Taylor Swift tickets.. help me avoid being scammed again?!

You only need a code for the original ticket sale not resale, it's open to everyone

Ticket transfers haven't started yet so do not use anything other than the official resale sites (ticketmaster or axs). There will be tickets available no doubt nearer the time but only buy from eg a neighbour you can trust after transfers have started. I have tickets so I do understand why you want them, but buyer beware, there are no tickets available yet except those two sources.

I'm getting a resale ticket for take that but that's a local person who's husband can no longer go, I'm paying her cash on the day, quite different to a random internet person.

I'd have thought if its a scam the tickets don't even exist and she's sent you a screen shot of photoshopped tickets and didn't have the tickets in the first place

You need an access code though.

Yes of course but not sure I can…? I know where she’s sitting too so if anyone near her maybe you could squirt her with ketchup for me!

Sorry if I misunderstood your previous post but I'd definitely be reporting to the police if you haven't already.

Don't give up! I had access when tickets were released but didn't manage to get tickets, daughters were gutted. I kept checking resale on axs and ticketmaster multiple times a day and managed to get 3 on axs. You just need to be really quick as they sell in seconds. Good luck!!

yes for the official sale, no for the official resale. Though given OP mentioned she passed up an expensive package I reckon she had a code but couldn't access the sale until all the cheaper and face value seats had been snapped up.

As a side note, I think (not 100%) the time for sale of VIP package tickets has been and gone now as they need to post out the packages in advance those are no longer sellable. So the potential pool of tickets is further reduced.

To anyone wanting tickets make sure you tell everyone you know so if they have tickets and something comes up closer to the time you are their first reserve. I have about 5 people who have said they want my ticket and not all of them I would have guessed would be interested.

Totally agree … but a few months ago there were some for some venues in the £300-£400 range, cheaper than the VIP tickets so may be an option for some people if they reappear, as they did a couple of times for the Cardiff concert.

I just tried for Edinburgh but you still need a code. Wonder if they will release presale later. Said presale available for Dublin?

I’m already signed up with SU, but the prices are ridiculous.

We didn’t get a code for the Ticketmaster sale but found out from calling the stadium directly that most of the venues have hospitality tickets available from a company called Seat Unique who you will find by googling. There are some VERY expensive tickets on there stretching to thousands of pounds but I was able to find tickets for less than the price of the VIP tickets available through Ticketmaster …

How annoying! Do you have her name? I'd be naming and shaming her all over the place.

Hopefully karma (sorry!) gets her.

Wow that’s an encouraging statement. Genuine tickets will come on sale closer to the dates, she is playing about 10 shows in the UK alone. Closer to the date people will get sick, have travel cancelled and more. I am convinced I can still find tickets for one of the Wembley shows.

OP there was a storm before one of the Australia shows and lots of fans had flights cancelled or didn’t fancy it anymore and thousands of tickets became available a few hours before. You never know.

Don’t you need a code to access any of the tickets though?

Where can you find those legitimate offers? Thanks

You just need to keep checking AXS and Ticketmaster. Resale tickets do appear on them both, but you just need to be lucky with timings as they sell instantly.

Viagogo and Stubhub refund you if the tickets aren’t genuine, but you won’t find that out til you’re at the stadium standing outside with devastated children, so don’t risk it!

As hopefully helpful info - I have AXS tickets and they are not able to be transferred yet, so anyone saying they can transfer axs held tickets to you already is fibbing. They won't be available to transfer until much nearer the date (to try to prevent scammers).

also this from @CaptainCarrotsBigSword it's the same for Ticketmaster, so anyone who says they will transfer tickets any time soon is a big red flag. This is how the tickets appear in my account, as you can see transfer is not available and the barcodes will not be functional until 3 days before. The "Sell" button will upload them to the general resale platform, not allow to to choose a specific individual. So if I wanted to sell these to a friend the most I could do for now would be to give them my word and forward my booking confirmation to prove that I bought them in the first place. They would have to trust me until I could transfer, which might not be possible until 3 days before!

I get that you really want this for your kids but I am a grown adult and if I got to the ticket barrier only to be turned away I would be genuinely devastated and probably in floods of tears, so much worse than accepting I missed out on tickets this tour. It wouldn't matter to be viagogo would reimburse me.

They may not necessarily all be scams. A handful of people might have lucked out and gotten tickets for £150 each and now seeing $$$$ fancy making a profit over going to show. Or only ever needed two but bought four always intending to sell the extras for profit. However Ticketmaster and AXS are the only offical resale platform and they have said in their FAQ that they will invalidate any ticket sold on an unofficial resale site (such as viagogo) whether they actually will remains to be seen. But there is a risk of the tickets being cancelled even if you did buy from a legitimate seller if it’s anywhere other than offical channel.