Pensioner refunded after accidentally paying £2,700 for Oasis tickets

nme.com:

Oasis tickets at Wembley next year is set to receive a full refund.Elizabeth Buxton, 79, from Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire was attempting to buy tickets for her granddaughter to go to one of the huge reunion shows from the Britpop band that are due to take place in July, August and September 2025.She was under the impression she was buying two tickets worth £90 each from the secondary ticket marketplace Gigsberg, but unbeknownst to her, she had in fact signed up for two tickets at £1,100 each plus fees (via BBC).The only official resale platforms for the Oasis Live ‘25 dates are Ticketmaster and Twickets, but Mrs.

Buxton saw tickets on Gigsberg and successfully purchased two of them, just at a much higher price than she intended.Gigsberg said it ordinarily only issues refunds for cancelled events or missing tickets, but after Mrs.

Buxton went public with her situation, the company agreed to “make an exception” and fully refund her.Recalling her horror at discovering how much she had paid, Mrs.

Buxton said: “I looked at my phone and saw £2,700 was pending from my bank account. I don’t know how it even happened. It’s actually devastating, to put myself in debt for that amount of money.”“My granddaughter went ballistic.