World Cup ticket buyers left in the lurch as resale purchases fall through
World Cup fans are facing significant issues with ticket resale platforms like StubHub, including cancelled orders and failed transfers. Many attendees have been left stranded outside stadiums despite having purchased tickets months in advance.
Why it matters
It highlights systemic failures in the secondary ticket market and the lack of accountability between major platforms and event organizers.
Fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders that were cancelled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems. Annegret Hilse/Reuters
The article presents consumer complaints and corporate responses neutrally.
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