So a bunch of us from work decided it’d be a pretty good idea to get together and go check out Kim Mitchell when he came through town. The show was originally slated to be in the Big Sky room at the Stampede Casino. When the tickets were sold to us, it was unbeknownst to us that the Casino was in receivership…. Yes, they sold us tickets to a show that was never going to happen on their premises and knowing that it would be impossible for them to refund us those funds.
About a week after the tickets were sold,
- Kim Mitchell cut his hand and cancelled his tour.
- The Stampede Casino (publicly) went into receivership.
- The Stampede Casino was no longer a Ticketmaster outlet.
Due to the fact that the Casino was in receivership, all of their accounts were locked down by a court order and all monies controlled by an external party until the Casino is sold and all of their assets liquidated…
My beef is the fact that the Casino was still selling tickets to a show knowing they had no control over that money once it came through the front door. Now that the show is cancelled, I’m out $100 plus service charges because some shit-for-brains realized it’d be a quick cash grab to sell tickets until Ticketmaster yanked their license.
I refuse to support the Stampede Casino because of this lapse of responsibility and you should too… Customer service aside, if you are in the business of taking people’s money you should also have the decency to refund it if you can’t provide the promised good or service….period.
