PLEASE do not support the scalpers by buying their tickets! I call them all scalpers because they are listing the tickets for sale immediately. I can see if a week or two before the convention something happens and someone can't go, but to post them as soon as ticket sales closed is blatant scalping.
BOYCOTT the scalpers or it will be worse next year!
Also, BEWARE....the ticket holder has the ability to copy the ticket as many times as he wants; so, it may be the first person with that barcode that gets in and the others won't be allowed in because that barcode has already been used. REALLY could turn SOUR on you quick. You may be holding nothing of value!
I've just reported all of them, I hope some others will do it because I never add an account on ebay, a first timer report are probably not on their top priority list, and perhaps some will be let free because its not the official tickets they sell but an item, but if ebay team isn't stupid they will delete them also since its clearly the tickets they sell, only disguised as a toy or item.
Good at least the most known place will not have them for long, but there's a lot of places and even reselling networks on the Net that would be really harder to track down, like craiglist, kijiji and others. Would love that Mojang made sure that we have a legitimate ticket at the Minecon, not sure how they could do this without forcing people to stay with the ticket buyer at all times during the Minecon.
Good at least the most known place will not have them for long, but there's a lot of places and even reselling networks on the Net that would be really harder to track down, like craiglist, kijiji and others. Would love that Mojang made sure that we have a legitimate ticket at the Minecon, not sure how they could do this without forcing people to stay with the ticket buyer at all times during the Minecon.
Would just have to be with ticket buyer at entrance or TICKET purchaser has to pick up all tickets. If you bought for family/friends not a real hardship.
Would just have to be with ticket buyer at entrance or TICKET purchaser has to pick up all tickets. If you bought for family/friends not a real hardship.
Yup, I certainly hope they ask for ID and perhaps the credit card used for the purchase at the gate to pickup the official tickets...
Well, at least it is not 100s of tickets being sold The fact that the seller can make multiple copies of the REAL ticket may really hamper anyone from buying unless they know the seller personally.
Wow, Im glad i didn't try to sell the ticket that was for my friend who told me he couldn't go after I bought them. Thankfully my younger cousin wanted to go so I gave it to him. But if I had tried to re-sell it to get my money back, I would have been reported by a bunch of people here! o.o
You guys are ruining all the fun... they are doing a good thing by giving you minecon tickets
There are so many things wrong with this, that I don't know where to start. They are NOT giving MInecon tickets. They are selling (possibly illegally, depending on their State laws), at prices that far exceed what Mojang charged. Now picture this: A parent decides to pay the inflated price, rent a hotel room for 2 nights, and fly his child and himself to Orlando. He tries to get into Minecon and someone has already used the barcodes he has on his tickets! Sure, he may be able to file a complaint with PayPal and Ebay, BUT meanwhile he is sitting in a parking lot with a crying child having to explain what happened. Wrong in so many ways...
There are so many things wrong with this, that I don't know where to start.
People buy and resell tickets for nearly every event. I can't think of many events that this doesn't happen to. Nearly all events now have electronic/printable tickets that could be duplicated. That's why you go by the reputation of the seller. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for wanting to sell a ticket.
Let's say someone who got a ticket and intended to go to the event meets another Minecraft fan who want's to go so bad they offer more for the ticket. If the ticket is sold, it's win/win and both parties are happy. It's really not helping anyone trying to prevent these things.
It was so hard to get tickets many people recruited friends and family members to help them out. In some cases, those people paid for the tickets on their credit cards to be reimbursed. Now some people have been confused into thinking that those tickets are not valid because they don't have the right name on them. Some of the policies intended to prevent scalping are actually hurting true fans of the game.
Mojang could have required that the original purchaser be present to show ID/purchasing credit card...while holding the tickets at will-call if they wanted to prevent this.
People buy and resell tickets for nearly every event. I can't think of many events that this doesn't happen to. Nearly all events now have electronic/printable tickets that could be duplicated. That's why you go by the reputation of the seller. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for wanting to sell a ticket.
Let's say someone who got a ticket and intended to go to the event meets another Minecraft fan who want's to go so bad they offer more for the ticket. If the ticket is sold, it's win/win and both parties are happy. It's really not helping anyone trying to prevent these things.
It was so hard to get tickets many people recruited friends and family members to help them out. In some cases, those people paid for the tickets on their credit cards to be reimbursed. Now some people have been confused into thinking that those tickets are not valid because they don't have the right name on them. Some of the policies intended to prevent scalping are actually hurting true fans of the game.
Mojang could have required that the original purchaser be present to show ID/purchasing credit card...while holding the tickets at will-call if they wanted to prevent this.
You're right, and if EventBrite had used CAPTCHA a lot of the bot purchases could have been avoided.
You're right, and if EventBrite had used CAPTCHA a lot of the bot purchases could have been avoided.
Thats true. I asked friends to help me out with ticket purchases...one of my programmer friends offered to create a bot because it was so easy to do that for this site (mainly because it had no protection such as CAPTCHA). I didn't ask him to go ahead and spend the time doing that but apparently it's not that difficult. Given the number of programmers in the Minecraft community I'm sure some took advantage of the loophole.
