After making a £200 profit, which is ‘completely against her principles’, a Taylor Swift fan is considering emailing an apology to the person who shelled out for her tickets
A Taylor Swift fan has admitted her “guilt” after cashing in on tickets to see the pop superstar this week.
Taylor’s sold out Eras Tour hits Liverpool FC’s Anfield stadium for three nights on Thursday (June 13) and Swifties have paid between £58 and a staggering £661 for the privilege. Now, a fan who acted on impulse to snap up two tickets at face value earlier this week has been left with a dilemma after selling them on the realisation she was unable to attend.
Taking to Mumsnet she penned: “Like a lot of people, I’ve been trying and failing to get Taylor Swift tickets for over a year. I had completely given up hope when I got an email this morning to say I was off the wait list… for a venue hundreds of miles away. I don’t even remember registering for these tickets but I must have registered for everywhere! I only had 90 seconds to decide so I just bought two tickets.”
The woman said she soon realised the gig was a no-go, however, because her “only friend that likes Taylor” is on holiday, and even if she wanted to attend alone she “couldn’t get childcare at such short notice”.
She continued: “I decided if I resold the tickets for above face value, I could put that money towards buying a (ridiculously overpriced) ticket for closer to home in August. I didn’t take the absolute p**s, but I did advertise them for £100 above face value per ticket. They sold in literally three minutes, as they were the cheapest listed on the resale site by quite a lot.”
The transaction left her immediately at unease, however, having gone against her “principles” of “reselling for profit”. She added: “I’ve made £200 profit and that won’t cover half of what the resale ticket for the concert I want to go to is currently selling for. But I feel absolutely bloody awful about it.”
Appealing for advice, the woman has asked other Mumsnet users if she should send an email apologising for her actions to the buyer when she transfers the tickets. “Obviously not going into loads of detail but just explaining that it’s the only way I can get a resale ticket myself?” she pondered. “Personally I think I’d feel better knowing I hadn’t bought from a tout making a living out of ripping people off, but would they think I’m completely weird?”
The woman was soon made to feel better, however, after scores of users chipped in with their thoughts.
“That would just be weird,” confirmed one Mumsnet user. “You sold the tickets, someone bought them. They don’t need you emailing your life story about the price, and it doesn’t change how much you charged for them. If you felt that bad about it you wouldn’t have marked them up. It is what it is.”
A second woman agreed: “I’m sure someone getting Taylor Swift tickets for a reasonable price for THIS WEEK would be pleased. Even if the price is £100 more than you paid for it. This is a supply and demand thing so no need to feel bad IMO. No need to comment/apologise on why it’s more.”
A third added: “Nah, don’t send an email. Just focus on the fact that you’ve made someone very, very happy. Honestly, they will be thinking they got a bargain!”
And a fourth was less understanding, however, but still offered the same advice. “The last thing I want from a tout who has ripped me off is for them to try and justify them ripping me off and getting me to tell them they’re actually a brilliant person for ripping me off and so different to the other touts ripping people off,” they fumed.
Returning to the forum, the original poster later expressed her gratitude for their thoughts. “Thanks to everyone for your comments,” she said. “The general consensus is clearly that it would be weird to send an email, so I won’t! I’ve bought resale tickets before (for myself, for last minute gigs, before the assumptions start) and quite often had a note from the seller saying they hope I have a nice time etc. I always thought it was quite sweet and was considering doing the same, but it felt a bit disingenuous when I have (as I have openly admitted) overcharged for the tickets.”
