Caution advised if buying tickets; LESSON: Woman reprieved after paying cash to company which went bust.Byline: By Emma McKinney CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT CONSUMERS were today warned to only buy tickets to gigs and concerts from reputable rep·u·ta·ble adj. Having a good reputation; honorable. rep  u·ta·bil dealers after a woman forked out cash to see a
show in Birmingham from a company which ended up going bust.
Samantha Morris, aged 23, was left gutted when she splashed pounds 80 on tickets for herself and her cousin Enya Tabram, 15, to go to see comedy act The Mighty Boosh at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. But the tickets, a Christmas gift for Enya, failed to turn up and then Samantha discovered the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. news that the company she had brought them from had gone into liquidation The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal Bankruptcy . Luckily, Birminghambased agent The Ticket Factory heard of the cousins' plight and offered to supply the pair with new tickets so they could enjoy the gig. Peter Monks, business development manager at the firm which is the official box office for Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, NIA and LG Arena, said: "We would never normally do this but, on this occasion, we had a pair of unclaimed competition tickets, which The Mighty Boosh had donated. We want to use Samantha and Enya's experience to get the message across to fans to be extremely cautious where they buy tickets. "Every day we hear of cases of fans desperate to get a ticket for their favourite acts, finding the authorised main agents sold out and going on to buy from previously unheard of Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard websites which are often operated by unscrupulous ticket touts so unfortunately the cousins' story is a common one. "Fans should only ever buy from a reputable source such as The Ticket Factory or the venue's box office to avoid this sort of thing happening." He also urged people only to buy tickets from firms approved by STAR, the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers. Samantha, of Coventry, added: "We are over the moon that The Ticket Factory stepped in to help. In future we will only be buying tickets for our shows from them." CAPTION(S): Samantha Morris, left Peter Monks, Business Development Manager of The Ticket Factory, and Enya Tabram. |
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