Extra charges on some cards after Boys from Oklahoma concert
STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — Dozens of people are posting on social media and wanting answers after they claim they were overcharged at the Boys from Oklahoma concert at Oklahoma State University last weekend.
"I'm hoping we can get it worked out through either the vendors directly or from the …you know …stadium," said Natalie Clark, a concertgoer.
Thousands of people gathered at the sold out concert, but what was meant to be a weekend of good music and fun, turned into several people finding extra charges in their bank accounts.
Natalie Clark said she noticed the wrong prices right away.
"I looked down and I was charged twice for two different amounts…a minute apart. The first one was $74. The next time it was $31.19," said Clark.
Top Tier Vending, based in Tennessee, worked some of the concessions. The owner believes the large amount of people in attendance may have impacted card transactions.
"Everybody's on their cell phones, all that sound equipment and all the other electronic stuff going on there just wasn't enough Wi-Fi in there to accommodate all our handhelds," said the owner of Top Tier Vending.
He said their system had some issues when charging a card.
"It wasn't anything malicious or deliberate, but basically the situation was not adequate enough Wi-Fi and these people re-ran these credit cards two or three times," said the owner.
Now, they're working with their IT department and OSU to reimburse the erroneous charges.
"It's extremely frustrating," said Clark.
Oklahoma State University sent a statement to News 4:
There were more than 200,000 transactions at the Boys from Oklahoma event this weekend and from that number, OSU Athletics has received two complaints, both of which are being looked into.
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