Eventbrite was just a bad choice for a ticketing partner.
It would be nice if they sold single day tickets and more floor tickets / seperate tickets for special sessions like comi-con does.
People buy and resell tickets for nearly every event. I can't think of many events that this doesn't happen to. Nearly all events now have electronic/printable tickets that could be duplicated. That's why you go by the reputation of the seller. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for wanting to sell a ticket.
Let's say someone who got a ticket and intended to go to the event meets another Minecraft fan who want's to go so bad they offer more for the ticket. If the ticket is sold, it's win/win and both parties are happy. It's really not helping anyone trying to prevent these things.
It was so hard to get tickets many people recruited friends and family members to help them out. In some cases, those people paid for the tickets on their credit cards to be reimbursed. Now some people have been confused into thinking that those tickets are not valid because they don't have the right name on them. Some of the policies intended to prevent scalping are actually hurting true fans of the game.
Mojang could have required that the original purchaser be present to show ID/purchasing credit card...while holding the tickets at will-call if they wanted to prevent this.
I actually agree with this. I had a similar situation where I bought my friend a ticket and he was supposed to come with me but he dropped out after I had made the purchase... So naturally the first thing that comes to mind is to try and get my money back for it; I never had any intentions to rip someone off or anything I just wanted my money back and give someone else a fair chance to go to Minecon who wasn't able to get tickets. But my cousin wanted to go so I'll be bringing him instead of selling the extra ticket.
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From what I know there should be an option for organizers to disable changing ticket details on Eventbrite. Apparently Mojang must have missed it because there is a help guide on Eventbrite's site.
Took about 20 minutes but I reported every one - even the ones that try to be sneaky and try to sell a legit item with "free Minecon Tickets"
Unfortunately, Ebay doesn't seem to care anymore. I reported 10 auctions a couple of days ago and not one listing was removed. Sad to see people getting scammed.
BOYCOTT the scalpers or it will be worse next year!
Also, BEWARE....the ticket holder has the ability to copy the ticket as many times as he wants; so, it may be the first person with that barcode that gets in and the others won't be allowed in because that barcode has already been used. REALLY could turn SOUR on you quick. You may be holding nothing of value!
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Good work I've done the same!
Also Lydia from Mojang is contacting Ebay about it, so they should block all the new auctions too: https://twitter.com/LydiaWinters/status/364047697583812608 https://twitter.com/LydiaWinters/status/364093919446835200
Would just have to be with ticket buyer at entrance or TICKET purchaser has to pick up all tickets. If you bought for family/friends not a real hardship.
Yup, I certainly hope they ask for ID and perhaps the credit card used for the purchase at the gate to pickup the official tickets...
Way to go Mojang
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There are so many things wrong with this, that I don't know where to start. They are NOT giving MInecon tickets. They are selling (possibly illegally, depending on their State laws), at prices that far exceed what Mojang charged. Now picture this: A parent decides to pay the inflated price, rent a hotel room for 2 nights, and fly his child and himself to Orlando. He tries to get into Minecon and someone has already used the barcodes he has on his tickets! Sure, he may be able to file a complaint with PayPal and Ebay, BUT meanwhile he is sitting in a parking lot with a crying child having to explain what happened. Wrong in so many ways...
People buy and resell tickets for nearly every event. I can't think of many events that this doesn't happen to. Nearly all events now have electronic/printable tickets that could be duplicated. That's why you go by the reputation of the seller. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for wanting to sell a ticket.
Let's say someone who got a ticket and intended to go to the event meets another Minecraft fan who want's to go so bad they offer more for the ticket. If the ticket is sold, it's win/win and both parties are happy. It's really not helping anyone trying to prevent these things.
It was so hard to get tickets many people recruited friends and family members to help them out. In some cases, those people paid for the tickets on their credit cards to be reimbursed. Now some people have been confused into thinking that those tickets are not valid because they don't have the right name on them. Some of the policies intended to prevent scalping are actually hurting true fans of the game.
Mojang could have required that the original purchaser be present to show ID/purchasing credit card...while holding the tickets at will-call if they wanted to prevent this.
You're right, and if EventBrite had used CAPTCHA a lot of the bot purchases could have been avoided.
Thats true. I asked friends to help me out with ticket purchases...one of my programmer friends offered to create a bot because it was so easy to do that for this site (mainly because it had no protection such as CAPTCHA). I didn't ask him to go ahead and spend the time doing that but apparently it's not that difficult. Given the number of programmers in the Minecraft community I'm sure some took advantage of the loophole.
Eventbrite was just a bad choice for a ticketing partner.
It would be nice if they sold single day tickets and more floor tickets / seperate tickets for special sessions like comi-con does.
~Epic Space Milk Muffin
Took about 20 minutes but I reported every one - even the ones that try to be sneaky and try to sell a legit item with "free Minecon Tickets"
Unfortunately, Ebay doesn't seem to care anymore. I reported 10 auctions a couple of days ago and not one listing was removed. Sad to see people getting scammed.