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Most online ticket sales sites are either secondary market brokers who secure the tickets they sell themselves, or intermediaries that provide individual buyers and sellers access to one another. Buy Sell Tix, however, is a slightly different breed of service. BuySellTix is more like a portal or directory for both secondary market brokers and individual buyers and sellers to list their tickets. Buyers on the BuySellTix site have the option of buying their tickets from either of these sources or even from Ticketmaster, all through one conveniently navigable site. Thankfully, as one would hope from this type of directory site, it boasts one of the most powerful and versatile Advanced Search pages of any ticket sales site.
The only weakness with the site: you have to browse by
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source (individual, broker, Ticketmaster) separately. It would be nice if they had a Comparison Shopping feature whereby you could compare prices and ticket availability for all 3 sources on one page. Who knows? Maybe they'll read this review and implement it.
Visit BuySellTix
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Prices
Prices at BuySellTix are generally lower than the industry average when compared to other online ticket sellers. Most major events are offered on the website, including international events. Overall, it's a great place to shop with an excellent pricing structure, where you can find some great premium seats in the secondary ticket sales marketplace. |
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Service Charges
Service charges are called Processing Fees. The company adds a 15% service charge to the price of the tickets purchased through their site. |
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Customer Service
BuySellTix offers toll-free customer service Monday-Friday during standard business hours. |
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Inventory
BuySellTix carries an extensive inventory of tickets via their direct access of tickets from their secondary ticket selling marketplace, as well as from private sellers who have extra tickets that want to sell them through their website and network partners. BuySellTix also links you to Ticketmaster in case you can get access to the tickets from the primary ticket sellers -- this is only hopeful at best, as most "in demand" tickets are already sold out and are only available through the secondary ticket marketplace. |
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Markets
North American and International markets
Sports (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, Golf, College Basketball, College Football, College Hockey, WWE, Horseracing, Rodeo, Supercross, Tennis, Soccer, AFL, Boxing, WNBA, Figure Skating, and more)
Concerts (Pop, Country, Rock, R&B/Hip Hop, Jazz &Blues, Comedy, Latin, Summer Tours, and more)
Theater (2006 shows listed by Title and Venue) |
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Delivery Methods
All tickets shipped FedEx (choose between Next Morning, $23.50; Next Afternoon, $18.50; Two-Day Delivery, $13.50; Delivery to Canada/Mexico, $28.50; (other) International Delivery, $38.50) |
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Guarantees
No guarantees on tickets sold by individuals
Repeat: NO guarantees on tickets sold by individuals
However, while Buy Sell Tix takes zero responsibility for the authenticity of the tickets that individuals list on their site, they do offer 100% guarantees on the tickets sold by brokers, promising to replace confirmed tickets that prove to be unavailable after all.
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Extra Resources
Incredible Advanced Search page -- search by combinations of Category, Keyword, City, State, Zip, Event, Team, Artist, Venue, Dates
Detailed Artist/Event information
1-800 and email support
Message and Feedback boards (especially useful for evaluating individual sellers)
Blog
Gift Certificates
Parking Passes and Event Ticket Insurance sold here too
Event/Show related merchandise
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