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MSE News: Crunch time for Olympic ticket payments
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Former_MSE_Guy
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This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:
"Fans who applied for tickets for next year's Olympics have been told most payments will be taken by next week ..."
"Fans who applied for tickets for next year's Olympics have been told most payments will be taken by next week ..."
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"Very few" = "Zero" as far as I can tell from searching the news.MSE wrote:...very few bidders have reported having had money debited yet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13545116BBC_News wrote:The payment process had been due to begin on 10 May, but so far no cards had been debited.Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
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Nothing from my account yet, meaning £'000s sitting there at 0.5% interest for the time being...--- Warning: Grumpy Old Man in Training ---0
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Originally Posted by BBC News
The payment process had been due to begin on 10 May, but so far no cards had been debited.
This was changed to 16 May
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i think everyone should check there credit cards frauds to easy now.0
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You have to admire the timing: the last few days of the month, when people are most likely to be short of money in their accounts.0
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On the standard email i received today it clearly states that if payment cannot be made they will contact you to give you a chance to make alternative payment... which to me means if you haven't got the funds in the right account you have a chance to move it around and won't automatically lose the tickets, which is a big relief!
As annoying as it was not to be told this in the first place, I can kinda understand in order to stop possible speculation (allowing an order to be declined and then deciding if you want it or not)0 -
Retro_Bunny wrote: »Nothing from my account yet, meaning £'000s sitting there at 0.5% interest for the time being...
So you're happy to spend £100's on olympic tickets but begrudge losing out on a couple of pounds of interest?0 -
Interesting how there has been so much fuss made about the ballot, with some idiots applying for tickets way more than they can afford. I went to the Athens Olympics in 2004. We had to apply for tickets around 14 months before (and pay for them) and heard a couple of months later whether we had got them or not - there was an identical ballot then.
I don't remember anybody applying for tickets that they didnt get or couldnt afford - it's probably due to the panic buying mentality, and additionally people thinking that they can make a killing on re-selling the tickets. The annoying part about this is that that real sports fans might miss out because some donut thinks he can sell a load of tickets and make himself rich, which of course won't happen as tickets cannot be resold!0 -
some movement in the account today, looks like something finally happening with payment for tickets. Amount debited is approx 25% of what maximum could have been :j0
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Looks like about a third of my maximum amount has been debited. I want to know what I've got. Very pleased to have got something
December 2010 wins - 12 month Four Four Two subscription; Alcatel OT 708 phone; Miffy cuddly toy; Nivea gift pack0
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