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Massachusetts
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Customer service
September 26, 2020

Horrendous manipulation of the truth coming from the CS rep. Brutish lack of consideration and foresight from the company. No refund given on a common mishap; I did not change reservation on time, mistakenly believing I had done so. Fandango lost an opportunity to have a movie patron and his large family as a continued client.

Date of experience: September 26, 2020
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fandango Sucks
July 28, 2023

I purchased 3 tickets to Oppenheimer through Fandango and then remembered I had a doctor's appointment at that time. I went to the theater and got a refund instantly for their portion of the tickets. I was still out the Fandango "convenience fee" so I called their 800 number to get a refund. No dice. So then I called my credit card company and obtained an instant refund on the disputed convenience fee. I will never use Fandango again.

Date of experience: July 27, 2023
Minnesota
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Bought tickets for jurassic world 3d. Accidentally purchased them for Friday and thought we purchased them for saturday. After waiting on the phone for over 20 mins, and speaking to an illiterate representative, this multi million dollar company can't even exchange our tickets. Not even looking for a refund, just want tickets. Asked to speak to a supervisor and got told what it looks like everyone was told... supervisor unavailable. But hey, supposedly a supervisor will email me. They won't let you wait to talk to one. And I guarantee they will just spew the same crap. I urge EVERYONE to not purchase your tickets through them. They will never receive another single penny from me.

Date of experience: June 12, 2015
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Unnecesary Middleman
April 23, 2017

If you are able to buy gift cards directly from a theater, do that instead. This is not high finance. Cut out this middleman. And folks it is an odd surprise for the gift recipient when he or she has to pay for the "gift." Or maybe it is a genius idea... I will start charging a $3 service fee per each gift under the Christmas tree...

Date of experience: April 23, 2017
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Operator decides to tell me who waits a week to dispute a charge. A person who works and have a busy life. You saw I purchased tickets for the same movie at two different locations... the first location lost power... so immediately bought tickets to the nearest theater. You can't do the refund on the app once the movie time has surpassed... they suck and suck your money. They continue to treat customers this way they will go out of business.

Date of experience: April 18, 2019
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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RIP OFF
August 15, 2016

Fandango is a rip off. Not only do they charge you for the tickets. But they give you a nice service fee. I called them well in advance of their 2 hour limit because I had a family emergency and they said they had to send it to corporate to get it approved for refund. I have never heard back nor have I received a refund. I will go directly to the theatre in advance to buy my tickets as fandango is a greedy entity that should go out of business. RIP OFFS. If only I could give it a negative rating

Date of experience: August 15, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I went on the fandango website and purchased tickets for a certain date. However, my confirmation email had a different date than that which I had selected. I therefore proceeded to call customer service & was on hold for 20 until I hung up. This was the other day so I figured they were just busy so I called today and was on hold for 40 minutes and still did not get an answer. This is absurd, first you mess up my order then your customer service department is non-existent. Highly DO NOT recommend using fandango.

Date of experience: January 18, 2017
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Racket
February 19, 2017

Fandango sucks. Their system indicated my transaction timed out so I started over then got confirmation of double purchase. Went to chat and they said I needed to open a VIP account to get a refund. Called customer abc and got same story. Opened an account and only got refund for ticket price. It was their system mistake and I should have received full refund. Would never use again. Worst customer service on internet.

Date of experience: February 19, 2017
Wisconsin
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Apparently the attached image purchase went through. But I didn't realize and bought the tickets in-person assuming it didn't go through like the error label infers. I tried to get a refund and had to go from waiting in the chat queue for over half an hour to having to submit a complaint in another part of the website to even find the status of the refund request. Multiple follow up emails and still had no response for a month. Eventually was able to talk to a person that seemed understanding and hand me submit the bank statements proving the purchase and then denied the refund with no explanation. Highly unprofessional and was a super frustrating and time consuming process to go through. Be wary

Date of experience: March 31, 2020
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Worst service ever
February 23, 2020

These guys will loot your money even when you don't opt for the service by charging convenience fee. I would not recommend anyone using this service, as Cinemark and AMC are giving full refund when you cancel the tickets. Customer service is horrible and they don't care about the members. Bogus company.

