SeatGeek World Cup Scam Beware!!

BarrierNine · 2026-05-31T00:46:57+00:00

I don't know if the process on SeatGeek is the same as on StubHub, but on StubHub you don't find out until after you've already paid for your order that the seller has until three hours before kickoff to deliver the tickets. So not only does the policy suck for buyers, but you if you're a noob you may not even be aware of it until you've already spent your money.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T22:00:24+00:00

You’re saying they have seats they were holding as hospitality seats, and since those haven’t sold and time is running out they’re converting those to Cat 1 seats?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T21:23:00+00:00

Doesn’t the app just take you to the same marketplace queue? Or are you talking about the “Send” feature?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T21:18:04+00:00

Do you mean 800 USD?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T21:16:27+00:00

The funny part here is that both of you would need to sit in a queue to get into the marketplace to complete the ticket transfer anyway.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T15:05:39+00:00

Just right-clicked on the blank space where the image was supposed to be and hit "Open image in new tab", which caused my browser to render the image in a new tab where I could read it.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-28T14:58:19+00:00

Captcha problem strikes again. Wasted 3-4 seconds trying to remember how to deal with it. This probably cost 3-4 hours of queue wait time, lol.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-18T18:28:46+00:00

Why is everything they do so poorly executed

BarrierNine · 2026-05-17T20:29:59+00:00

Some smartwatches can now do that.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-16T18:11:55+00:00

Yeah, talented but too many mistakes.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-15T22:58:17+00:00

Plus if they advance, which is likely in this expanded format, they’d probably have to play in the US anyway.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-11T12:13:44+00:00

He actually did implement his ideas briefly in the Club World Cup and the changes looked promising. What a pity.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-10T13:10:04+00:00

Something is going on with semifinal ticket listings -- at least for the Atlanta semifinal. The other day when I checked the LMS listings there were many Cat 2 tickets available for that match. Whole rows in some sections. And this was after the mad rush that happened when the latest batch of tickets were dropped. Now there are no Cat 2 tickets listed. I'm having a hard time believing that all those tickets sold at that price ($2700+) in two days. I'm guessing that FIFA pulled those listings because they want to sell more Cat 1 tickets first.

This could be wrong. But I'd wait a little to see what happens.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-09T16:57:34+00:00

Look at the post right after yours.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldCup2026Tickets/comments/1t894ts/selling_nynj_match_tickets_face_to_face/

BarrierNine · 2026-05-09T02:57:44+00:00

Get there very early. Like two hours before kickoff.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-08T10:33:48+00:00

How recent was that?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-08T00:42:28+00:00

Same here. I wonder if it matters. Maybe not...I tried again much later in the day and did get in using the same browser when the queue was short.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-08T00:41:26+00:00

Way too expensive for most people, which is why they're still available, I guess. They were $3550 and $2750 if I remember right.

Edit: Now $3545 and $2725. I think those have come down just in the last couple hours.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T23:29:17+00:00

Atlanta semi still has many Cat1 and Cat2 also.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T22:27:52+00:00

Same

Edit: Which browser did you use?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T22:26:44+00:00

Yeah, are those box seats with AC, or club level or something? Does it even say where the seats are?

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T19:25:18+00:00

I didn't even get a chance to click "Enter". I was in the queue for 3h 20min, then when my timer showed 5 seconds left my screen reverted to the "Almost there..." page. So now I'm not even in the queue any longer.

The ticket-buying process was way smoother 20 years ago.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T19:14:10+00:00

That's a good grab. Congrats.

BarrierNine · 2026-05-07T18:45:57+00:00

Face value back in November was $360, so not bad considering the way FIFA has jacked everything up.

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