Pay too much for your concert ticket? This may be why

TheEastlinkCentre is issuing a warning to ticket buyers: use caution whenbuying from third-party sellers.

Box office manager JanetCairdsays the centre has been receiving calls from people concerned about the tickets they've bought for the upcoming Johnny Reid concert.

That's because they're buying tickets from third-party sellers. Customers have been calling with concerns about the legitimacy of the tickets, and how much they're paying for them.

"It's buyer beware. If you're not on a site that is owned by us, you are not buying from us," Caird said.

Johnny Reid tickets are still available through Eastlink's box officeand start at about $50.

And yet, in some cases, people have paid third-party sellers up to double the cost of a ticket, plus unnecessary shipping fees, explainedCaird.

"It's one thing to buy tickets from a third-party seller after a show is sold out so that you have a chance to go, but to buy it while we're still selling tickets at the right prices instead of inflated prices we just don't want to see our patrons ... paying too muchwhen there's actually tickets that are in better locations and better prices here."

Most third-party sites have disclaimers

Stubhub is one of the third-party sites selling Johnny Reid tickets.

A representative for that site says currently, its tickets listed for the Johnny Reid concert in Charlottetown are reasonably priced, between $56 and $96 in U.S. dollars.

The representative also added that every ticket on the site is guaranteed.

Other third-party sites did not respond to calls from CBC.

Most third-party sites dowarn consumers that they arethird-party sellers, and that prices may be set above face value.

Cairdwants people to know that if they're paying more than $82 for a Johnny Reid ticket, then they're not on the local site, and are paying too much.

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