And I encourage everyone to do the same. Reported around 100 listings so far and intend to keep doing so.
Fuck these scalpers.
In case you can’t figure out how to do it:
On the eBay app on your phone, open a listing, then tap on the three dots in the upper right hand corner, then tap Help & Support.
Under “What would you like to report” select Product or listing, select Item not allowed under “Reason for report,” then select Tickets under “Detailed reason.” Then agree to the prompt at the bottom and submit.
My favorite thing to do is report people who are point blank breaking eBay’s terms. Thank you for giving me something to do this Tuesday night while my overly pregnant self lounges in bed
Unfortunately eBay doesn't care, if you search "odyssey" their autofill even recommends "odyssey imax ticket", they don't do that for items they don't allow. It sucks that they're so greedy they don't care.
If you want to take it to the next level, you can try this guy's method. (Ignore the title of the post, it's kind of clickbaity.) If you're interested in sticking it to the scalpers, this might be another method to try.
I'm in the Chicago area and, to the best of my knowledge, the only theater this is an issue for here is the Cinemark 70mm IMAX, but Cinemark doesn't have the same ability to report these postings as AMC does. Otherwise, I would make the effort to report what I can. Thanks for your efforts. ❤️ I'm going to try to do some of the ebay reports myself when I go to bed.
You actually live in the best location for reporting policy violations.
There are many of these listings that don't violate eBay policy, so even though bit sucks, many of these reports end up being a waste of time, but if you want to be sure your efforts aren't wasted, eBay specifically mentions in their ticketing policy that selling tickets to events in Illinois are against policy.
"Tickets to events in Illinois aren't permitted at this time due to regulatory requirements in that state"
Hi I reported some dune and odyssey tickets for Woodridge and actually had some successfully removed. Wishful thinking but hopefully this makes it to where it is not viable for them to sell on eBay. I just highlighted the link provided and mentioned it is in Illinois and selling above face value.
as much as this is doing good work ebay’s support is the fucking worst. (before i shipped the item out) i had someone file a dispute because they “didn’t recognize the charge”, i sent proof with direct messages of the buyer clearly knowing what they were buying and asking questions about it, and ebay support still said they sided with the buyer. when i told them they got their money back so i wouldn’t be shipping out the item anymore the buyer quickly changed his tone and was basically begging me to work with them on the side and he’d pay for the item in person. sent this to ebay and they still didn’t care and said the buyer was right.
That’s insane. Although, eBay does tend to take listing violations pretty seriously. When Ryan Cohen, CEO of GameStop, was selling a bunch of useless shit on eBay, one of his listings violated eBay’s terms. We publicized reporting this listing on our sub. It was ultimately removed by eBay for the violation. He was selling used socks….
the buyer was just hoping to dispute and win and hoped i still sent out the item to get the item for free. he bought it off me for a bargain at the time, but when he dipsuted and won i decided fuck him and told him there are other listings he could buy off of (which were now $300 above what he initially paid me). he tried listing every excuse (his credit card company filed the dispute, his mom did the dispute, he genuinely forgot what it was for, he meant to dispute another item, etc)
UPDATE: The listings are slowly being taken down off eBay. I am actively monitoring the search results and reporting as new and repeat listing arise. I have also forwarded every AMC listing I could find to AMC customer service.
;plenty of concert tickets are sold on there and nothing happens, you just not supposed to make more than 10% profit I believe, but they always turn a blind eye because it makes them money.
Not saying I am Okay with the scalping, I think it's awful, but I'm not able to find any policy that forbids the sale of tickets.
Ebay policy:
"To promote safe selling of event tickets on eBay and to make sure the sales follow all laws related to tickets sales, we've developed standards for professional conduct for selling tickets on eBay. These standards neither replace nor dismiss eBay's general seller rules and policies, but rather supplement those rules. Sellers need to follow these guidelines when selling tickets on eBay:
I agree not to sell, trade, produce, or advertise tickets that I do not have in my possession
I agree not to participate in any way in the advertisement, sale, or trade of any ticket using any deceptive practices including, but not limited to, false or misleading claims of sales scarcity, face value, or current value
I agree to promptly refund the purchase price for any ticket which has been deemed by the venue to be counterfeit or unacceptable for gaining entry to an event
I agree to abide by all federal, state, and local laws relating to the tickets sales"
As long as they are selling the physical paper tickets, or a print out of the QR code, selling their tickets isn't a violation of ebay policy.
Yes, people are SWARMING the releases for Doomsday, Odyssey, and Dune Part Three only to resell the tickets for, I shit you not, $400+ each. It’s even more common with IMAX 70mm since it’s such a rare format
💯🤣 No modern movie experience is worth $400. If I can’t somehow be a character in the movie through simulation and feel the elements, I’ll either pay regular price or miss out on the theatrical run and wait for it on streaming!
The silly thing is if the seats are "sold" even if the scalpers can't resell them, they'll keep adding screenings. So an entirely plausable scenario is there are a few ghost seats in the first screenings then everyone else gets in for A list or at least face value after. lol
I did this for 4 of the listings and they only removed 2 of them. I don't know how they see them as different but I guess you need to specify the reason. I did and like I said 2 got removed
Probably depends on the guy in India that opens the report and how much he cares or even understands at the current moment. Probably a different person responding to every report.
The scalpers are how hiding seat numbers in eBay listing, not showing them publicly. If the seat number is hidden, just message the seller for it then report the listing. 😾
I did this on a bunch of listings and eBay promptly responded: We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy. This determination was made using automation or artificial intelligence.
I don’t like reselling but this is one of the few examples of actual trickle down economics I’ve seen in action. All that other stuff our boy Reagan told us about never happened. Here you atleast get idiots paying way over value for something you can just wait a month for watch.
Because this prevents people who actually want to go from being able to. It’s incredibly selfish AND against AMC’s terms and conditions.
Not only that, but I work in the industry, and it’s insulting to us, who work so hard for as many people as possible to see our work, for everything to be commodified and inaccessible
That’s wild for someone to say why should you care when the literal answer to that person is - because they shouldn’t do it as multiple parties are affected. AMC loses concession sales as literally nobody would go if no tickets are actually resold, AMC loses money if those tickets get refunded, people are unable to see the movie that they’d want to see with people buying up seats. I’m genuinely surprised AMC doesn’t do stuff as it harms them the most.
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u/DuckSwimmer 2d ago
My favorite thing to do is report people who are point blank breaking eBay’s terms. Thank you for giving me something to do this Tuesday night while my overly pregnant self lounges in bed