need advice - bought tickets for the wrong date :( need to resell

In My Humble Opinion
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So like an idiot I purchased tickets for a Cirque du Soleil performance in Denver for the wrong dates. We’re only there for two days but I accidentally bought tickets for the week after.

I’ve contacted them about changing the dates, but their website says no exchanges so I’m not very optimistic.

I am not in the US so I’m not sure what I should do if I want to resell my tickets. Should I just sell them on craigslist? Or are there websites that specialize in reselling tickets?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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You can try StubHub. They don’t allow direct exchanges between customers, but you could try selling your tickets then purchasing others.

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You could try the Marketplace subforum here on the SDMB.

Unless you already have. I’ve never opened that forum.

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If I could afford it, I would probably just donate them to an organization in the Denver area. Maybe some sick/poor kid would like to see the show. Then buy tickets for the right date.

If not, I might put them on Craigslist in the Denver area. They would probably go quickly.

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If there’s a market for them (“would probably go quickly”) I would definitely try StubHub first. I’ve never used it as a seller, and I’m guessing there are fees, but it is specifically set up for selling tickets and protects the buyer and seller so I think it’s worth losing a couple bucks for the security.

I’ve sold tickets on Craigslist before too but only when I was able to say “ok meet me in front of the venue with the cash.” You could send a PayPal invoice, I guess that would offer some security to the buyer and seller. But you can’t be too sure.

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Have you actually spoken to anyone at their ticket office yet? They may have no problem switching the tickets to another date even though it says no exchanges. Several times I have bought tickets to Broadway shows, which also say no refunds or exchanges on them, but when I realized I was unable to attend on those dates I called Telecharge and they switched the dates for me without a second thought.

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Here the dates for their Denver show on stubhub:

http://www.stubhub.com/search/doSearch?searchStr=cirque du soleil denver&pageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=50&searchMode=event&start=0&rows=50&geo_exp=1

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I have all positive experiences selling on StubHub, and that would be my first recommendation for your circumstance, assuming the ticket office won’t help you out.

Good luck!

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Thanks everyone! I haven’t heard back from the ticket office yet - I’ll try calling them tomorrow. If not, StubHub seems like a good bet. Thanks for all the good advice. :slight_smile: