Buying tickets on Ebay?

fmingo36

fmingo36

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I have seen a lot of Disney tickets available on Ebay. Has anyone ever purchased tickets on Ebay and have the ever had trouble with the tickets once they got to the park?
 
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wannabeBelle

wannabeBelle

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I agree with that Slappy. If I actually knew the person and something tragic or unforseen happened, I would certainly consider buying the unused passes from them. As far as buying it from someone I dont know personally.............for me, no way, it isnt going to happen. Belle
 
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executivechef

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FACT:
It's against the law to sell tickets with unused days period.
That's why on EBAY you cannot sell 4 days from a 5 day park hopper ticket. You must sell unused tickets for the number of days.
Example: If you try to sell a 2 day park hopper from a 4 day that had 2 used days left on it, ebay would end your auction as soon as this to be found out.
I know this because it happened to us. My in-laws only use 2 days of a 4 day hopper. I tried to sell the tickets for them only to have Ebay end my auction and tell me of the rules. They weren't rude, but it's in the EBAY rules for selling items.


Guy
 
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wannabeBelle

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executivechef said:
FACT:
It's against the law to sell tickets with unused days period.
That's why on EBAY you cannot sell 4 days from a 5 day park hopper ticket. You must sell unused tickets for the number of days.
Example: If you try to sell a 2 day park hopper from a 4 day that had 2 used days left on it, ebay would end your auction as soon as this to be found out.
I know this because it happened to us. My in-laws only use 2 days of a 4 day hopper. I tried to sell the tickets for them only to have Ebay end my auction and tell me of the rules. They weren't rude, but it's in the EBAY rules for selling items.


Guy
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Great information!!!! Thanks for chiming in, Guy!!! Belle
 
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unkadug

unkadug

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executivechef said:
FACT:
It's against the law to sell tickets with unused days period.
That's why on EBAY you cannot sell 4 days from a 5 day park hopper ticket. You must sell unused tickets for the number of days.
Example: If you try to sell a 2 day park hopper from a 4 day that had 2 used days left on it, ebay would end your auction as soon as this to be found out.
I know this because it happened to us. My in-laws only use 2 days of a 4 day hopper. I tried to sell the tickets for them only to have Ebay end my auction and tell me of the rules. They weren't rude, but it's in the EBAY rules for selling items.


Guy
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Against the law - questionable

Against Disney and Ebay's rules - Agreed
 
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Master Yoda

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unkadug said:
Wow... talk about your pigeon-holed legislation. :eek:
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The law does actually have a decent purpose. It does help to eliminate all those less than honorable ticket resellers that would pop up on every vacant corner on I-drive. It also probably did not hurt when it was time to get that law in the books that Disney generates about a bizillion dollars a day in sales taxes.
 
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MissM

MissM

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It's pretty cut-and dry really. In the state of Florida:

Legal: selling any one-day or UNUSED multi-day ticket (for any amount you want)

Illegal: selling any partially used multi-day ticket
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Hope that helps.
-m
 
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isitingood

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I talked to someone from Ebay yesterday on this subject. It is illegal to sell used Disney tickets like a 4 day park hopper with only two days left. The problem is a lot of people will short sell (1 or 3 day auctions) so the tickets will sell before Ebay even knows about it. She said to notify Ebay if you see this while bidding so they can pull that item down.
 
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isitingood

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slappy magoo said:
Well, no offense, but I actually wrote my response to your first post (or the post where I quote you anyway) before you wrote any of your subsequent posts, where you agreed that you shouldn't trust used passes that might have unexpired days on them. I don't know why my post took so long to be online, but by the time it did, you already wrote other posts that answered my question. So I humbly ask for some slack on that. As far as new unused passes go, I'd still be as wary of them as I would of passes with unexpired days on them. I'm no lawyer, but I guess I'm worried about the tangible versus the untangible. You're buying that pass, that voucher, with the understanding that it can be used for certain services. And if you get those services in excahge for that pass or voucher, great. But if you don't, I don't know how easy it will be to get your money back, because you received the tangible (the pass or voucher), and expected the intabgible (getting into the parks).

Perhaps I'm being overly cautious, but like I said before, I'd hate for my vacation to start off on a sour note because I thought I was saving some money buying tickets off of ebay, only to find out something-anything-went wrong. But if you or a friend or anyone else wants to take the chance, then I'll be more than happy to beeat crow if you are, indeed, successful. I'm not saying Don't, I'm saying I wouldn't.


As far as peoply building up their own positive feedback, I'm sure it isn't rampant, but I've known people who intend to get rid of a lot of old stuff on ebay by "priming the pump" with a few positive feedbacks. Yeah, I'm sure someone is not buying hundreds of thousands of items from themselves just to make them look like the best e-tailer ever, but lots of people figure a few never hurt.
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My friend just phoned me this morning and told me what a wonderful time his family is having from the tickets he bought off Ebay. But make sure you read everything carefully. The seller that my friend bought the tickets from has sold over 4,000 items so I know he wasn't buying his own stuff to boost his rating. Also the seller had sold plenty of Disney tickets before with great responses so in that case I would not hesitate to purchase tickets.
 
