... and not the good way either!
See what you make of this guys. Bought a set of 3 tickets for a Rammstein gig in Birmingham off ebay (623 positive 100% feedback)- a woman from Hannover, Germany flying in to see them. Paid up front by paypal just to get coverage & agreed to receive the tickets at the gig.
On the day of the gig, we arranged to meet at a bar near the venue. She had great communications all the way through I should add at this point. Met her gang of 3 on the day according to plan, and she gave us the tickets. Had a drink and some food and a chat.
Bid them farewell, then we stayed for a few pints. Got to the venue and got in our seats, first time I sat down at a metal gig too (lol). 5 minutes later, 3 guys turn up, with exactly the same tickets printed. Obviously both sets of tickets are real, otherwise they wouldnt have gotten through the scanners on the venue doors. Queried it with the stewards, and it turns out our tickets have been cancelled by the woman.
Thankfully the guys moved us to another area which was an even better seat. However... they could have kicked us out. Had I been kicked out wouldve been obviously raging, and wouldve set a paypal case up straight away. As it stands i'm a little reserved at getting her ass kicked by paypal, but I am tempted to anyway as it is £150 worth of tickets. When I emailed her after the gig, I also got a super fast response from her and she said she will sort it out next week when she arrives back in Germany.
I'm pretty damn good when it comes to sniffing out a scam. What confuses me on this occassion, is the friendliness of it all and willing to co-operate. Also, why even show up to give me the tickets? If you're going to screw someone over internationally, just take the money and run right?
Anyway, just thought i'd post it up mainly as a warning for you guys who might oneday get into the same situation possibly. Secondly, what do you reckon!?
See what you make of this guys. Bought a set of 3 tickets for a Rammstein gig in Birmingham off ebay (623 positive 100% feedback)- a woman from Hannover, Germany flying in to see them. Paid up front by paypal just to get coverage & agreed to receive the tickets at the gig.
On the day of the gig, we arranged to meet at a bar near the venue. She had great communications all the way through I should add at this point. Met her gang of 3 on the day according to plan, and she gave us the tickets. Had a drink and some food and a chat.
Bid them farewell, then we stayed for a few pints. Got to the venue and got in our seats, first time I sat down at a metal gig too (lol). 5 minutes later, 3 guys turn up, with exactly the same tickets printed. Obviously both sets of tickets are real, otherwise they wouldnt have gotten through the scanners on the venue doors. Queried it with the stewards, and it turns out our tickets have been cancelled by the woman.
Thankfully the guys moved us to another area which was an even better seat. However... they could have kicked us out. Had I been kicked out wouldve been obviously raging, and wouldve set a paypal case up straight away. As it stands i'm a little reserved at getting her ass kicked by paypal, but I am tempted to anyway as it is £150 worth of tickets. When I emailed her after the gig, I also got a super fast response from her and she said she will sort it out next week when she arrives back in Germany.
I'm pretty damn good when it comes to sniffing out a scam. What confuses me on this occassion, is the friendliness of it all and willing to co-operate. Also, why even show up to give me the tickets? If you're going to screw someone over internationally, just take the money and run right?
Anyway, just thought i'd post it up mainly as a warning for you guys who might oneday get into the same situation possibly. Secondly, what do you reckon!?
