Tickets to Adele's Australian tour are 'being refunded' to fans who thought they had a seat

  • Fans claim their Adele tickets are being refunded by Ticketek for no reason
  • With the singer's shows sold out, fans worry they no longer have seats  
  • Tickets were on eBay shortly after Ticketek and Ticketmaster went on sale
  • Scalpers are reselling tickets to Adele's Australian shows for thousands 
  • The original tickets for Australian shows cost no more than $305.64  

By Brianne Tolj and Rachel Eddie For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 19:18 EST, 21 November 2016 | Updated: 21:10 EST, 21 November 2016

Tickets for Adele's first Australian tour are reportedly being refunded with no explanation less than 24 hours after they sold out, leaving fans wondering if they still have a seat at the highly anticipated performance.

Several confused fans took to social media on Tuesday to vent their frustrations at seeing the money they spent on Ticketek for seats at the singer's shows had been refunded to their bank account.

Fans who believed they had secured a spot after battling scalpers and a virtual ticket queue for hours as seats rapidly sold out on Monday night, are now unsure if they will be able to attend at all.

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Fans claim tickets they purchased for Adele's (pictured) first Australian tour are being refunded with no explanation less than a day after they sold out 

Several confused fans took to social media on Tuesday to vent their frustrations at seeing the money they spent on Ticketek for seats at the singer's shows had been refunded to their bank account (pictured)

'So can someone please tell me what happens now for the poor people that purchased tickets to Adele yesterday? All went through, money taken out, then hours later money is put back into account with no explanation at all. Now tickets we wanted are sold out and I'm trying to call through (as I'm sure a lot of others are too) but it's not even going through. WHAT HAPPENS NOW??' a frustrated fan wrote on Twitter.

'Not happy...paid for tickets for Adele in Adelaide...you took the money out of my credit card at 2.03pm and then put it back tonight...what the cr** is going on...not happy first time ever using ticketek...now this!' another said.  

A third woman complained she had been charged three times for the same set of tickets. 

Daily Mail Australia tried to contact Ticketek for comment.  

Tickets for the singer's first tour in Australia started popping up for sale on eBay and Viagogo less than one hour after they went on sale through Ticketek and Ticketmaster.

Tickets for Adele's first Australian tour are for sale for thousands of dollars as fans complain they have been left empty handed while scalpers rorted the system

Fans who believed they had secured a spot after battling scalpers and a virtual ticket queue for hours are now unsure if they will be able to attend at all (pictured)

Two seats to Adele's Perth show were for sale together on Viagogo for a whopping $5,645 on Monday afternoon.

Those tickets sold for just $105 each, or about $210 for both.

Prices for the scalped tickets were for sale for about $1079 each in the Sydney A Reserve section, for about three times the price. The price for a comparable scalped ticket in Melbourne has reached $999.

Many tickets in Perth were selling for $749 and in Brisbane the most expensive scalped ticket for sale is $649.

All tickets were originally priced between $101.74 and $305.64.

Adele fans have flooded Ticketek and Ticketmaster social media with complaints they had been unable to purchase tickets while they were being pillaged by scalpers.

Two seats to Adele's Perth show, in March next year, were selling together on Viagogo for a whopping $5,645 on Monday afternoon. Those tickets sold for just $105 each

Sydney A Reserve floor tickets wore selling for $1,079 each on eBay

'Ticketek, you are an absolute disgrace,' a woman wrote on Facebook. 'System crashes for those of us who genuinely want tickets but the scalpers are able to get tickets and are now selling them on ebay for exorbitant prices.

'Disgusting! I am still sitting tight (which I am understanding from others here is pointless as they are all gone) and this is happening on eBay. So basically unless we have a room full of people on computers to run a little scalping business the rest of us don't stand a chance,' another said.

'I couldn't buy any off your stupid website but look how many are on eBay already,' a fan wrote on Facebook. 

'So basically unless we have a room full of people on computers to run a little scalping business the rest of us don't stand a chance,' one woman wrote on Facebook

'Tickets for sale on eBay for $1,800 wtf!' another fan complained

Adele announced her first ever Australian tour, for March next year, earlier this month.

Ticketek was selling tickets for Adelaide, South Australia and Sydney, New South Wales.

Ticketmaster sold seats for the tour in Perth, Western Australia, Melbourne, Victoria and Woolloongabba, Queensland.

Second shows for Melbourne and Brisbane have been announced following high demand, after the first Melbourne show sold out in just 30 minutes. 

'I couldn't buy any off your stupid website but look how many are on eBay already'

'Tickets are already being sold on resale sites for triple the price,' a customer wrote 

Two Melbourne A Reserve floor tickets were selling together for up to $1,899 

Adele is selling tickets for her first Australian tour in March next year

Before the tickets had even gone on sale, one fan complained they were unable to connect on Ticketek 

'I can't even access the site from two devices, it just says the server is too busy,' one fan wrote on Twitter

'Two phones and one computer trying to buy Adele Australia tickets and loading for 30 minutes and counting,' another said. 'This is a joke!'

'Hello from your fans online, we must've tried a thousand times,' one wrote, using the lyrics to Adele's hit song, Hello

Fans continued to complain the website was down as they attempted to purchase tickets

Ticketek's site wouldn't let consumers browse the homepage, as it continuously refreshed every 25 seconds

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