Date of experience: February 22, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awful Customer Service
October 30, 2017

Uncompromising and impersonal. No room for human error on the customers end. Now out almost $100 after Fandango denied my request for a refund after trying to coordinate buying tickets with my friends. Called immediately after the accidental purchase and waited two weeks to be told I would be receiving "Exchange credit" and no refund. Will never use their service again.

Date of experience: October 30, 2017
Missouri
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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We received Fandango gift cards but didn't realize their site now makes it impossible to use them. I can't believe some attorney general hasn't shut them down, but the one where we live is about to hear about this $#*!-clown operation.

Date of experience: November 7, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst Ever!
December 29, 2015

Pressed the wrong button for a showtime that was 15 minutes in the future, and that I could not possibly make. My error, no doubt. Waited on chat hold for 90 minutes to be told nothing they could do. So essentially its a one way pipe to feed the company money and no provisions for a mistake or error. Stay away. This reeks of unethical practices.

Date of experience: December 29, 2015
Maryland
1 review
7 helpful votes
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They would not refund or try to make any type of accommodation when we could not make the show due to car problems. This, despite fact that we called them half hour before show started and explained the problem. We even asked if we could have a different show time, but they refused. It was like talking to robots. I cancelled the purchase through my bank

Date of experience: January 4, 2016
District of Columbia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Avoid Fandango
August 27, 2015

Fandango treats customers very poorly, and are very nasty people to talk with. In my case they said I had a credit card dispute with them and blocked my use of their website, including the use of pre-paid gift cards. It turns out that I never had made any purchases from Fandango at all, they just said my account would be re-activated, no reason, no apology.

Date of experience: August 27, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Same experience as others below. Fandango claimed that AMC Van Ness 14 had reserved seating, so I was willing to pay the extra convenience fee. Fandango's process very cleverly says "At the end of your purchase process for a reserved seat on Fandango, you will be provided with a specific seat number on your confirmation page that will be waiting for you when you get to the theater". Which of course turned out to be a lie, and since it's the END of the purchase process you have already paid for the ticket. Talk about "this way to the egress". Never booking again through these hucksters.

Date of experience: February 1, 2014
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We received fandango gift cards for Christmas. When we tried to purchase tickets on line over a period of a few days, error messages came up and the transaction could not be completed. After several attempts to resolve this issue with customer service, we have given up and will return the cards to the gift giver in the hope that she can get her money back. I give fandango a zero for service.

Date of experience: December 28, 2016
New Jersey
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Don't purchase from here. What a sham. I made a mistake... tried to buy Star Wars tickets for Christmas Day. My error... didn't notice until too late... that they were for today. Of course, with my luck the movie had started and Fandango would not refund or switch the purchase to the day I had wanted. Why would I every waste $26 on a site like this!

HORRIBLE! I"M VERY AGITATED!

Date of experience: December 19, 2015
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Fandango's return system for tickets is flawed. When you pay for a purchase with partial Fandango credit and partial your own payment method, if you return that order, it all goes to credit. I tried to call to get the money returned to my original payment method and the customer service people had no idea. I asked to speak to a supervisor, and was left on hold forever. Hung up and now will stop using Fandango altogether. I'll even just eat the money I wasted that is now in Fandango credit - if it means I don't have to do business with this company.

Date of experience: January 4, 2020
Arizona
1 review
5 helpful votes
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The website is great. The customer service is terrible. I contacted them concerning a mistake made when ordering tickets, contacting them immediately, and because of the order being within the 2 hour window (because the date was entered in error) I was told there was nothing they could do. I did however receive a lecture about how I should TELL my wife how to check everything before clicking order. I found the support inadequate as well as insulting. I am referred to a policy that you have to drill into to find the thing they so prominently state (the 2 hour rule). How many people read the colored words in a policy? It is a shame that such a promising program can be ruined by crappy customer support.

Date of experience: March 10, 2016

Overview

Fandango has a rating of 1.1 stars from 1,232 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Fandango most frequently mention customer service, gift card and convenience fee. Fandango ranks 325th among Movie sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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