CREDIT CARD FRAUD PROTECTION
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The best thing to do is use the number on the back of the card. Even the card companies warn that unsolicited calls to your home by a purported fraud unit could be phony by someone phishing to get your credit card information, and advise you to thank them and hang up and call the number on the back of the card.
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I know it is frustrating when this happens; it has happened to me. However, please remember that the credit companies/banks do this for your own safety. It is a good policy to call ahead of time to let them know exactly who the transaction will be through - that way, it is less likely to be blocked. I didn't have that option this time, since the presale started so suddenly (and we got the e-mail about it 2 hours later
: ), but luckily (and amazingly), mine went through. I can't wait to see the man again!
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p.s. - Thank you, Martin, for this thread. You always think of such great information to share here to help us all out!
You keep us all reasonably calm, if not quite sane.
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I've bumped this topic as this years new season of ticket sales may be showing similar issues. Read the advice in the earliest posts to maximise the potential to have a smooth problem free ticket purchase. Martin
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yeah just encountered that with my card
entered all the correct info.. than I couldn't get into Paypal used another card.. I advise call your bank.. & let them know.. this happened too me with Manchester *& Liverpool 2011... card wouldn't go thru got like the last tix for Liverpool can't call Event Travel.. I emailed them and asked if we could pick up tix at the venue as we always do.. don't wanna have the chance tix lost in post or not arriving at hotel.. since we are coming from different countries... I usually don't worry.. but I do have concerns.. bout tix~
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A sensible thread for sure,i'd never have thought to alrt my bank that,when the times comes,a big purchase is on the way,saves so much time if you let them know
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What happened to the days where you could buy your tickets at the box office/record store IN CASH for HALF THE PRICE of today's "SERVICE" FEES??
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Liverpuddle2:
My order wasn't blocked by my credit card company did send me a fraud email alert. I bought from crowdsurge and bought a vip package....believe these definitely are what caused the alert.
I remember buying $700 worth of Elton John tickets on eBay in 2005 and my C.C. company called me to confirm the charges. I was like, "yeah, that sounds about right."
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KingMacca:
What happened to the days where you could buy your tickets at the box office/record store IN CASH for HALF THE PRICE of today's "SERVICE" FEES??
You can if you want to fly to Verona to queue up
Who'd have imagined years ago you could click on this interwebby thing and get instant tickets without the anxiety of a physical queue or international postal applications..... That's Service - but they charge for it
Martin
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KingMacca:
What happened to the days where you could buy your tickets at the box office/record store IN CASH for HALF THE PRICE of today's "SERVICE" FEES??
I wish you could still buy tickets for that cheap, however, my friend and I bought tickets for Paul at Wrigley Field at the box office before the show and paid cash. It was over $500 cash and we were a little messed up to say the least; stuffing wads of cash through the little slot in the window with a sea of people all around us waiting.