After pressing the buy option for 2 theater tickets, Seat Geek sent back an ambiguous message saying the transaction may not have gone through and that I should check my email. When I checked my email there was no confirmation from Seat Geek. Presuming that the transaction had failed, I ordered 2 more tickets. A minute later two email confirms arrived for 2 tickets each.
I contacted Seat Geek's customer service immediately; they told me that all ticket sales were final, and that I should attempt to sell the tickets through their service. When I failed to get them to reconsider, I attempted to offer the 2 extra tickets for sale at a loss, but their service said they were ineligible!
I don't often feel like a chump, but I did after dealing with them.
3 days later, Fernando from their customer service emailed to say they had secured a refund from the box office. After it was credited, I altered the review from 1 star to 4 stars.
Walter Masterson
Good for finding decent prices on seats to events you want to attend. But the seller fees seem exorbitant. And some of the sellers they work with dont have apps. So you get your tickets via different methods at times.
Expensive tickets, over $1,400 purchased and for days the order remained "pending" despite this being against Seat Geek's policy. Many emails back and forth, they continually made excuses for the "broker" not taking action. Finally called them and they said they'd cancel within 24 hours. We'll see, but this should not have occurred in the first place.
I tried ordering tickets for Coldplay at MetLife Stadium. I've used seatgeek several times in the past and have experienced no issues. This time, I purchased tickets through seatgeek, and my order was unable to be confirmed. Funds were already taken out of my account but said that they would be refunded within a few days. So I ordered tickets again since the representative said that ticket cancellations are "extremely rare." call me lucky because it once again cancelled my order due to an inability to confirm the tickets. Once again, funds were withdrawn and I now have to wait for $400+ to return to my account.
I called seatgeek once again and they said the best they could do for this was to simply help me search and "almost guarantee" that tickets would be confirmed. No discount, no gift card, not even a promo code for having to deal with this terrible ordeal. I'm skeptical of using seatgeek ever again.
Hi Joseph, thank you for taking time to share your experience. Hearing from our customers about how they use SeatGeek and issues that they encounter helps us to improve. It looks like you had a couple order attempts that couldn't be confirmed. We apologize for the frustration. This issue is rare but more likely to happen for more popular events where tickets are "flying off the shelves." There is an authorization hold on your card at checkout to verify it and also to make sure that, if a charge were to occur, it wouldn't overdraft your account. If an order cannot be confirmed, we immediately inform your credit card company to release your funds back to you. I assure you we are always working to provide a secure ticket buying experience and it's feedback like this that helps us know which direction to go in regards to our work.
App is convenient, but SeatGeek taking 30% on every transaction is ridiculous. When teams sign exclusive partnerships with SeatGeek, it makes it very difficult for other reselling sites to compete and offer lower fees.
First off, thank you so much for reviewings our platform. It really helps us out to receive your feedback, and we so appreciate you taking the time to let us know about your experience with us.
We can understand the disappointment you have with fees being charged for your tickets. We know that tickets can already be expensive and with the added fees you want to be sure you are getting a decent value out of your tickets. Unfortunately fees are are pretty unavoidable, we do try to be upfront with our fee pricing and strive to outdo other platforms you may use. We do our best to make sure that the fees we charge are fair, but also enough that we can cover the costs of our services, as well as to continue making the improvements on the things that we feel make us the best ticket-buying experience out there!
We honestly do value your feedback and if there is anything else you feel we can be doing or help improve our fee setup, please reach out to us at 888.506.4101 or email us at hi@seatgeek.com
Warm Regards,
SeatGeek CX Team
Luckily, I bought tickets for March. I'm having troubles downloading my tickets to my phone and contacted customer service over two weeks ago and got nothing but a "form letter" answer with the instructions I already tried and failed. I'll wait until after the holidays and, hopefully, have better luck getting someone to help.
Thanks to SeatGeek for responding to my posting. I have been in touch with them and, at the moment, they don't know how my tickets ended up on their site and/or why the increase in price. They are working on finding out what is happening and have been in contact all day. Very responsive, just hope we can figure the cause of the mysteries and resolve them. I'll post again with the results. Cheers!
