OT
Just want to sound off....
Looking through all the ticket resale sites in the UK for QAL tickets and it seems that there has been a blanket decision to give as little detail as possible about the specifics of the seats.
Two weeks ago, I got two sets of tickets directly from the primary sellers and chose the block, the row and the actual seat numbers.
For another show I had to go to a resale site. There I could choose the block and the row
but not the seat numbers. I could have had seats in a block that held the very best and the very worst of seats - the seat numbers were crucial (to me) - but since I could not tell in advance, I couldn't risk it and went for the next block where all seats are ok but no more than ok. I had phoned the resellers to ask them to be kind enough to call the seller to ask for seat numbers; they could not do that (Indeed, the seller may not have known them yet for whatever reason)...
Looking for another show last week, I found that suddenly
even the row numbers weren't displayed on a lot of them. So I got the choice of (e.g.)Block 120 £500 or Block 120 £250....What?! (Looking at you Stubhub...)
NOW, it has stepped up another notch - today a couple of sites have
only the tier revealed for some of their tickets e.g First tier £300 or First tier £150...(looking at you Viagogo)...These seats could be almost anywhere in these vast arenas. There is no way of comparing the choice - it's an almost complete shot in the dark at vastly inflated prices. Perhaps they are seats that aren't good and didn't sell quickly when more info was given....but still, the buyer should know what he is buying.
Not so many years ago, these sites would not accept tickets for resale unless full details were given. Presumably the next step is to sell tickets to a concert with no more detail than the venue and the artist's name.
I have bought many tickets on resale sites over the years - both here and in the US and have never come across this deliberate lack of information before.
AAARRGGGG!!!
Carry 0n....
