How to avoid buying fake tickets in music festivals?

Everyone loves music festivals, whether it is electronic syllables or any form of performance, we all go for fun. Some people go straight to the scene from Wan Li, and some people will spend a lot of money on air tickets, accommodation, friends' dinners or after-meeting parties in one breath, but as long as they have a good time in those days, everyone will still feel flattered.

But a small fake ticket may ruin all this-maybe you have experienced it, maybe your friends have experienced it (recently, everyone rushed to the scene of major electronic syllables and heard that there were several fake ticket incidents) ...

In any case, trust between people exists like a plastic flower, and you may be played by experienced ticket sellers at any time.

It is necessary to put on a layer of "anti-fraud armor" for you who love music. Here are some suggestions to avoid buying fake tickets:

1

It is most reassuring to buy advance tickets in advance.

I'm afraid this is nonsense, but to be honest, buying tickets in advance from the officially designated online platform is more of a peace of mind. Whether it is an early bird ticket or an advance ticket, they allow you to pick up the ticket in different ways: on-site or by mail. You can find the way that suits you best according to your own itinerary. Tickets can't be fake unless you don't look at the wrong website domain name carefully and go to a phishing website ... (Are you sure it's a phishing website? )

Of course, you may also face the following risks:

1. There may be a long queue to buy tickets on the spot.

2. It's easy to leave your ticket with you, or drive for 2 hours and find that you left it in the hotel.

The itinerary has changed, so we have to resell the tickets to others.

The first two items are actually trivial. If you want to resell tickets, you can generally sell them (generally it depends on the loss). However, if there are special circumstances in the music festival, such as weather and other factors, your ticket may be unsalable. So it's best to think carefully about whether you can really come as scheduled before the music festival.

2

On-site tickets will never be forged.

If you have never bought tickets for a music festival, you may think: What's the difference between online tickets and live tickets?

Say it scientifically! It is more expensive! ! ! (Identify local tyrants or dying local tyrants)

On-site tickets are usually more expensive than ordinary advance tickets 100 yuan or so. If you feel that the time is uncertain and the money is not bad, just go to the scene that day and throw the banknote or QR code at the ticket office (don't throw your second mobile phone to them), and you will never buy a fake ticket.

Generally, large-scale activities have on-site ticket sales points, and tickets can generally be bought smoothly-but there may be a few organizers who do not have on-site ticket sales. It may be because of our own ticketing system, or it may be that the tickets for that day have been sold out online.

So friends who buy on-site tickets, please be sure to observe the sales of tickets! If the party is held in a small venue and DJ or musicians are popular, I suggest buying in advance. After all, it is likely to be sold out (if you want to buy low-priced tickets from scalpers, you have to look at your face). The electronic syllables in large venues are relatively more reassuring, but you also need to pay close attention to real-time dynamics (Taobao is like an ambush).

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Be careful when buying second-hand tickets online.

This is probably the most risky way to buy, and the risk is like the cover of the anchor, gourd doll. Avi and QQ love.

When you can't see the ticket in the seller's hand, you can hardly tell whether there is something wrong with the ticket-even if I show you the ticket number and even the QR code, you may have changed hands many times before you get it, and finally you find that your QR code has been scanned at the ticket gate? !

So! If you want to buy second-hand air tickets online, you need to pay attention to the following points:

1. Don't worry too much! WeChat Alipay lets you transfer money directly, which is basically cheated!

I heard that a friend was cheated by an online scalper at the jungle music festival today. Actually, it's not just this time. Every time, more or less, a friend's money goes back. Of course, we should reprimand the liar for being shameless, but more importantly, you should choose safer trading methods and try to avoid such mistakes.

2. Regular platform transactions such as idle fish!

Of course, everyone is most familiar with the idle fish platform, and the mechanism is basically the same as Taobao. Let the seller hang things on idle fish, and then you can take pictures of this product like Taobao shopping. The money will not enter the other party's account immediately, but will be transferred after you confirm the collection. Therefore, such a transaction method can largely avoid the other party not giving you tickets in the future. Don't rush to confirm the receipt of the ticket after you get it-first check the authenticity of the ticket in your hand and check the anti-counterfeiting serial number of the ticket on the ticketing website. If it is confirmed that there is no problem, you can enter the venue smoothly with the ticket on the same day, and then try to press the orange receive button.

One of the problems you may encounter in idle fish is "multi-layer resale": you may meet a seller of idle fish, but he doesn't have the ticket himself, but he bought another seller's ticket and then opened a new purchase link to sell the ticket of the first seller, raising the price to make black-hearted money. In this case, you may eventually get tickets that can be used, but you will also encounter some very chaotic situations ... (Bian Xiao has encountered tickets sold on the third floor before, and he is also very tired. )

The QR code is not recommended for idle fish to buy, because it is said that the situation that the QR code cannot be used for many times is also real and has been encountered.

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The most reliable way of second-hand tickets: face to face!

If you feel that you don't want to face online transactions with fear, the easiest way is to let the conductor come to your door and pay the delivery with you! Similarly, it's best to confirm whether there is a problem with the ticket before giving money. The safest way is to give money when you enter the door. Remember that you are the buyer! Exercise your right to speak to the maximum extent, and don't let the other side control you!

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Talk about how to face scalpers

The biggest uncertainty in buying tickets from scalpers is the price. If you go to a super-popular scene where tickets are in short supply, maybe the offer of scalpers will make you feel sad instantly.

Yes, they will double the price-even fake tickets. But similarly, if you sell tickets on the spot, you will get tickets that are very affordable and much cheaper than the official price. At that moment, you may feel that all friends who bought advance tickets lost a lot of money and earned their own blood.

However, how to face scalpers is a technical job, and the following tips may help you:

1. Beware of fake tickets! Even if you are a big local tyrant and spend several times the price to buy scalper tickets, the staff will tell you that the tickets are fake at the moment you enter the door, and you will feel distressed about your IQ instead of your money. Might as well let the ox follow you to the door. Generally, if you have business to do, someone will be willing to accompany you.

Ask a few more people and you may get a more reasonable price. Also learn to bargain (hold back! Unless you are Daniel Wu or Brigitte Lin), it is also excellent to save some money to buy a bottle of Harbin beer.

You can also resell the extra tickets to them. Try not to push the price too low when trading. Might as well ask more people. Try to choose Alipay or WeChat when trading to avoid counterfeit money to the greatest extent.

Maybe you have a different wonderful experience about online shopping for second-hand tickets and scalper tickets. Welcome to discuss with Bian Xiao. Share experiences (idiots) and learn from each other (skills) so that you don't have to worry about buying tickets in the future.

What if I encounter a "disgusting" scalper who keeps selling live tickets in the future?

Calm down! Send him a charming word:

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