Reading Festival Tickets
Tickets are sold on the condition that they are not transferable. Tickets purchased from any unauthorized sources will not be valid for entry e.g. Internet Auction sites. However - this hasn't stopped several thousand being successful.
Update 01
- Meanfiddler do condone Scarlet Mist and Stop Tout this as a trading site instead of the Auction sites:
- Anyone finding themselves with a spare ticket for this years festival might be interested in the free festival ticket exchange service provided by Scarlet Mist and Stop Tout.
- The service is fast, private and tries to match buyers and sellers locally. Tickets must be traded at their face value (no ticket touts!). People trading on the site are encouraged to donate £20 to Oxfam, WaterAid, Greenpeace or Medicins Sans Frontieres.
- Please note: Mean Fiddler and Reading & Leeds Festivals are not responsible for information held on the Scarlet Mist website or related materials and do not necessarily endorse any views expressed within it. IT IS NOT A MEAN FIDDLER SITE AND AS EVER WE WOULD ASK YOU TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION WHEN BUYING OR SELLING.
- For more information please visit Scarlet Mist and Stop Tout
Update 02
The pressure that customers have put on getmetickets has caused a trading enquiry into the company. Ticket agency Getmetickets.net, which provoked anger from many music fans, has been shut by the government.- Also BBC Breakfast News are looking for a case study of someone who has been a victim of ticket touting. If anybody knows of any please can they contact Lou Thomas at the TSI Press Office 0870 872 9030
- 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 is will have never existed or might never materialise.
Most notable of these Tout sites
- Westminster Events
- Get Me Tickets
- Splendid Tickets
- Herts Box Office
- Click For Tickets
- London Ticket Shop
- anyworldwideevent.com
- ticketssoldout.co.uk
- TicketSolutions
Meanfiddler are currently looking into companies selling ‘touted’ tickets and we are doing what we can to stop fraudelent activity. However, in the meantime, we suggest you only purchase tickets, for both festivals and venue based events from these sources…
Official Meanfiddler Ticket Agents
- Mean Fiddler Ticket Hotline: 0870 060 3777
- meanfiddler.com
- seetickets.com
- stargreen.com
- ticketweb.co.uk
- ticketmaster.co.uk
- Piccadilly Box Office (Ticketline)
- Lastminute.com
- First call (Seatum / Keith Prowse)
- Also:NME, HMV, Other Tours, Jumbo Records and Crash Records.
Further Information and Contacts
If you feel a victim of these companies we suggest a number of actions:
- Call the police, if your money has been taken and no product delivered, this is theft.
- Report the company to the Trading Standards
- Contact the BBC’s watchdog programme
- Contact the websites Internet Service Providers as they have obligations to insure they are not publishing fraudulent and illegal activity.
Useful Links
Many thanks go to aurehsalla from Reading Festival Online.
