Hey everyone, a couple of weeks ago I purchased DCI World Championships Finals tickets (event starting at 5:30pm). I can't find any record of the seller's username, otherwise I'd include it here.
These were a high school graduation present for my son (HUGE Bluecoats fan and a former classmate marches there). I sent him a text message as he sat across the room from me of a picture of the view from our section (139) that said "you and me, 8/8/26." He cried and I cried because he cried. You know how it goes. He even asked if we could go down a day early to watch the horn line in the lot for Semis. Of course we could! It was going to be a blast before he heads off to college.
In a different thread here on Reddit, someone pointed out that DCI had double-booked some seats and were relocating people (to much worse seats, of course!). I asked in the thread if anyone knew what sections were affected because I got my tickets from Stubhub and would likely not get this notification.
Someone replied stating not to buy tickets from Stubhub because last year they bought tickets for World Class Finals and were sent All Age Finals tickets. They found out at the show.
I went to my tickets received at Ticketmaster and saw my tickets.....for All Age Finals at 10am. I rechecked my Stubhub emails and the words "All Age" were nowhere in the receipt. They were nowhere in my Stubhub account. Everything said World Championships starting at 5:30pm.
I contacted Stubhub and after digging into it they attempted to call the seller. Would you believe it went straight to voicemail? Per their selling agreement, the seller has until......August 8 at 11:30am to respond.
My son is crushed. I'm devastated and embarrassed.
My whole point in this post is this - BEWARE OF STUBHUB TICKETS!! This has happened in the past and will happen again.
Thankfully I found out in May and not when trying to enter the venue.
Be careful, everyone. Learn from others' experiences.