Theatre Ticket Dilemma

[SunshineLollipopsAndRainbows]

Booked for a show quite a while ago & my friend gave me the money for her ticket. However, she forgot all about it & accidentally double booked herself very recently so can’t go. She hasn’t asked for the money back. Is it right that she shouldn’t get her money back & I can give the ticket to another friend for free?

the other friend pays for the ticket.

You need to agree with her.
Ideally maybe another friend would buy the ticket for half price, then new person gets a bargain and old friend gets some money back.

Or original friend takes on job of trying to ell on the ticket.

We are a group of old school friends and this happens quite frequently, (trying to get stuff organised is like wrangling cats) if we can resell the ticket the money is refunded to the original purchaser.

If we can't they know that the money can't be refunded, but in all good conscience I would not expect someone else have a 'free ' ticket. That's how our group works, but
everyone is different.

Depends if the other friend has offered any money and will go at all if they have to pay. I would hope they would offer and you could suggest half price, which you give to the other friend?

If In was offered the ticket your friend cannot use I would expect to pay for it

It shouldn't be on you to find someone else to go - your friend should do it. If she can't/won't then I don't see why you shouldn't take someone of your choice for free.

Your friend has left you either going alone, going with a randomer they sell the ticket to, or finding someone else to go with who may not have wanted to see that particular show but would like to keep you company. None of those is an ideal option. And if you find a friend who wants to keep you company, they shouldn't have to pay full price for a show that they wouldn't have usually spent the money on.

Ask another friend to go and buy the ticket off the other friend

How much is the ticket? If I was offered it I wouldn't expect it for free. Sell the ticket to another friend if you can and pay her back.

Agree.

But I wouldn't expect to pay full price either.

The ticket was just over £30 ( my 2nd friend has asked me what they owe me but I haven’t got around to replying yet).
And Sublimeursula absolutely not!
I have messaged my original companion to ask what they want to do. As I said, she’s made no mention of wanting her money back. She feels really bad for forgetting & booking a weekend away the same weekend.

Even if it's something you wouldn't normally go to, but you're just going so your friend doesn't have to go alone?

If the OPs friend had bought the ticket to go on her own and double booked herself, she'd be out of pocket unless she could sell the ticket herself. I don't see why the onus is on the OP to sort it out or expect someone else to pay for the friends mistake. If I was the friend I'd feel awful and would just be happy if the OP could find someone to go with so we both didn't have to miss out. If I got some money back it would just be a bonus, I wouldn't expect any.

The normal thing to do is find someone ie your other friend who wants to go to buy the ticket off them.

Sometimes that ticket will be offered at a reduction so it's a win win all round

I went to a concert in the summer with a friend. Original date had been postponed due to COVID. Friends friend couldn’t make the rearranged date so she invited me. I paid for the ticket and original buyer received the money. Didn’t occur to me not to pay and give the money back to original buyer. Surely it is that simple?

My friend is paying half so the friend who double booked will get half back.

Why is she paying half?

Maybe because she wasn't so bothered about going at full price, but at half price she can afford/justify it / it feels better value for money?

There's things I wouldn't go to at the theatre at full price but might go at half price if offered a ticket last minute that would otherwise be going to waste .

@TeenDivided I thought she'd either want to go and pay the full amount or be doing the OP a favour and go for free, but I was confused as she specifically asked OP what she owed her

What's the show OP?

I suggested she paid half