A group of six of us from one of my face-book groups had tickets to see a show in May.
Unfortunately I can’t go now & have asked anyone else in the wider group if they’d like my ticket at half price.
Miss A wants to buy the ticket but has made no move to send me the money.
Miss B has possession of all the tickets as it was she who organised it.
I asked Miss B to send me the ticket so I could hand it over to Miss A when/if she gives me the money.
Miss B doesn’t want to send me the ticket. She wants Miss A to collect it from her on the night.
Yes Miss B is very bossy. The outing was arranged a long time ago when she was a member.
She has now left the group following complaints about her bullying…
As if you have tried the pleasant & informal method of getting your ticket without luck. Then maybe it is time to send a written letter. Tell her you have tried & asked nicely, but that as she has chosen to ignore you. Now, you either want your ticket or your money, by a set date. Or the matter will be reported to the police as an act of fraud. You could also point out that if she does not respond, then you will also take her to small claims court for the loss of the ticket value, plus any expenses & interest incurred.
Make it very clear, that you have tried the pleasant method to get your ticket & that this situation is entirely of her choosing & not yours. Why should you lose out due to her?
Theatre tickets aren’t cheap, so I would want my money back. Try Gee’s method of persuasion, see if the woman sees sense. She is wrong to hang onto it without reimbursing you first, or getting the money from the next person interested.
I don’t see why it can’t be transferable, as names are not issued for tickets normally. Not like a plane or holiday ticket.
Well, she might just want to keep all the tickets together then, or she might suspect Miss A won’t pay you and is trying to score a free ticket.
Or she might want the cheapie for one of her mates so she’s going to hang onto it until you confirm Miss A has paid, rather than you selling it to someone else or giving it to Miss A for nowt
But I think it’s more likely she’s planning if Miss A doesn’t pay she’ll give it to her mate for a freebie and you’ll never see the money!
Any which ways, the ticket is yours, so she should return it to you as you’ve asked but I don’t see how you can make her
I wouldn’t go round her house or anything, it could turn nasty and who needs that?
Better just chalk it to experience and not have anything to do with her in future
Legally, I think as she bought the tickets from the theatre, they belong to her and she can do what she likes with them? If you wanted to take it to small claims or something, you’d need proof you’d paid her?
What I would do is give her 14 days to give you the ticket or the money. In the letter (signed for) stating that failure to reimpurse or return the ticket you then you will take the matter to the small claims court ( it is a civil matter I would have thought) . Not only will you be claiming for the cost of the ticket but also court costs and out of pocket expenses.
The only problem I can forsee is you having to prove you paid for the ticket by producing a receipt. This could well be your sticking point. threat of court action might just work
I don’t think the police would treat it as a criminal offence as such
Ms B is probably making a tidy profit out of this theatre night, ensuring the punters never actually see their tickets, just get ushered through on the night. Maybe she hasn’t bought & paid for the tickets yet as she’s waiting for a last minute special deal on a block booking. Hmmm …