Listed a NFL ticket with the "official" NFL ticket dealer. I wanted $500. The dealer listed for $556 and then added another $117 in "fees" for a total of $673. In less than an hour SeatGeek had, without my knowledge or permission, listed my ticket on their site for $738 plus $147 in fees for a total of $885. Since SeatGeek doesn't know me, where would the money go? Would SeatGeek pay the "original" broker the $673 they wanted to charge and keep the extra $212? Please check prices across ticket sites to avoid being double charged.
Bought 2 tix from a group of 8 and we were unable to choose the seats we wanted and ended up with the worst seats in the group. Never again - use Stub Hub instead.
Seatgeek sold me 2 day tickets to a concert, when I only received 1 day! I have been trying to receive a refund for a week with countless emails and phone calls which are never returned. Seatgeek confirmed with me that I had a 2 day ticket before the show, but was unable to get into the show the 2nd night, while spending the entire night on chats and phone calls with them continuing to lie to me that the tickets were coming. They never arrived and we missed the entire show.
Purchased tickets in April for concert in August. Platform says tickets will be released 48-he before concert. Checked 48hr before - no tickets. Platform now says 24hr before concert. Checked for tickets 24hr before - no tickets yet. But money withdrawn in April. It is now less then 10hr before concert, I've been on the phone with 3 representatives and I still don't have the tickets I paid for. Will never use this platform and it should be shut down. Instead of having fun for what was supposed to be my brothers best bday gift, I'm having 48 hours filled with frustration, stress, anxiety and no help.
I purchased tickets to Frankie Valli last night and another couple were in my seats, they had identical tickets. The venue let me stay but we were moved to the back of the venue. I paid dearly for 3rd row seats.
SeatGeeks responce was that they only sell the tickets and the problem lies with the third party seller or the venue.
I purchased the tickets from SeatGeek not the venue or the third party.
I am seat geeks customer and a responsible company should exceed the customers expectations. That is not the case with SeatGeek.
To make it worse the tickets were purchased with a credit from Seat Geek. They had refused to give me a refund, only offered a credit.
This gave them the opportunity to screw me over again.
Save yourself the aggravation, do yourself a favor and AVOID SEAT GEEK!
Thank You,
Robert Dugan
I'd suggest avoiding Seatgeek!
Due to a family conflict I had to "swap" tickets I had for a Frankie Valli concert on June 21,2024. I had the tickets transferred from Ticketmaster to SeatGeek, which was extremely easy. I proceeded to swap the tickets on seatgeek with the intent to use the "discount code" on another date for a Frankie Valli event. I chose July 21. I went to checkout after I saw the discount code and attempted to add it and finished the payment process. After finishing I saw the code wasn't used and my card was charged the full price of the tickets.
I immediately started chatting with 3 different support people getting the same standard book response from each. After 2-3 hours of typing and getting disconnected I got a phone number for support. The support employee, just like all the others said that he would help. After another 45 minutes on the phone he also was no help. I've now paid $800, $390 more than I have the money for but got a "discount code" so I can go through this fiasco again if it doesn't work. Close to 4 hours of runaround with absolutely no resolution whatsoever.
I will use the "discount code" on something and never use the seatgeek service again.
This company stole 1700 bucks from my account for tickets i never bought never inquired about or wanted to an event that i have never been interested in. I don't know why it is forcing me to select a star it shouldn't even get a half star. I can't show proof of purchase because i didn't buy anything.
Bought tickets minutes into a presale. Quickly realized tickets in my confirmation email were not the ones I had initially selected. So bought others as quick as possible. Then called my Bank to get phone number *******335 for SeatGeek as you can't find it on their site. Talked to customer service within hour after purchase and later received email that refund was denied. So instead of fighting with them I sold tickets, which they charged another $50 for. Now I find out my money will be delivered after event in 6 months. I have used SeatGeek in past without issue on purchase. Sad to say I'm no longer a SeatGeek fan.
We flew from Mexico to see U2 / Sphere Las Vegas and the tickets did not work! A total scam.they sell the same tickets many times! Terrible experience.it has been more than a month and I still do not have my refund! FRAUD
On 5/5/24 I ordered a parking ticket through Seatgeek for an LA Dodgers game. I purchased the ticket while I was waiting in line to enter the stadium parking lot. When I got to the front of the line, I clicked on the email confirmation, but the parking ticket had not yet been available. They let me wait for a while, but after a few minutes they told me I needed to purchase a new parking ticket or exit the stadium parking lot as they could not allow me to wait any longer. The man explained this often happens with Seatgeek tickets, as they're not always delivered for immediate use.
