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Buyer-Seller Agreements

There is this concert that I wanted to attend, and unable to get a ticket from an official seller, I resorted to contacting someone who was willing to sell their ticket at a higher price. We exchanged emails and instant messages over the course of a month or two, but now that the concert is drawing near, he suddenly decides he doesnt want to sell the tickets to me. It is too late for me to find other tickets because I had long been under the assumption that I was getting the tickets he was selling me, and this is kind of one of those once in 10 years concerts. Are there any legal actions I could take? It seems--name removed--wrong to be put in this kind of situation that there HAS to be something I could do. All I have are the messages we sent each talking about when, how and where we would meet, etc to exchange money and ticket, because the actual tickets were given out at a later date.


Asked on 3/26/08, 1:23 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: Buyer-Seller Agreements

You can sue him in small claims court for breach of contract, but I'm not sure what kind of damages you would be awarded. For that matter, the limited information you have provided leaves me unsure whether you even have a valid contract.

You seem to want a court to order the tickets turned over to you. That is not likely to happen. For one thing, you probably could not get the case heard before the concert. Even if you could, orders requiring a defendant to honor a contract are only proper in very unusual circumstances. An award of damages is the usual remedy for a breach.

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Answered on 3/26/08, 2:52 pm


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