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Some ticket holders for a cancelled New Year’s Eve bash in London say they’re worried their refunds aren’t coming after they were referred back to an online ticket seller or issued post-dated cheques.

The 2-in-Tents concert was first planned in Grand Bend, but was abruptly switched to the Western Fair Agriplex in London and then cancelled days before Christmas.

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Tickets to the party and concert, which was to be headlined by Canadian music icons Sam Roberts and Our Lady Peace, sold for $200 each.

Event organizer Troy James Hogg, who also operates Gables in the Bend, announced refunds would be issued Dec. 28 at the Grand Bend bar. But when some ticket holders arrived, they say they were issued post-dated cheques for Jan. 8.

“It’s just another extension. It’s not a resolution,” said Jeff Maccuspey, who bought four tickets to the bash at the Grand Bend Motorplex with a friend and says he has a post-dated cheque for the sum.

“It’s just unbelievable,” he said. “It’s been awful.”

“We waited in line for a good 4½ hours in the cold to receive a post-dated cheque for our refund,” Carol McConnell wrote in an email. “He has ruined a lot of people’s New Year’s Eve.”

Hogg declined to comment Monday on the advice of his attorney, he said.

Ticket holders who wanted it, instead of refunds, were offered tickets to another New Year’s Eve event — first-come, first-served with limited seating — at the Gables featuring the band Honeymoon Suite, the Gables’ Facebook page says.

Earlier, the Gables posted that those who bought tickets would receive free tickets to four shows this summer.

A Facebook post by 2-in-Tents on its event page said people who bought tickets through Eventbrite, an online ticket selling platform, would be refunded automatically.

But under the refund policy shown on the Eventbrite page for the 2-in-Tents show, it says no refunds will be issued.

Requests for comment by Eventbrite were not returned Monday.

With the confusion over refunds, Deanna Pokrefky, who bought her tickets through Eventbrite, is taking matters into her own hands.