r/wacken • u/Sungrazer_91 • 3d ago

Any advice on selling tickets?

My partner bought two tickets, but the line-up has turned out not strong enough to make the trip from UK worth it. She has put them on the official resale, but as it's not sold out that's going to be difficult. I've seen a few posts here talking about discount resale tickets, but giving discount on our tickets doesn't seem to be an option. Are we missing something out is there an alternative?

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u/spzdrhrsn 3d ago

That's just how it works. You're trying to sell something that isn't scarce. Either sell it at a discount, or you probably won't sell it at all

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u/Sungrazer_91 3d ago

Yes that's my question, happy to sell it at a discount, I just don't know how to

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u/spzdrhrsn 3d ago

Sorry I misinterpreted your text.

I'd recommend facebook groups. at least here in germany it's the sole purpose of facebook nowadays. don't know about the uk though

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u/Sungrazer_91 3d ago

No worries, do you happen to know (if I can find a buyer), how best to transfer the ticket and payment?

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u/JMarduk 3d ago

Has to be through the Ticketcenter. You can probably find buyers on Ebay.

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u/Sungrazer_91 3d ago

Not thought of eBay, thanks!

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u/Necron1983 3d ago

The tickets are transferred by logging into your account and paying a fee to rename and transfer them. €20 each I believe.

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u/Sungrazer_91 3d ago

This might be the best option to at least get a bit of money back, thanks! I'll post a discounted price on the Facebook groups and hope people don't think I'm a scammer haha

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u/EbbAffectionate4008 Resident 3d ago

If you don't like the line-up, you can always just camp and spend your days at the public swimming pool or the Wacken brewery...

I think you'll only be able to sell at a loss... There are still tickets available... It used to be that you could transfer tickets by finding a new buyer yourself and entering their email on Wacken Ticketcentre as if you had bought the ticket for them. There used to be a button... rather self-explanatory once you know where to look. I can't verify since I don't have one, though.

Also, no idea on the legality of that... Just saying...

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u/Sungrazer_91 3d ago

Thank you, might not have minded doing that if didn't have to drive from UK, but I'll look into the ticket centre, thanks again!

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u/Kaoskodiak 3d ago

Good luck

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u/failedepicardiectomy 1d ago

My wife and I are hoping to attend this year but the travel costs are too great.

Where in the UK are you? If you're able to drive to Wacken then we might be able to help share some of the costs.

DM me if that could be helpful