Buyer Beware: Mom says she's out $300 bucks after trying to buy Panthers tickets for her son
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) – It’s the hottest ticket in town.
“Mr. Newton, welcome again!,” mentioned Blair Richardson, proprietor of Ticket Reserve. He says selling prices have soared.
“A relatives of four now heading to the game as opposed to $100 overall, now, you happen to be wanting at $500 as well as service fees, so major financial effects.” So when Sarah Rowe identified a pair of tickets on Craigslist for $300, she jumped on them. The tickets were being for her 16-yr-previous son and his buddy to go to their initially sport solo.
“We have been so thrilled that Cam Newton is again. Things are heading fantastic. I was going to splurge,” she described.
But she promptly acquired the offer was also fantastic to be genuine. “We despatched him the funds, and he reported he failed to get it. We reported, ‘are you heading to email us the tickets? What is the electronic mail you’re working with to ship us so we can look in junk mail. We’re not receiving everything and all of a sudden, there was no reaction.”
$300 down the drain. “I’ve emailed Venmo. I haven’t listened to back, and it does say in their often asked questions that there is certainly no way to get refunded once you’ve despatched it.”
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Rowe suggests they’re looking for one more pair of tickets, but they now splurged for the ones they hardly ever finished up acquiring.
“It just will make me angry that another person would choose benefit of your contentment. I know instances are hard and individuals will need employment, but there are a great deal of positions out there. There is no explanation to consider anything absent from a 16-12 months-aged.”
