The overall reputation of the company is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to issues with ticket delivery, refund policies, and customer service responsiveness. Many customers report being charged exorbitant fees, receiving invalid tickets, and facing unresponsive support channels, leading to frustrations and claims of being scammed. While some customers appreciate the variety of events offered, the overwhelming sentiment reflects a lack of trust and reliability. The company's rigid policies regarding refunds, particularly for postponed events, further exacerbate negative perceptions, suggesting a need for improved customer service and clearer communication.
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I have tried to buy 2 ticket from this site and when I bought the tickets, I ended up with 1 ticket only. I browsed the site to see the section where the seats were and there was 2 Tickets available, and when I bought them, I thought I was buying 2 with the cost $251
And Only when I saw my email, It said I bought one since they Charge $51 Per Ticket, which is OK, I suppose, but 1 ticket will not work.
I thought I was buying 2 Tickets, as soon as I found out I emailed them, and I emailed PayPal. They are disputing this, but the SITE IS NOT RESPONDING.
ONLINECITYTICKETS.COM will not return email, or talk on the phone.
I am not asking for much, just 2 Tickets together, so I can take my wife.
THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE!
I was foolish not to look at their ratings, since I was in a rush.
Paid $228 for two tickets to The Lion King. Come to find the tickets were worth only $38 a piece. Customer service reps were rude, they talked over me the whole time. A horrible operation!
We received our tickets which showed a ticket price of $84 - our credit card was charged $447 for 2 tickets. Their response was they are a broker for resellers which have the right to charge whatever they feel is the market rate based on supply and demand. Ripped off - there were empty seats around us so it had nothing to do supply and demand. Please avoid this company at all cost (pardon the pun!). We could have purchased for 1/2 this amount had they not implied that it was the best price for the venue/event.
Only positive was that my husband was surprised with his present of these two tickets to see Phathom and we had a great evening.
A friend and I purchased 4 tickets for the Ac/Dc concert in Greensboro Nc. A few weeks ago my friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and her first chemo treatment is 3 days before this event. They will NOT refund the monies for any reason which is totally wrong. Make sure before buying ANYTHING to read up about the companies refund policy, if we would have know we would have NEVER bought tickets through this joke of a place!
Do NOT buy from these guys. I purchased insurance as a back up for these tickets, but will ONLY get a full refund if the show is cancelled. I can no longer go and cant get the refund I was expecting. What was the point of insurance? This site is run by crooks. Don't waste your time and go to a major ticket site. I am beyond disgusted.
I am going to post in every known review page and social media site how rude, uncooperative and dismissive the service I received from online city tickets' staff, not to mention the huge markups on your tickets!
Guaranteed Section 115 ROW A for the ticket. Delivered ROW R... Paid top rate for tickets in the front row of the section yet they sold us tickets 17 rows back! Refused to refund tickets based on false advertising. High likelihood you will be treated the same way.
Thought I was purchasing tickets through presale from the actual venue, so I thought the services charges were what they were... Seats looked like a very good spot. After getting the tickets and seeing the actual price was 1/4 of what I paid and then they tacked on the $325 service charge. Called customer service and they had canned responses and very rude. I asked for a refund they offered a courtesy of $100 out of $1450 order. I asked for more and then they told me they would not give me the $100. I asked for a manager and listened to him raise his voice at me until I had a chance to speak then he gave me the $100...
They embed their website links on other good reputable sites Scamming customers to think they are getting a good deal.
This is no stub hub!
Very deceptive and a RIP OFF Stay away
I paid for tickets that weren't even real! Great first concert experience/birthday gift for my son! Ill never see any money because the barcode was duplicated and used prior to getting to the venue unreal!
Complete scammers, avoid this site like the plague. Had to cancel my credit card because of this site. Avoid at all costs
When I purchased my tickets for Dolly Parton's concert, I paid $115 per ticket and with the hidden fees, the total price was $308 for two tickets. My friend who was in the same section bought 2 tickets for $157 a ticket. When we got our tickets the price on each ticket was $42 per seat. My seats had been changed to a lower level and her tickets were in another section totally. When she called about the change in price she was told that there was nothing she could do... it was about the demand for tickets which were not selling well. This does not seem legal to me. Deborah
Purchased tickets to Wicked at Hobby Center in Houston from Ticket Master Web site. But Ticket Master site was hacked by Online City Tickets.
