By Matthew Abrey
Kelowna Actors Studio is asking buyers to beware when buying tickets to upcoming shows.
The studio started receiving calls from frustrated customers, complaining that tickets were scarce and prices were too high.
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Flavel says he worries about how these fraudulent tickets would be delivered, as well as the possibility that somebody would pay to see the show, only to find that theysa国际传媒檙e not able to get in the doors.
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Flavel is asking people to only buy directly from their websites, and , in person at their Orchard Park Mall box office, or to call the box office toll free at 1-888-974-9170 or locally at 250-862-2867.
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