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wannabeBelle

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isitingood said:
My friend just phoned me this morning and told me what a wonderful time his family is having from the tickets he bought off Ebay. But make sure you read everything carefully. The seller that my friend bought the tickets from has sold over 4,000 items so I know he wasn't buying his own stuff to boost his rating. Also the seller had sold plenty of Disney tickets before with great responses so in that case I would not hesitate to purchase tickets.
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I think what everyone is pointing out is that there is a CHANCE that the tickets may not be legit. Is there a chance they are?? Yes absolutely. Would I bet my vacation on it?? No probably not. You are talking about an isolated case where things have worked out. I am not saying it is not possible, just saying it can be problematic and might not be worth the headache and the worrying before a vacation! I want to know when I am getting on that plane that everything is a solid set up for me when I get down there such as my hotel is booked, my ADR's are done etc If a person is more comfortable paying the money and only finding out at the gate if the tickets are good,more power to them. I couldnt and wouldnt take that approach. Belle
 
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slappy magoo

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isitingood said:
My friend just phoned me this morning and told me what a wonderful time his family is having from the tickets he bought off Ebay. But make sure you read everything carefully. The seller that my friend bought the tickets from has sold over 4,000 items so I know he wasn't buying his own stuff to boost his rating. Also the seller had sold plenty of Disney tickets before with great responses so in that case I would not hesitate to purchase tickets.
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Wait, I'm confused. If this seller has sold "plenty of Disney tickets" are you talking about completely unused passes, or partially used passes with some days on them? If they are partially used passes, how is this cat getting so many of them to sell "plenty" of them? Is the seller constantly going to WDW and not using his own passes? Is he buying OTHER people's unused passes and turning around and selling them at a profit? If THAT'S the case, how does the seller know the passes still have days on them?

And if they are completely unused passes the seller is auctioning, how is he/she getting them, without strings attached like a time-share sales pitch?
 
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Hakunamatata

Hakunamatata

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slappy magoo said:
Wait, I'm confused. If this seller has sold "plenty of Disney tickets" are you talking about completely unused passes, or partially used passes with some days on them? If they are partially used passes, how is this cat getting so many of them to sell "plenty" of them? Is the seller constantly going to WDW and not using his own passes? Is he buying OTHER people's unused passes and turning around and selling them at a profit? If THAT'S the case, how does the seller know the passes still have days on them?

And if they are completely unused passes the seller is auctioning, how is he/she getting them, without strings attached like a time-share sales pitch?
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Somehow makes me think its someone that works at the resorts and is pirating tix.
 
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unkadug

unkadug

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There used to be people who would approach people checking out of off-property hotel/motels and offer then money for un-used days on their tickets at less then current price.

Some people who were hard-up for cash would fall for this.
 
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isitingood

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wannabeBelle said:
I think what everyone is pointing out is that there is a CHANCE that the tickets may not be legit. Is there a chance they are?? Yes absolutely. Would I bet my vacation on it?? No probably not. You are talking about an isolated case where things have worked out. I am not saying it is not possible, just saying it can be problematic and might not be worth the headache and the worrying before a vacation! I want to know when I am getting on that plane that everything is a solid set up for me when I get down there such as my hotel is booked, my ADR's are done etc If a person is more comfortable paying the money and only finding out at the gate if the tickets are good,more power to them. I couldnt and wouldnt take that approach. Belle
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Well everyone is different, my friend loves to take chances and always has now sometimes it doesn't always work out for him but this time it did. He wanted to buy used passes but I told him if he's going purchase Disney tickets from Ebay to make sure they are unused, check the rating on the seller, read everything carefullly and ask the seller questions. Sure it could have gone bad but what my friend told me about the seller I wouldn't have a problem buying from him.
 
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Hakunamatata

Hakunamatata

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isitingood said:
Well everyone is different, my friend loves to take chances and always has now sometimes it doesn't always work out for him but this time it did. He wanted to buy used passes but I told him if he's going purchase Disney tickets from Ebay to make sure they are unused, check the rating on the seller, read everything carefullly and ask the seller questions. Sure it could have gone bad but what my friend told me about the seller I wouldn't have a problem buying from him.
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I have 100% positive feedback on ebay. I think I will go and sell an old keycard just to prove a point.



(note....I was just proving a point above, I am not going to sell an old key card just to make a point....)
 
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isitingood

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slappy magoo said:
Wait, I'm confused. If this seller has sold "plenty of Disney tickets" are you talking about completely unused passes, or partially used passes with some days on them? If they are partially used passes, how is this cat getting so many of them to sell "plenty" of them? Is the seller constantly going to WDW and not using his own passes? Is he buying OTHER people's unused passes and turning around and selling them at a profit? If THAT'S the case, how does the seller know the passes still have days on them?

And if they are completely unused passes the seller is auctioning, how is he/she getting them, without strings attached like a time-share sales pitch?
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All very good questions,I don't know about the other tickets but the ones my friend bought were unused. My guess is that the seller is not selling passes with limited days on them because it is illegal to do that on Ebay and he would eventually get caught and since the seller has sold over 4,000 items I wouldn't think the seller would take that chance.
 
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