Crystal K.
Total Scam
I am writing this review 3 years after the incident because I was reviewing old transactions. I purchased 2 VIP package tickets to see Dying Fetus in NYC on 06/03/2022. I arrived at the venue for my "will call tickets" and the workers said we were "not on the list" and that they had zero record of any tickets at all. I showed them the email confirmation and still the venue said that they had zero records. I sent customer service an email outside the venue at 8:28PM, they responded at 10:08PM "why was the venue not letting you get your tickets?". At 11:54PM I emailed back and said "They [the venue] told me they have no record of my tickets. They said they have never heard of Sound Rink and that they needed a ticket barcode to scan. I showed them the email confirmation from when I purchased the ticket, to which they didn't accept. My name is not on the will call/VIP list. I need a refund for this". On 06/04/2022 they responded, "That is not true, you are on the list I sent to them. I will contact them now. Did you have to purchase tickets at the door? They will be the ones who will need to refund you since they were paid for your tickets and were on the list we sent them". On 06/04/2022 6:12PM I responded, "I purchased tickets from you (Sound Rink) and will receive a refund from you. Grammercy theater (venue) has nothing to do with this. I purchased my tickets from you guys and therefore you guys are going to refund me. Grammercy has no record of my tickets. cont: "According to the Better Business Bureau, you have a rating of 1.11/5. As far as I'm concerned I am being scammed. Your Facebook comments have several complaints of people not getting their tickets or money back. I drove 2 hours to NYC to be told they have never heard of Sound Rink. My entire day was wasted because I chose to purchase tickets from you. I expect a refund". Their grand respond on 06/04/22 6:48PM, "Grammercy Theater is 100% at fault for this, not us. We have a contract in place where we can sell tickets with VIP packages and presale tickets. They supply us the tickets and they are paid for them. We paid them to have these tickets available for VIP and presale customers at will call. They told you they did not have tickets or an order from you. We cannot pay them for these tickets and then have them tell you there's no purchase and then we refund you when we did everything we were supposed to. They are responsible for this error, not us. We are not financially liable for paying them and then refunding customers for their mishaps. I've attached an image of the spreadsheet of buyers where you can clearly see you are listed, I have blurred one of the other customers that purchased for their privacy. We actually sent them the VIP buyer list TWICE. Once a week or so ago and then again the day before the show because their internal team mishandled things. Obviously if they refund us the cost of the tickets, we will be the ones to initiate a refund but they are completely responsible for this mishap and I do apologize. You are not being scammed. A band would not send their fans to a scam. What is a scam is the BBB. They are not an official agency in any way or form. They are a business that exists to charge businesses fees to put their logo on their site. And a handful of negative reviews, which the angriest people for things that may be a mishap or a miscommunication for a business that has existed for over a decade and had over a million transactions is far from an accurate representation. Again, I'm sorry that this happened, we never like to hear about this. Speaking with the band's team, the NY show was chaotic because of the venue staff and a bunch of things went wrong on their end yesterday. I hear you and I understand your upset and anger regarding the situation but the venue is the one who that should be directed to. I will contact them now and let you know when I hear back from them. The box office manager of Gramercy said they didn't report of any issues the day of with people picking up tickets and that other customers picked up their tickets. Do you remember who you had spoke to? And if you're okay with me putting you in touch with them, they said they would speak with you regarding the matter." My character limit is up but no one ever called me and I got a refund from my credit card company of $190 after they continued to lie and gaslight me. Date of experience was 06/03/2022 Obviously don't buy anything from them.



