If you’re desperate to get tickets to your favourite idol’s concert but don’t get tickets on time at official ticketing venues, then don’t buy on Carousell ah.
Or at the very least, exercise caution and know that it will always be risky.
Or watch this and you’ll be a tad smarter:
No Tickets and a Loss of RM800 (~S$263.49)
That’s exactly what happened to a Malaysian girl when she tried to buy tickets to a Shawn Mendes concert on Carousell.
Putri Noraini was desperate for tickets to the Shawn Mendes World Tour when he came to Malaysia in April 2019.
However, when Putri checked official ticketing sites, she found that the tickets were all sold out.
Doing what any desperate teenager would do, Putri took to Carousell in the hope of snapping up a pair of concert tickets, and of course she was willing to pay a higher price.
Putri said that she started negotiating with a Carousell seller and agreed to pay RM800 (~S$263.49) for a pair of Shawn Mendes tickets. The two women met at the Summit, a condominium complex in eastern Singapore.
The deal was done.
And Putri was elated that she had snagged a pair of Shawn Mendes concert tickets.
The Rude Shock
But little did Putri know that the tickets were non-transferrable and were linked to the original buyer’s IC and name.
When Putri got to the concert venue, she got a rude shock when the customer service staff told her that tickets are non-transferrable and required ID verification. Also, her pair of tickets were fake.
Putri took to Twitter to share her unpleasant experience:
okay so about shawn mendes concert tu act, me and my senior kena scam and here's the story macamana boleh kena.. be careful okay if you nak beli any ticket from someone 🙂 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/QROQc8uU0e
— 𝖕 𝖚 𝖙 🧸 (@putrinoraini_) October 5, 2019
After she realised that she needed ID verification to enter, she messaged the Carousell seller. Unfortunately, she didn’t receive a reply, even after eight hours.
Her messages were also blue ticked, indicating that the buyer had indeed seen the messages but didn’t reply.
Buyer Beware
No matter how desperate you are to get concert tickets, the official ticketing venues and websites are the only way to go.
There is no fool-proof way to tell whether resells are legit or not. The act of reselling itself is already illegal.
So don’t be too desperate ok. Buy early or wait for the next concert or just watch it on YouTube.
Missing the concert is better than missing the concert + missing your cash (and crying over the lost cash).
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