I reached out to Seatgeek for a refund (since I had to purchase a new parking ticket for use), and they refused to provide a refund. I explained to them multiple times that while I received the ticket, I did not receive it in time to use it. They have been incredibly difficult to work with - awful customer service. They can see that the parking ticket I purchased through them was never used, but they refuse to support. I will NEVER use them again. Highly suggest paying for parking through the event venue for another ticket service - DO NOT UES Seatgeek.
On Sunday, ordered tickets for Tuesday practice round for Ryder Cup. "next day service" was not fulfilled. When calling the help line, never was able to talk with a live person, despite LONG wait times.
Email after the event and again recently, no response.
Tried to have credit card company work on my behalf but Seat Geek didn't respond to it either.
So my wife & daughter purchased tickets this past April for last night's Harry Styles Chicago concert. Price for the two tickets and service fees were $943 and change. I told her she was out of her mind! My wife says "I don't know how much time I have left, my cancer could come back anytime, This is about making memories for a lifetime with our daughter!" I said "Buy the tickets!" Upon arriving they were told their tickets were not valid because someone had already entered using them. At the box office they were told it appears the seller had sold them multiple times on various sites. Do they not have some way of verifying tickets are on the level? This is upsetting on so many levels especially seeing as there apparently are no refunds thru Seat Geek. We have contacted them thru their website, and seek a full refund and for Seat Geek to go after the seller.
Listed my tickets by clicking sell in the MLB app and it takes you to SeatGeek. My tickets sold and were removed from my MLB app but I never received payment and SeatGeek says they have no record. They basically stole the tickets!
Bought a $300 ticket for a Dead and Company concert 3 weeks prior to show. Never received it nor my money back. Dozens of emails and phone calls leading up to the event all of which did nothing but run me around in circles and make excuses. Since then they will not respond to emails and have been left on hold with customer service for over 2 hours on 2 different occasions. Am now having to dispute charges with my credit card company - worst customer service experience ever!
We purchased tickets the cowboys game and then attempted to get a parking pass. The first attempt an error message popped up and said the spots were no longer available. So I looked for other spots. After securing those spots, the next day I saw my credit card had been charged for both spots. I immediately tried to contact swat geek but to no avail. They don't respond to your emails at all. Now I am having to go through my credit card company to try to get our money back. I am not surprised, another company focused on profits and not the people! Will not be using them again!
Answer: Shana is correct, Seat Geek takes no responsibility for tickets and have no customer service and will not return calls if things do not work out Stub Hub is much better
Answer: Hi Beth, Welcome to SeatGeek! In order to maintain our marketplace we do have fees, but we'll always show you a thorough price breakdown of your order before you can checkout. Plus, we've got options so you can actually search for tickets and see the fees included in the price from the get-go. Simply use the filter "Prices with fees" when searching for listings. You can read more about that here: https://support.seatgeek.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036685293 I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions-- Best wishes, SeatGeek CX Team
Answer: Hi Ciprian, Thanks for reaching out and no worries about being concerned. I can assure you SeatGeek is a safe place to buy tickets. Every seller on our site is fully vetted and has a 100% or greater money-back guarantee in the rare case problems occur. You can read more here: https://seatgeek.com/buyer-guarantee. Luckily ticket issues seldom happen! We really just want you to score seats to events where you'll have the time of your life. That's why we're here from 6am-8pm PT, 9am-11pm ET every day to help you with any questions or concerns. Hopefully that puts your mind at ease! Warmly, SeatGeek CX Team
SeatGeek has a rating of 2.2 stars from 2,560 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with SeatGeek most frequently mention customer service, credit card and phone number. SeatGeek ranks 23rd among Concert Tickets sites.
Hi Bob,
Thank you for taking the time to write this review of SeatGeek and share your experience.
What sounds very bad - please get in touch with our support team, we would love to take a deeper look into this situation.
All our best,
SeatGeek
E-Mail: Hi@SeatGeek.com
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