Two friends had to duke it out in a BC legal case over Taylor Swift tickets that were purchased back in November 2023.
The decision in the tribunal case comes right in the nick of time, just days before the concerts are set to take place.
According to the decision, Jacquelyn Kambere said she had an agreement with Kimara Young for tickets to the concert on December 7, 2024. Kambere says that Young broke the agreement. Kambere asked the tribunal for an order for Young to transfer her the concert tickets for two seats next to each other at the price they were paid for.
Kambere said the tickets were valued at $5,000. Meanwhile, Young said there was no agreement for concert tickets and asked for the claim to be dismissed.
The Vancouver concert dates were announced on November 2, 2023. The two friends wanted to attend the concert with their daughters, and they both registered for ticket purchase access on November 2. Only Young got the access code, and she bought four tickets.
Kambere told the tribunal that both parties agreed that if one of them could get tickets, they would get them for the other person, too. She added that after Young bought the tickets, she changed her mind about giving Kambere a pair.
Kambere was required to prove that the two parties had an agreement, and for that, she pointed to some text messages from November 2023.
According to the texts, Young asked Kambere to “register too, please” to increase their chances. Kambere replied she “already did!!”
“I find the messages confirm the parties intended to work together to improve both of their chances of getting concert tickets. Mrs. Young said she also had conversations with other friends about trying to get tickets and that that none of these conversations, including the text conversation with Mrs. Kambere, created binding agreements. However, Mrs. Young did not provide documentary evidence of these other conversations, so I do not know precisely what they said,” the tribunal member overseeing the case states.
Further texts add more evidence to Kambere’s claim.
Kambere texted Young and asked, “If we don’t get a code can you add on two tickets for us? 🙏🏽”
Young replied, “I can buy tickets too because we want to sit together.” Kambere responded, “You’re the best.”
On November 9, Kambere asked Young if she had luck with the tickets. Young sent back a screenshot of the ticket purchase and order number.
Kambere replied, “Omg the girls are going to go crazy!!!” She asked how much she owed Young, and Young said that she would deal with it when she returned from a trip she was on.
“I find a reasonable person would have taken this as confirmation that Mrs. Young intended to provide Mrs. Kambere two concert tickets at the price she paid for them once she figured that out,” the tribunal said.
Around two weeks later, Kambere texted Young to ask about the tickets. Young said she was in a “jam” because her sister wanted to take her niece to the concert. Kambere was disappointed and said they had an agreement. Young replied that she made the offer without a second thought. Kambere again tried texting Young about the tickets a few days later, but there was no evidence that Young responded.
As a remedy, the BC tribunal ordered Young to transfer a pair of Taylor Swift tickets to Kambere for the December 7 show. In return, Kambere needed to pay Young $1,147.70. Young was also ordered to pay Kambere’s tribunal fees.
You can read the full decision here.