By Matthew Abrey
91大黄鸭 Actors Studio is asking buyers to beware when buying tickets to upcoming shows.
The studio started receiving calls from frustrated customers, complaining that tickets were scarce and prices were too high.
鈥淲e had a couple customers actually call in to the box office and complain that they were having a hard time finding seats available for our upcoming Mamma Mia shows,鈥� says Nate Flavel, owner of 91大黄鸭 Actors Studio. 鈥淎nd while we鈥檙e selling fast, it鈥檚 not like we鈥檙e sold out, and one of the callers mentioned off-the-cuff that some of the tickets were $210 dollars each, which our box office told them is simply not correct, because the highest price we have is $75 each at the most right now.鈥�
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A quick Google search backed up the callers鈥� claims.
鈥淲e searched up 鈥楳amma Mia 91大黄鸭鈥�, and up came the four or five sites at the top, which by scrolling through them, found they were either advertising tickets for $200 each, or they鈥檙e advertising tickets that just don鈥檛 exist.鈥� says Flavel.
Flavel says he worries about how these fraudulent tickets would be delivered, as well as the possibility that somebody would pay to see the show, only to find that they鈥檙e not able to get in the doors.
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鈥淭he other side of it is, when they鈥檙e selling $200 tickets, none of that is going to the artists or the producers or anybody local who are actually a part of the show.鈥� says Flavel.
鈥淚t鈥檚 hard enough in this market to actually promote and sell your tickets, but if you鈥檙e searching on Google and these sites are paying to be at the top of the page while selling your tickets for more than double the price, it鈥檚 frustrating.鈥�
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Flavel is asking people to only buy directly from their websites, and , in person at their Orchard Park Mall box office, or to call the box office toll free at 1-888-974-9170 or locally at 250-862-2867.
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