Be careful when purchasing tickets

This post is mainly to reiterate users to be careful when exchanging information with one another when sending money/tickets. I've never had an issue with this before until yesterday when I reached out to u/Next_Watercress8858 from this thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Astros/comments/1cwiky5/ticket_giveaway_plus_sale/

The exchange went seamless as they transferred the tickets into my Ballpark account quite quick. It wasn't until at 6pm when I noticed my tickets didn't have their barcodes anymore and the app stating I needed to speak to the Box Office.

It took about 45 minutes for the Box Office staff to realize u/Next_Watercress8858 had locked/deleted his Ballpark account, rendering the tickets unusable. I had also purchased additional tickets for friends to join a few hours prior via Vividseats and for some reason, they were also unusable because Ballpark had flagged my account.

Upon further investigation this morning, MLB notified me this via email:

"This ticket forward has been canceled by jonnyalvarez2004@icloud.com. The ticket barcode you received is no longer valid."

This was an infuriating and embarrassing experience on all levels (regardless of Framber's craziness) as I had driven into town to catch my hometown team play.

I know not everyone is an asshole, but please be careful out there!