Online City Tickets charged our credit card 934 dollar worth of tickets to a show in New York not Houston on July 2, 2016.Sent no confirmation or information to us. We had no idea who Online City Tickets was because they did not use their their name on the credit card transaction. Our bank could not track the transaction either. On July 27, 2016 we received our first email from Online City Tickets.
They informed us our tickets would arrive by UPS, which they are due to arrive today. It is quite obvious to us that Online City Tickets Hacked Ticket Master Houston Site and this is a scam.
UPDATE: On July 28, 2016 OCT offered me $214.00 settle the dispute. NO
Thank, Ronny
I bought tickets recently from online city tickets not knowing they were a resale marketplace. It was my fault not reading the entire page but i did notice once i got the confirmation email. I googled the site to make sure it was real and i hadn't just been scammed out of my money. This review site didn't help in the slightest. Everyone here is just complaining on the price and the customer service with titles like "THIS IS A SCAM!" which made my anxiety shoot through the roof. No one here was actually saying if the tickets were valid. Now while this might be true in every case i'd like to say /my/ tickets were 100% valid and i had absolutely no trouble getting in! I hardly slept in the two weeks leading up to the concert because i was so anxious. I even called customer service to try to calm my nerves and i had no problems with them either. If you get tickets to a sold out event on a resale marketplace you can expect high prices it's only normal so if you aren't okay with paying extra then deal with it.
Tl; dr
For anyone else that might be very anxious about the validity of their tickets: my tickets were valid and they state very clearly on the site that the tickets are valid so if they were a "scam" like people were stating they would have been sued off their a*ses by now!
I mostly made this post to try and help any other people who might be as anxious i was so if you're one of those people don't worry you're fine this site is real and you'll have a great time at the event :)
Dishonest, fraudulent Company whose Telephone is out of Service, *******450
Scam and should be charged criminally.
Bought & cancelled 2 Tickets for Barbra Streisand.
2 months later, using my same Credit Card online tickets charged me again using a different amount.
Irvino
We paid $50.00 each for covered seating and they gave us $19.95"tickets that are not covered. So we did not get a parking pass either. I will never buy tickets from them ever again.
Worst experience ever they didn't include parking pass so something that was done for convenience now has become an extra trip to the venue and hoping I didn't get scammed would have rated zero but had to choose one star to submit
I purchased tickets for Janet Jsckson concert for January 23,2016. I purchased my tickets (2) right above floor level seats, in June 2015. Janet postponed concert having to do with her throat (allegedly). Concert rescheduled for June 13,2016 on a week night where I would have to take off work. Janet announces on national tv she is trying to get pregnant. Postponement again announced. I have requested my refund 3 times and they have refused. Now Janet is pregnant with twins and her tour is indefinitely postponed! Online Ticket City still refuses to refund my money!
Someone is making millions off the prepaid tickets and all the interest accrued on all those tickets, and continuing. Unfair, unjust, robbery in my opinion, and right now with them holding everyone's money hostage, opinion matters.
I want my money back. It has now been 1 year!
Ok I bought tickets for a SOLD OUT show and found tickets for great seats on here. Yes, they were REALLY expensive, BUT it was a sold out show that I wanted to see so it was worth it (because it was also a b-day present.) I was so scared after looking at reviews on here wondering if I would even get real tickets or good seats or never get the tickets at all. But the tickets came in on time and my boyfriend and I had an awesome time at the concert. They were REAL tickets and the ones I paid for. I was worried for nothing. I rated it 3 stars because it was SO EXPENSIVE, but as I said it was worth it.
Pros:
-Real Tickets
-Came in on time
-Exactly what I paid for
Cons:
-Expensive
I'm telling y'all if you want to see a concert bad and have no other option bc it's sold out... Get the tickets here. People rate this bad bc of price but you never hear the good reviews, only the bad. I'm here to tell y'all it's worth it.
