worth very much

Date of experience: August 22, 2015
California
2 reviews
23 helpful votes
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SCAM!
May 3, 2017

I found this site while searching for tickets for the upcoming Paul Simon concert. They were a bit cheaper, and I should have known they were too good to be true, because at the VERY LAST STEP, right before you click submit and completely and obviously set up to confuse the buyer, they tack on a whopping $60 service fee/ticket! There is NOTHING bargain about this site! I saw the extra charge right as I was submitting the order, and IMMEDIATELY contacted them to refund the order. They won't do it. I'm now in the process of disputing it via my credit card company.

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They listed tickets for Book of Mormon. Spent over $200 extra per seat to get seats in a better section - the seats were listed as being available instantly. Took 4 hours for the download to arrive. Lo and behold, they were for a section that was normally much less expensive, but by the time I discovered this, there were no other tickets left.

Totally hosed by these guys - they are crooks. Tell your friends to watch out

Date of experience: December 8, 2011
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ordered tickets for Dallas "Wicked". Charged my credit card and even sent a FedEX tracking number. But more than 2 weeks later - no tickets, FedEX took off the delivery date and no one at BargainSeatsOnline will respond to my repeated email inquiries. Buy from someone else. I still don't know if I will get tickets or not!

Date of experience: April 6, 2010
Missouri
1 review
4 helpful votes
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The mark up is incredible. I shopped around and steeled myself, ready to be gouged. Then I got to the fees--over $200 for 2 lousy tickets!

I checked a couple of other sites and found they play the same BS game. I'd like to see these companies regulated out of business. There's got to be a better answer.

DBA

Date of experience: June 15, 2011
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Horrible!
October 14, 2014

Horrible! Will never use this company again. I bought 2 concert tickets that were lawn seats and they charged me twice what I agreed to pay. When I called to cancel the order the lady was extremely rude and would not even consider what I had to say!

Date of experience: June 20, 2011
Vermont
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Be warned...
September 22, 2014

Be warned... this company will sell your credit card information to a third party vendor and then wash their hands of you when something goes wrong! After being denied entrance because my tickets "were already used" Bargain Seats Online told me they couldn't help me because they were not the ones who charged my card. I was directed to a number where, ironically, the voice mail box was full. ​These people are scam artists at their fullest, spend the few extra dollars and get your tickets through a valid site.

Date of experience: September 22, 2014
Connecticut
1 review
10 helpful votes
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"Buyer be Aware"
September 4, 2015

"Bargain Seats Online.com" is a SHAM! On 6/5/15, I purchased and paid for a ticket to the US Open for Sept. 4. I was informed that I would receive the ticket on Aug. 28. Since than I have sent them e-mails and made phone call every day, reminding them that my ticket has not arrived. I received no response to my e-mail and was unable to speak with anyone on the phone. Now will I get my refund?

Harry

Date of experience: September 4, 2015
California
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I ordered 2 tickets to the World series, they charged my credit card, issued a Fedex delivery date and tracking #. The next day they had cancelled my order, and tried to sell me other seats, while looking at their website, they were still selling row 1 section 308 seats the same ones I had ordered. When I asked the Svc rep why, he said it was common practice... Won't use them ever again... notified the BBB

Date of experience: October 25, 2010
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Lots of hidden fees and policies you don't find out about until after you've purchased! Be prepared to pay way more then the actual price on the site. Nd there is no guarantee if your tickets will be delivered or if you have to meet a rep from the actual people you are buying them from! They charge a $15.00 shipping fee even for paperless tickets. Total rip off. Stay away and use another site such as StubHub. You light pay a little more but at least you will have peice of mond!

Date of experience: September 13, 2012

Overview

Bargain Seats Online has a rating of 1.8 stars from 83 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bargain Seats Online most frequently mention customer service, credit card and concert tickets. Bargain Seats Online ranks 333rd among Tickets sites.

service
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value
2
shipping
2
returns
1
quality
2