Ticket etiquette??

[Ticketsarenotfree]

So my husband and I had tickets to an event but he can't go because he's got COVID. I said on my group chat that if anyone wanted they could buy it off me at £10 discount. A 'friend' then put a laughing emoji and said I must be joking.

I don't want to go on my own, but I also don't want to lose money. What's the etiquette here, am I supposed to just give the ticket away?

In my friendship group we would offer the ticket for free. The friend would then offer to pay for a meal or drinks on the day to say thanks.

On the etiquette question, in my group it would her been given for free (if you wanted money back you sell the pair of tickets).

if anyone was free to go and keep you company for the evening, they would buy drinks as a thank you.

I don't think theres a specific etiquette, but I'd have offered it for free. I wouldn't pay £50 to go to a concert that I wasn't interested enough in to buy myself a ticket at £60. I might be prepared to go along for free if a friend wanted me to keep her company.

The ticket price has already been spend. What would you rather do? Treat a friend to a concert ticket and go with them or go alone and waste the ticket?

I think asking £50 for a £60 ticket that otherwise would be wasted does come across as tight tbh.

I’d have just given the ticket away. You’ve spent the money anyway and you don’t want to go by yourself.

Maybe she’s not keen to go with someone who has a husband with Covid? How do you know it’s Covid anyway?

I agree with others, the money is wasted totally if you go alone so I would have just offered the ticket for free. If I desperately wanted to go I would have given you the money anyway. if I wasn’t fussed but wanted to keep you company and have a cheap night out I wouldn’t give you the money but would offer to drive or buy you some drinks as a thank you.

I would just take it that they wouldn't dream of paying that much to go to that event, or you might be infectious?

No harm in trying to sell it I suppose but if it doesn't massively appeal to anyone else, then your choices will be go by yourself or offer the ticket for free. And if you end up giving it away, don't treat it as a massive favour you did them, expect them to buy the food etc etc. Them accompanying you might be enough "payment".

Completely depends what the event is though, and what they are into.

Is she not laughing that he can't go because he's got COVID? If we had tickets to something I really wanted to see the big guns would be coming out on medicine box to make it even if I didn't feel 100% generally a few gins deep and it becomes an inconvenience.

When we haven't been able to make events I've always just given the tickets away

Tested for COVID of course. And OK fine I guess I'm tight then

Why what's funny about paying for a ticket?

Although to be fair I'd have offered it at half price and if no takers I'd offer it for free.

If you were selling both to offer them for a discount is fair but you're basically asking your friend to pay so you don't go alone

I would have offered it for free. If I was the person then taking you up on it I would then offer you 50% of the value because I'm getting a bargain time out.

I would have offered the ticket at half price, or given it for free. Better that it's used than not used.

But it makes no difference because if he could have gone, the money is still gone. In your position I would have just offered it to a friend and not ask them to pay. At least then the ticket (and your money) would not be wasted. I assume you do enjoy being with your friends?

In my opinion you should have offered the ticket free as it would otherwise be going to waste. The person who accepts the ticket would ideally treat you to some kind of food/merchandise as a thank you.

YANBU, I think it's fair to try and see if anyone wants to come with you. I think it's not so much a case of ticket etiquette being right or wrong, I think it just depends on your friendship group and if people are interested in coming along. If it was for a band/comedian who I know not many of my friends are into, I'd probably have said did anyone want to come along with me as the ticket is going spare, but if it was e.g. an event where lots of people in my friendship group would be interested in going I'd charge. More of a 'read the room' type thing than bad etiquette. I hope you can go and have a good time OP, despite your OH being poorly ❤️

If I really wanted to see what ever it was and would lose money anyway, I would probably give it for free. I had a similar situation but ticket was less than 60 and I just invited a friend on the understanding she didn't have to pay. She bought the interval drinks

Do you need the £50 that badly?

For a £60 ticket I don't think £10 discount is enough to make someone who wasn't already keen say 'oh, go on then'. I'd have offered it half price at least, if not for free.

It depends really whether you're trying to recoup the money or have company for the event. You're unlikely to achieve both.

If you are selling both tickets at face value or slightly cheaper for a sold out gig then that’s fine.

Selling one ticket to keep you company and the day before it’s a bit tight. I would have given the ticket away for free and in return a friend would normally buy me a drink / snack etc as a token of appreciation.

Since I doubt there's a paper copy, it has to be e-ticket etiquette.

How much was the original ticket? Is it a very sought after sold-out ticket that your friends would be excited to get at the last minute?

A last minute ticket to Taylor Swift will be snapped up by a delighted friend.
A last minute reduced price ticket to a local band would make me internally roll my eyes, I'd give that away to free if a friend was willing to accompany me.

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Depends what the ticket is for. If someone offered me a free ticket to an evening with Jim Davidson I'd send back a laughing emoji and say "you must be joking".

If someone offered me a 15% off a ticket she couldn't even use now but it was to a concert I wanted to go to I'd go but think you were tight.

Would you honestly rather go alone than give it away?

I get it's a lot of money to "lose" but at most I'd have said half price.unless it was someone incredibly popular/ hard to get ie Taylor Swift or Oasis Vs a small band no one's ever heard of like The Corn Crickets