(A very late) ticket newbie asks for clarification
Hello
I really hope this post does not breaks any rules, I read Wiki, FAQ and some other links there, but still not sure if fully understands, thus this post.
My father is turning 60 this July and with my family we've just got an idea of buying him a Wimbledon ticket, as he's been always a tennis fan since studies and never been on any real tournament.
Apparently it's about 9 months too late to start looking (never ever been into it before, I know it's obvious to all of you here, wasn't for me till 2 hours ago), but regardless I tried.
What I understand is:
- Ballot is long gone, access for ballot resale got only people who signed to the ballot - not possible
- Morning queue is not available for finals part + requires up to 24h waiting - not possible
- There are two recommended external sites listed in wiki (debentures), they even have some tickets available, but for one is only selling them in a sets of 2 unfortunately - I assume it's a valid option anyway?
- After some web search I found some other websites which doesn't feel like scam for the first look (not sure if allowed to link here, so like this: seatsn**.com for example - and some more), is it the same pool of debentures tickets as those recommended, or something else? I know nobody here is going to guarantee it's not a scam, but is there even a chance they are legit?
- There is a mention in the wiki, that it's not possible to but ticket for someone, as a gift, as it requires a Wimbledon app, is it also true for those unofficial resales?
- I've seen that starting prices for finals were 250-350£, now they are starting at 2000, it is standard?
Sorry for all those questions, but I'm completely new (as you can easily say), never expected to be looking to buy those tickets and never expected it'd be so complicated, so please don't eat me alive here :D