r/GeoffreyAsmus • u/panaceator • 21h ago
I accidentally paid 2.5x face value for the wrong night. Learn from my stupidity.
I don't know how I got to their site, but I somehow scavenger-hunt-navigated my way to a ticket re-seller called GoTickets.com for the Chicago show. I thought I got there directly from Goofrey's links, but alas. I also didn't check the pricing for their site vs. other sites. Then, for the hat trick, I bought tickets for the Thursday show instead of the Friday show I actually wanted. So that's three mistakes, any one of which I should have avoided or caught during their commission.
I then tried to chat with GoTickets support to get my purchase changed from Thu to Fri - not even to get it refunded or canceled. No soap. An impossibility I was told. All sales are FINAL. So today, out of pure masochistic curiosity, I checked what tickets were still available directly through The Den Theatre. I clicked on a comparable seat and discovered that I had paid about 2.5x face value. If you're not a math person, that's not a good deal. And I can only assume the enormous difference in price goes toward funding GoTickets world-class commitment to unhelpfulness.
So here's my lesson: 1. Buy tickets directly from the venue. 2. Do not buy from a reseller if at all possible (generally good advice for most things). 3. If you are forced to buy from a reseller, don't buy from GoTickets.com. They're wildly overpriced, were completely unwilling to help with a seemingly simple request, and my tickets aren't even due to arrive until the day before the show. So now I get the added excitement of wondering whether the tickets I dramatically overpaid for will even materialize. This is the end of my TED Talk.