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Anne P
I wish I could leave a different review - but StubHub failed us is every way possible, even with several opportunities to make it right. IN SUMMARY: Customer service is unequipped to actually help customers, bogged down with canned scripts and false promises of ‘escalation’ to their ‘Relevant Team’ - who has proved to be anything but relevant to actually support buyers. Our family’s ordeal is below: We ordered 3 tickets to the F1 Canadian Grand Prix for race day on Sunday. A gift to our son for his 10th birthday because he loves F1 and wanted to see Max Verstappen race! We made our purchase through StubHub in April 2025. In mid-May, the seller transferred tickets. However, they sent them for the incorrect day. After 3 calls to customer service and three virtual chats with customer service - I finally reached a representative that I thought could help. She directed me to return the tickets so they could get them back to the seller - otherwise the seller would not send the corrected ones. So I did as asked and returned the tickets through a StubHub email the representative provided. Days followed and the corrected tickets were never sent. Customer Service kept saying the seller has until the day before the event to send them - but never acknowledged the sellers initial error as them being at fault. That I just have to wait - as per their standard delivery window. And if the seller doesn’t correct the ticket transfer - not to worry, because my purchase was covered by their ‘Fan Protection Guarantee’. Meaning StubHub will find me like or better tickets or a refund of the tickets aren’t delivered by the start of the event. Which is not helpful when you are traveling across the boarder for the event. I followed up 5 more times between the return of the tickets to when we were to depart Charlotte, NC USA for Montreal, Canada. Each time - customer service assured my tickets were confirmed and coming via mobile transfer the day before the race. We arrived in Montreal and as of 6pET - still no tickets. After chatting via their website and calling Customer Service another 5x - being disconnected twice, they cancelled the replacement order and issued a new ticket order with Ticketmaster. They confirmed the tickets would arrive by 3:35a PST or 6:35a EST the morning of the race. Of course, they didn’t come. Then calling customer service again - I was told they are still coming. To wait for an email and they will arrive before 8:30a - when the gates opened for the race. Again, no tickets. This time - I was told to remember StubHub is only a third party and that I knew that when I bought the tickets. The agent completely placed the issue at my feet - basically suggesting it is my fault for not having the tickets. That the seller just didn’t come through - and it’s not their fault. She advised me to wait for another email - I asked she not hang up with me until I received the email as we had already missed the transportation to the race. She wanted to get off the phone saying the ‘Relevant Team’ was escalating the issue. (I had heard the ‘Relevant Team was looking into the issue from about 5 different people by this point - and I knew nothing was going to come of it). I asked to speak to a manager or be transferred to the Relevant Team…but of course, they do not have the ability to transfer. Then an email from StubHub came - and it said, ‘We Enjoy The Event Today’….WHAT?! I shared this with the rep that wanted to get off the call, and she said - ‘oh, I do see that.’ So, she started the escalation process over again and re-read her script about escalating to the ‘Relevant Team’ and to wait for an email. Needless to say - tickets never came. My son’s 10th birthday was ruined and we spent more than $2K in travel alone - only to be let down by StubHub. I’ve dried my son’s tears - mine too, and we will head back to the states with a devastating disappointment that he will remember forever. Some 10th Birthday present…simply awful. Again, Customer Service is unequipped to actually help customers, bogged down with canned scripts and false promises of ‘escalation’ to their ‘Relevant Team’ - who has proved to be anything but relevant to actually support buyers.
1 month ago
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