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Illinois
1 review
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Do not use.
October 15, 2021

I bought 2 tickets for a comedy show in Chicago and upon arriving the tickets are invalid at the door. Seeking more help at the box office it turns out they were sold multiple times in the seatgeek app so they were never even mine to begin with. $180 spent for tickets that were sold multiple times. Awful app and service. Do not use.

Date of experience: October 15, 2021
Illinois
1 review
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I purchased two tickets to the Charlotte Hornets v Milwaukee Bucks game. After reading the negative reviews I grew unsettled, thinking my tickets were bogus, lacking validity. I contacted SeatGeek customer service with my concern only to find my representative (Andrew) to be responsive, gracious, and he guaranteed that my entrance into the game would be seamless. He was right. We had great seats and a wonderful time. I'm sorry that everyone is having a difficult time with SeatGeek but I had a fabulous experience.

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
Arizona
1 review
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Seat Geek Rip off
September 2, 2023

Hey just want to give a heads up Seat Geek is a rip off. If anything happens to your event they will not stand behind their sale of the ticket. If it's moved to a date you can't make … it's your tuff luck … Avoid them at all cost

Date of experience: September 2, 2023
Texas
1 review
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Never use Seatgeek
September 2, 2018

I listed tickets for an NFL game at over $300 and Seatgeek sold them for $15. I will never use this site again to list tickets. Spoke to their customer service and they said there was nothing they could do to help me. And the game is not for another 2 months, why would I have gone down so drastically.

Date of experience: August 30, 2018
New Jersey
1 review
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Not a happy camper
May 11, 2019

I've bought from Seat Geek before and never had a problem. This time I bought 2 tickets in the upper balcony and paid close to $300 for them only to find out AFTER that they were obstructed view seats! I can't even get a refund! They were third party sent to Ticketmaster and I was told only the original buyer could get a refund. He's got my money now and I'll never be able to find him. This should have been posted on the site. That they were obstructed view seats. Now I won't be able to see anything and if I don't go, I'm out $300 and a concert I've been waiting to see. I hope the seller (name Kane) is very happy... Karma my friend, Karma.

SeatGeek attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: May 9, 2019
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hey Mary,

We are really sorry to hear you ended up with tickets that were obstructed in view, this is something we want to take a look into. Generally if a seat will have limited or obstructed view that needs to be clearly noted on the order. This is something that is required by us for our sellers.

I will be reaching out to your directly to find a resolution for this, we want to make sure that you are taken care of and are able to enjoy the events you want to see. Some venues require different ticketing, which is why this order was sent through Ticketmaster but that does not mean it's not something we can help with.

If you see this before my direct reach out, please contact us at 888.506.4101 or email us at hi@seatgeek.com and we will be happy to assist.

Warm Regards,

SeatGeek CX Team

Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Never again
September 12, 2013

Never again. We paid $80 for Dodgers tickets and drove through LA traffic on my friend's birthday to find out that our tickets didn't scan through. The ticket office told us that multiple people had come to them with the same name. We were out $20 for parking, $80 for tickets and wasted a night, missed the big game, and ruined the birthday. They do not have good security against fraud. Stick with stubhub.

Date of experience: September 12, 2013
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Our seats to the play Hamilton were horrible. A large pillar was right in front of us. Seats were rated as excellent deal. Paid over $450 apiece. Seat obstruction was not printed on the tickets or any of the paperwork. Get your ratings correct.

Date of experience: October 28, 2016
SeatGeek T. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi Steve,

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

We're so sorry to hear about this. Please give our support team a call or write us a quick note. We would really like the opportunity to see how this might have happened and correct this.

All our best,
SeatGeek

E-Mail: Hi@SeatGeek.com
Phone: (888) 506-4101
https://seatgeek.com/support

Utah
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Rip off
July 26, 2021

Run away from this company run! They are the absolute worst. Paid for my tickets 18 months ago still don't have them or any idea when I will see my tickets. Zero customer service. The event has been rescheduled 4 times now! The venue has changed as well as the line up. The official ticket distributor for this venue has allowed refunds multiple times but not seatgeek. Stay Away! Will NEVER order anything from them again.

Date of experience: July 26, 2021
Texas
1 review
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A Little Frustrating
March 25, 2020

This was a frustrating experience. Tickets went on sale at Noon and it was crazy trying to lock down seats. It felt like every time I would click on a certain number of seats the very next moment those seats are gone. I know this is part of the demand, but if there's anyway to make this process a little less hectic than that would be nice.

Date of experience: February 24, 2020
California
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Do not use
June 12, 2020

They are not very helpful during this pandemic. They do not respond to any inquiries. My tickets for an NBA game is postponed indefinitely. Who buys tickets without setting a date and time for them? We don't even live in the state the game was to happen, so what I can do with these tickets is useless. I wish I used Ticketmaster.