I would think twice before using this "service". I received the tickets as promised; three days before the event. Keep in mind that this is a second party purchase so what I thought was the face value of $80 is really a face value of $41. The order code on my confirmation is completely different from the order code on the tickets I received which is for another event altogether. I'm really excited about going to see this event, but at the cost of a $107 fee into the pockets of the broker, well that just does not leave me with that warm and fuzzy, happy and satisfied customer feeling. Seriously, I will not use this "service" ever again. Too bad you can't do "0" stars cause I'm really NOT PLEASED AT ALL!
You will never see your tickets or you will get tickets different from your order and have paid as much as 100 times the face value. Deceptive advertising designed to dupe the consumer with a no refund policy.
Answer: In my case, they sent e-mail that the tickets would be forthcoming. When I failed to receive them the week before the concert, per e-mail download as promised, I called their #, the person on the other end told me that it was will-call at the box-office with the copy of the e-mail I needed to bring. The box office told me that as a 2nd line seller, they did not keep them there. When I called to ask why they did this to me and demanded re-imbursal, they sent the tickets per e-mail download THE DAY AFTER THE CONCERT. They tried to cover their tracks with the credit card company, the problem for them was that the time stamp of their sending the tickets reflected the day after the concert. So essentially, they are not even competent as rip-off artists.
Answer: So sorry to hear you have been conned by this outfit. Apparently sometimes they DO send valid tickets, so I hope you are one of the lucky ones. I suggest you tell your credit card company (by phone and IN WRITING) that you are disputing this charge. Also tell everyone you know to avoid this rip-off company. I know this doesnt help you now, but in the future buy tickets only from Ticketmaster (I've never had a problem with them). Good luck.
Answer: I couldn't even open the download so I called the number and all I got was an answering system to send email and I did but no reply from them so the next day a call about 50 times until I got someone. After getting transferred to 3 different people and waiting about an hour for the supervisor the guy told me no refunds are allowed but money is 100% guarantee if it doesn't work at the time of the event. So I'm praying to God they are good the event isn't until the end of November
Answer: They are scoundrels. I know where their office is and went by there recently. I am laying out a plan.
Answer: If you have already purchased your tickets from this outfit, good luck. They sent me tickets for a concert in Tennessee and I asked for and live in Florida. They said it was MY mistake and that I asked for TN. They supposedly tried to resell the tickets and couldn't so I was out $300.00 for two tickets. They have something like 130 complaints and are a scam outfit. Next time order elsewhere and good luck with these tickets.
Answer: I just cancelled my order because they never sent the tickets. At least you got yours so maybe they will be okay. I would call the arena where the event will be and ask them how many issues they have had with this company. I emailed five times and they always sent an automated response back. Then, when I was in a meeting at work they finally called and the number just read, "33333" when they called me. No return phone number... very strange. They left a message to call them so I did immediately after my meeting (15 minutes)... the automated system was up and did not allow me to speak with a person. Thus far, I have never spoken to a real person when I call their number. I disputed the purchase, got my money back and bought tickets for much less at StubHub. I was surprised because my last tickets at Stubhub were kind of expensive... but these tickets (McCartney) were not too crazy expensive. Anyway, best of luck, and I would make a back up plan.
Answer: You will get your tickets, but they will likely have someone else's name printed on them. Worst of all, they will most likely not be honored at the gate/box office. My advice is to get a refund NOW and buy tickets from a reputable outlet like Ticketmaster. City Online are thieves and scammers. See my review about James Taylor concert in Norfolk, Virginia.
Answer: Contact the venue, give them all the details on the tickets received and verify if U will be able to legitimately use the tickets, considering the issues with this company that are so overwhelming. My experience reviewing all the people who describe their issues with them is that even if the tickets are usable, the overpayment is so excessive that it would have been better dealing with the regular ticket outlet for the venue.
Answer: Yes Ann, you will get your tickets. You just over paid by a HUGE amount... but other then that, the company is legit. They are just robbers the way they do it... thats all. Have a good time and yes, at least now you learned a lesson (like all of us on this site);-)
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