Tara Lynn said she spent thousands of dollars on Harry Styles concert tickets.
Lynn said she never received the tickets she bought for $890
Lynn said she bought two more tickets for $4,200 each.
After a now- deleted video about her purchase of two Harry Styles tickets went viral, many viewers accused her of being out of touch.
Tara Lynn, who has nearly five million followers on TikTok, said in a video that she bought two tickets for $890 from StubHub, but they were never sent to her.
On the day of the concert, she called the company's customer service desk. StubHub offered her balcony tickets in exchange for her turning them down because she wanted to be in the pit.
I'm really angry. Lynn said that she spent $10,180 on tickets, and that she bought two tickets from other websites for $4,200 each.
The video is no longer available to view on her TikTok profile, but has been re-uploaded to the micro-blogging site, where it attracted criticism as viewers said it was insensitivity of her to complain about a purchase that is likely beyond the means of many of her viewers
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In a TikTok video posted on November 2, Lynn said that StubHub employees told her that she couldn't get a refund on her original tickets and that she would have to pay the difference.
She said in the clip that she couldn't get her money back for the tickets because it was the best night of her life.
StubHub did not reply immediately.
The clip has been reshared on TikTok, as users add their commentary by stitching her video together, mocking her for saying "What other fuck choice did I have?" when discussing the cost of the last-minute ticket purchase. A user said the amount she spent on tickets was equivalent to the down payment on her home.
She used the term "finna" when talking about wanting to be in the pit instead of the balcony. "Finna" is a term that was used in African American Vernacular English.
Insider was unable to find a reference to Lynn's ethnicity, but many viewers assumed she's Caucasian, and that she'd used it incorrect.
Lynn addressed the recent wave of criticism in a follow up video.
Lynn said in the video that she rarely uses the term but it came out because she wasflustered. She thought the criticism was the dumbest thing she'd ever heard.
Lynn said that she was very grateful and blessed to be able to spend $10,000 on concert tickets and that it was her decision to do that with her money. Lynn said, "Just don't watch my videos, because I'm never going to be changing my personality because I'm afraid of what people are going to say."
People who have shared stories about buying things have been criticized on social media. Insider reported in October that Quenlin had faced backlash after telling her TikTok followers that she accidentally bought a $100,000 couch.
Tara Lynn did not reply right away.
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