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Rhode Island
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered tickets for a concert in March. As of the day before the concert, no tickets. Called 3 times and kept getting the brush off, with no indication they would honor their "Buyer Guaranty." This is close to interstate wire fraud. Do NOT use SeatGeek. Oh, and their fees were higher than the face value of the seats.

Date of experience: June 17, 2022
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hard to get tickets
May 31, 2019

Was not an easy to retrieve tickets. Ended up calling Sox's so they could text me the link to get tickets. If it is always this hard will use another site. Was a royal pain in the neck. Not sure why we were charged a service fee when you did not provide the service of sending us the ticket.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hey There,

Sorry to hear you had troubles retrieving your tickets. We understand this can be a frustrating experience.

Starting this season the MLB has been requiring tickets to be delivered through the MLB Ballpark app. This means we have to send most tickets through that app. Which requires a number of steps from setting up an account with the team and setting up the app. Our team is always here to help with the process though!

You can reach us at 888.506.4101 or hi@seatgeek.com and we are happy to help!

Warm Regards,

SeatGeek CX Team

Kansas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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DO NOT use SeatGeek
August 26, 2022

If you want a stress free experience for your event do NOT use this website. I will never be doing third party again. Was told over and over again by their "support" that I would receive my tickets via mobile transfer. Then when it was 24 hours before the event they switched and said the tickets will be at will call. I showed up to the event and had no tickets for me at will call. Had to purchase three new tickets, no where near where we wanted. Just safe yourself the hassle and don't use them

Date of experience: August 26, 2022
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No cancellation policy?!
June 18, 2018

SeatGeek's search engine does not take into account where you are currently located when searching for tickets. Almost got incorrect tickets for Justin Timberlake a few months ago. We're in Detroit but it suggested the Cleveland show first. Now this time I was getting tickets to a Tigers game against the Twins in Detroit but it suggested the weekend after when they are in Minnesota even though I'm 40 minutes from Detroit. I realized my mistake literally seconds after hitting the purchase button but they have no cancellation policy and instead must make me sell those tickets at a loss plus have them take a fee out of it. I get why the policy is in place but I should have at least 3 minutes to be able to cancel the order.

Date of experience: June 18, 2018
Colorado
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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SeatGeek is working on it!
May 15, 2018
Updated review

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!

Date of experience: May 15, 2018

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.

Date of experience: May 8, 2018
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst company I have ever done business with please. Please do not use this company if you don't have to, they don't care about their customers. They double charge me for the authorization hold against my account plus charge me after that, then when it didn't go through, sold my seats to someone else, and then after an hour and a 1/2 on the phone, want to offer me $20. What an insult and Nothing compared to the $430 that I was going to spend. It's sad to see A big casino using this terrible company to host their events. Teaming up with a company. With a 3.5 rating, you don't deserve that.

Date of experience: September 1, 2023
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Left Out
May 16, 2019

Our "smart phone" is apparently not smart enough to download the MLB Ballpark app that is now required. We are "old school" and do not use our phones for such matters. Had to go to customer service to get tickets printed out. Very inconvenient! We will not be using seek geek again.

Date of experience: May 13, 2019
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hey Coleen,

We can completely understand your frustrations with the MLB Ballpark app not working with your device.

Unfortunately, the need to use that app isn't one that is decided by us. MLB made the decision this season to need all tickets to be handled through their own app. This mean if you get tickets directly from the team or on any secondary platform, they are going to require the use of MLB's app.

I am very happy the box office was able to help and may be the way to go for future ticket purchases for MLB games, no matter who you use for tickets.

Warm Regards,

SeatGeek CX Team

Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Not as accurate as before
July 4, 2017

Given the green rating of my seats - as a good value - I expected them not to have an obstructed view, which they did especially for the first four songs of the concert (U2). Everyone moved out of our section to be able to catch a glimpse of the band performing on the floor. No one could see a thing over the lighting and sound equipment. To me- it should have been noted that the seats would be obstructed.

Date of experience: July 2, 2017
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi there Caren, thanks for reaching out about this, and we're truly sorry that this happened. Each tour has a different stage setup and have the ability to change up the setup at any point during the tour, and unfortunately, not all venues are very transparent regarding when there will be obstructions for things like sound stages. This has been a particular pain point for fans who've been attending U2 shows this go-around, and we're really sorry this happened. In these cases, the sellers aren't told of the obstruction, so unfortunately there's no way for them to know about the view and therefore can't notate the listing as such. We highly recommend fans reach out directly to the venue at which the show took place to voice their concerns. We 100% agree that fans should have been made aware of these kinds of obstructions prior to purchasing tickets, and we whole-heartedly support the cause of having venues be more transparent with this information, especially with big shows like this! If you've got any questions, let us know. Send us an email to hi@seatgeek.com and we'll do our best to answer them for you!

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They don't offer any information on refunds and they hide their phone number which I had to obtain through my bank because they don't have it on their web page! I spoke with their agents which as expected denied me a refund despite my adamant but respectful objections. Avoid them! Ticketmaster offers a clear refund policy for cancellations and postponements! (they claim it's not a cancellation because they offered me the tickets for 7 months latter! Yea right!)

Date of experience: January 14, 2018
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi Eduardo, thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback. For clarification, since SeatGeek is a secondary marketplace, refunds cannot be offered when events are postponed and the original tickets are valid for the rescheduled date. Information about our refund policy can be found in our Terms of Use at seatgeek.com/terms, which our users are also required to agree to prior to checking out. It does look like a representative is working with you on this, but if you have any questions, please let us know.