Date of experience: May 27, 2020
SeatGeek J. SeatGeek Rep
over a year old

Hi Kandi,

Thank you for the feedback and apologies for any frustration throughout your process. We see that this issue was resolved and you were issued a full refund for this order. Glad that we were able to get this issue resolved for you.

If you need anything else, please feel free to reach us at cx@seatgeek.com.

Best,
CX Team at SeatGeek

Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst ticket purchase experience
November 20, 2018

Tickets were not from an authorized reseller, they did not work. Venue had to make an exception to let us in, wasted $50 dollars. Unacceptable, I go to a lot of shows, sports events and I've never had this issue.

Date of experience: November 16, 2018
Kansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Designed to trick you into buying tickets before telling you about 65 percent service fees. I have reported them to the fraud department at my credit card. They have no ethics, conscience or integrity. Don't make the mistake I did.

Date of experience: June 19, 2023
Oregon
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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This is a rip off. The tickets offered and clicked on for purchase were not what I got. I immediately reached out, but they WILL NOT refund. All sales final- even if it's not what you order! I spent an hour, trying to remain calm, not be a pain. But, ALL SALES FINAL! It's not worth the risk. I got better tickets for a better price on a different site. No problem, so there were available choices. DONT DO IT! 26 dollar transaction fee for each ticket too!

Date of experience: September 5, 2023
Arizona
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great service
January 11, 2022

Few months ago I purchased some tickets on seat geek for the first time, and my only complaint was that I waited for over a week to receive my tickets. I just purchased more tickets for the second time thinking it will also take forever, to my surprise they were in my inbox within an hour, that tells me that they read the reviews and try to correct the issues.

Date of experience: January 10, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Failure receiving purchased tickets
October 29, 2023

If I could, I'd rate SeatGeek with Zero rating. I tried to use them this week three times for the same show and ultimately ended up using StubHub for the same seats because they continually sent back an 'unable to process' ticket after collecting my payment. They claim they will be reimbursing the amounts which total $1000. The same tickets were validated through StubHub/Ticketmaster. It will take additional work to follow up with SeatGeek to make sure I receive reimbursement. Total unnecessary headache. I never write reviews but want to make sure others don't fall into the same trap. I'll write a follow up if I receive reimbursement

Date of experience: October 29, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy, far price, great experience
December 29, 2018

My wife and daughter wanting to see the Nutcracker at the last minute it was easy I went to see GI found three open seats and within a few minutes they were on their way! Would recommend it is one of the easiest ticket sites to use

Date of experience: December 25, 2018
California
1 review
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5 star experince
August 31, 2017

I have used Seat Geek for my event tickets for some time now. I haven't had even a single negative experience. They are my go to place for tickets. I like how you can actually see what row you're getting. The prices also seem to be competitive.

Date of experience: August 30, 2017
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Deceitful business practices
April 2, 2023

I bought tickets for a concert on the SeatGeek website and felt comfortable under the premise that these were going to be refundable up to three days before the show date. I tried to reach somebody there a few months before the show date to cancel and there is no one available, except for a robot to write to you. In addition, they make it very clear that none of their tickets are refundable. They are only possibly exchangeable for other tickets if to be exchanged within a one year. Otherwise you lose your money. This is deceitful since you are immediately shown a returnable ticket icon when initially booking. Returnable is there a play on words, which is meant to mean exchangeable, but not refundable.
Be warned that this ticket site is a sham.

Date of experience: April 2, 2023
California
1 review
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Never received my refund
February 6, 2022

I purchased tickets last year and resold them to seatgeek, it's now 2022 and I haven't received my money. Horrible experience, will never purchase from them again. I've called multiple times and spoke to representatives and they first told me your bank is not allowing the refund to come in which was a complete lie due to me contacting my bank. I've also asked to send me a check for the amount owed which is $180, for a huge company with a lot of money I can't believe they wound refund me the money that is rightfully mine. Please go elsewhere to purchase tickets.

Date of experience: February 6, 2022
Wisconsin
1 review
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Will not issue refund from cancelled concert……
December 21, 2022

RATM cancelled their tour on October 4th of this year. No refund was issued so after a couple weeks I contacted SeatGeek. I explained that the debit card used to make the purchase was no longer active but the checking account associated to that card is still active. They claim they attempted to process the refund but it was denied. I contacted my bank who looked into it and said no such attempts were made. After several attempts to move the process forward I realized I was getting run in circles. Finally after several attempts and providing all of the information requested they claimed they would refund the purchase and send it to my PayPal account by December 21st. Well, it's December 21st and still no refund. At this point I most likely will have to take legal action. They are deceptive. They talk in circles. They claim they are escalating things to other departments but don't. They are literally stealing money from hard working people. Avoid them at all costs.

Date of experience: December 21, 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.

service
341
value
325
shipping
232
returns
266
quality
284
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