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tickets win - gutted!

came home to find a red card from the postie yesterday, by which time the sorting office was shut. got to the sorting office this morning and picked up two tickets to an nme shockwaves gig in camden... last night!

i'm gutted, it was to see ida maria which would have been fantastic. i do wonder what the point is of sending out tickets by special delivery the day before a gig - surely the chances are that the recipient is going to be out and have to go collect them later. if they'd just been sent ordinary first class i would have got them and could have gone. :(

i've searched for the original poster to thank them, but there are loads of nme/shockwave comps and i don't know which i got lucky on. but as always many thanks to the op and thanks to all who post. :beer:
started comping may 2008 - what a great community! bless all the op's! :T :T

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  • I dont understand why they would send it out the day before.
    Congrats anyway :)
    Feb Goal - Win a Comp.... Never win anything.

    March Goal - Lose a stone as i never managed to lose any weight in feb GRRRR :eek:
  • missk9
    missk9 Posts: 1,742 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Sorry to hear of this... i nearly had the same trouble with my premier tickets i won...
    do any other MSErs think its worth mentioning this to the comp organisers?
    BACK and READY..... waiting on Royal Mail!!!
  • The exact same thing happened to me! So annoying! I would say it is definitely worth mentioning!
  • Julieforde
    Julieforde Posts: 5,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Sorry to hear of this...
    Julie:T
    APRIL 2011 Wins

    Postcards..Now 78 cd.Moky DVD and Moky Fit Pass Card..
  • i phoned the pr person who sent the tickets and said i was pleased and grateful but said that if you send tickets out the day before a gig by recorded delivery i imagine 9 out of 10 people won't get them in time because they'll be out, get a red card, and end up picking them up after the event. she just said she was sorry but even though they are the sponsors they only get the tickets at the last minute.

    ah well, i suppose i'll just have to make sure i stop going out during the day so i never miss anything again. ;) :rotfl:
    started comping may 2008 - what a great community! bless all the op's! :T :T

  • Congratulations on winning, sorry you didnt get them in time though!
  • missk9
    missk9 Posts: 1,742 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Maybe to email the people who ran the comp rather than the pr person who sent them out.. saying blah blah how upset you are that you missed it etc.. its worth a try as they may send you our a copensation prize.. got nothing to lose
    BACK and READY..... waiting on Royal Mail!!!
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