SeatGeek CX Team
Email: hi@seatgeek.com
Phone: 1-888-506-4101

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just look at the reviews- wish I had before I found out once they have your credit card number you are stuck and on the hook no matter what the reason for a request for credit- I would never think about using them again! Beware

Date of experience: May 18, 2017
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hello Rich. We do apologize if there was any confusion regarding our policies. SeatGeek is primarily a search engine, so we don't have the ability to credit accounts or issue refunds. As stated in our Terms of Use, all sales are final once an order is placed, as is common across the secondary ticket market. Unfortunately, due the natural volatility of the market and the fact that all tickets essentially have an "expiration date" (the date of the event), it's unique in that refunds and order reversals are typically not an option.

We'd be more than willing to discuss the policy with you in further detail, or take a look at your order again and see if there's anything we can do to help! Please always feel free to reach out to us at hi@seatgeek.com.

Michigan
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bought tickets to a game. Got stopped at door. Tickets fraudulent. In fact, could still have purchased same exact seats for which I already paid SeatGeek at the box office from the team. Called customer service and they promised me a refund so I bought tickets on stubhub. Then got an email from SeatGeek during the game that they will not refund my money because they're just a "search engine" and I should contact the retailer. Guess what. No answer at retailer.

Date of experience: February 3, 2017
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi Scott,

Thank you for taking the time to write this review of SeatGeek and share your experience.

This doesn't sound right, 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
Phone: (888) 506-4101
https://seatgeek.com/support

New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I ordered tickets on the day of a basketball game to take my kids to. We live 2 1/2 hours away from where the game took place. I was stressing because it was the first time I had used SeatGeek. My husband was so mad I didn't use vivid seats or stub hub, but there was an error where the tickets were double sold. They went above and beyond and purchased tickets with better seats on their dime! We were very happy!

Date of experience: January 15, 2017
New York
3 reviews
22 helpful votes
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Don't use this site!
September 15, 2014

Don't use this site! Stubhub is the only way to go. It's worth a couple extra bucks to actually get IN to the event you paid $300 for! I received two invalid tickets and were turned away at the door and had to buy two more to get in and sit a level higher than we wanted to! Seatgeek does not check out their sellers the way they are supposed to. They let Ticket Network sell tickets through them, and they are legit SCAMMERS. Never again. I want my money back for the invalid tickets AND the ones we had to buy last minute... i'll see if they comply.

Date of experience: September 15, 2014
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Transparent, easy, and efficient
May 31, 2019

You can look at prices with the fees already included so you know what you're really getting into. I was able to see what the field would look like from my seat right in the app. Very awesome and simple experience.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't buy from SeatGeek bought 2 tickets. One of the tickets was sold on Ticketmaster & SeatGeek. So as far as we are concerned. The tickets are no good … they want to refund the one ticket. But there were two of us. embarrassing frustrating. We found out when we tried to get into the concert. I have some health issues and prefer to not sit alone … BEWARE. I'd say buy tickets somewhere else

Date of experience: September 27, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Price goes up with coupon
December 20, 2023

I priced tickets for an event and Seat Geek was in the middle. An hour or so later I received a 15% off promo code if I bought within 7 days. Interesting how the ticket cost went up to counter the discount. Crooked for sure. And tickets did not go up in price at any other websites!

Date of experience: December 20, 2023
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I bought 2 sets of tickets for tomorrow's LSU/UCLA game at the Rose Bowl: $2500!
They claim they sent me the emails with the links for the electronic transfer of the tickets.
I have gotten no such emails. I tried to call, I was told it would be at least 30 minutes. When the guy did answer, he said: Hello? And promptly hung up :/ Nice customer service:/

I will never, ever, do business with them again. StubHub from now on!

Date of experience: September 3, 2021
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fees
March 20, 2020

Overall experience was good. I think the fees you and other sites charge per ticket are ridiculous. I bought (4) tickets and paid almost $20.00 extra dollars per ticket, a total of $80.00 extra dollars, so I can sit (6) rows from the ceiling. I am all for making money, but to bang people over the head because you can is not right.

SeatGeek attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: February 19, 2020
SeatGeek J. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi Vincent,

Truly sorry for any frustration regarding selling fees. Please note, selling fee's are included in ticket prices all across the Live Entertainment Industry. However, some companies include the pricing in their price without showing it upfront. Here at SeatGeek, we pride ourselves with being super transparent, which is why we have the option on the order page to look at prices with or without fees.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to us at hi@seatgeek.com and we'll surely take care of you.

Stay Safe,
CX Team at SeatGeek

New Jersey
43 reviews
212 helpful votes
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I wish I would have found this site before I used Seatgeek. Seatgeek has problems with their software mapping direct seat locations. This is why you hear of so many complaints from people not getting the seats they purchased.

Here is a quote from Bryce at RazorGator "SeatGeek is in charge of mapping the tickets accordingly to match the listing from our site. As you have stated, we did not specify on the listing whether these would be left, right, or center. This issue is with SeatGeek and how they mapped our tickets on their site.We do not control what section they map the tickets to. If the tickets were mapped in the center then that was a misrepresentation by SeatGeek."

Also, I sent more than one emails to Seatgeek but never received a response.

Date of experience: June 11, 2014
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Total let down
March 17, 2022

I used SeatGeek to buy rodeo/concert tickets for Houston to see Chris Stapleton. Price was good bought the. Early. Then out of no where my money was refunded with no explanation. Took forever to get a rep on the phone. They said that the tickets were no longer available and the refunded my money. I had family coming from out of town, hotels and flights booked for this event. Now the show is sold out and can't go the rodeo without a concert ticket. Rep was less than helpful and said there was nothing she could do. Acted as though the refund made it better. I never received an email from them about it it either. Just a notice from my bank that my money had been refunded. I'll NEVER use them again. My sister who is coming from out of town said she had the same issue but with Cubs baseball tickets.

Date of experience: March 17, 2022

Overview

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 20th among Concert Tickets sites.

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