Beware of unauthorised ticket agencies including eBay, buying from them can be a lot of trouble - You are likely to pay over the odds for a ticket that will have never existed or might never materialise.
Info on Authorised agents
Info on UNauthorised agents
Info on Ticket Touting
Most notable of these unauthorised sites are:
SOS Ticketmaster (not to be confused withTicketmaster who are the real agent)
readingfestivaltickets.co.uk
leedsfestival.net
leedsfestival2009.com
readingfestival2009.com
Westminster Events, Get Me Tickets , Splendid Tickets, Herts Box Office
Click For Tickets, London Ticket Shop, anyworldwideevent.com
ticketssoldout.co.uk, TicketSolutions, Tickettout.com, TicketUK.com
Double 8 Tickets, London Ticket Shop, Ebay, Gumtree, Viagogo, Seatwave, Stubhub,BritishConcerts.com, GetMeTickets,Tickettout.com, No1soldoutevents.com, Sold Out Events, Tickets UK, Click for Tickets , Herts Box Office, XclusiveTicket.com, Summer Festival Tickets.com, Corporate Box Office, Ticket 4-you, Euro team,Everysell.com, Anyticket.com, Getmein.com,showtime, Tickco.com, London Ticket Express, SummerFestivalTickets.com, ticket2bethere.co.uk, paperticket.com, bookmetickets.com, euroteam.net, swickets.com, euroticketfinder.co.uk
Additional Unauthorised Sites:
Anyone advertised on Readingfestival.org - this is not an authorised site.
More tout info from Office of Fair Trading - please read
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We are currently looking into companies selling 'touted' tickets and we are doing what we can to stop fraudulent activity.
FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACTS:
If you feel a victim of these companies we suggest a number of actions:
1.Call the police; if your money has been taken and no product delivered, this is theft.
2.Report the company to the Trading Standards
3.Contact the BBC's watchdog programme
4.Contact the websites' Internet Service Providers as they have obligations to ensure they are not publishing fraudulent and illegal activity.
HELPFUL LINKS:
Trading Standards website customer accounts of GetMeTickets
Easynets Acceptable use policy, Service provider of GetMeTickets
BBC Watchdog
Get Safe Online
Full Festival Republic PDF information on Unauthorised Ticket Agents