Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

lostinrates

If someone were going to take a go at going to a and e to try and get in front of a neurologist Thursday seems like a good day. I have a site meeting this morning. Afterwards I am thinking i might go for it. Not decided yet.

mystic_trev

Spirit wrote: »

Another Olympic ticket whinge.

I've been having the same problem, getting to the final page then finding out I've got nothing.There dosen't seem to be a regular time they release further tickets, I guess a lot of it is just down to luck? I hope you get some Spirit.

I've been very lucky to have friends who've given me first dibs to their spare tickets. I'm now going to the Athletics tomorrow night, as well as next wednesday, and also have a ticket for the Hockey on monday.

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

If someone were going to take a go at going to a and e to try and get in front of a neurologist Thursday seems like a good day. I have a site meeting this morning. Afterwards I am thinking i might go for it. Not decided yet.

yay, go ahead

I'm debating going to work currently, sitting in the sunshine.

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

Yes fc, that pne. But i missed the one on white.

Also, shhh...but the blue one at least was a little inaccurate imo.

Is it 'round'? if so might be mine. Its very attractive building.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

If someone were going to take a go at going to a and e to try and get in front of a neurologist Thursday seems like a good day. I have a site meeting this morning. Afterwards I am thinking i might go for it. Not decided yet.

Take a good book, something to eat/drink and some clean knickers.


All the best!

vivatifosi

mystic_trev wrote: »

I've been having the same problem, getting to the final page then finding out I've got nothing.There dosen't seem to be a regular time they release further tickets, I guess a lot of it is just down to luck? I hope you get some Spirit.

I've been very lucky to have friends who've given me first dibs to their spare tickets. I'm now going to the Athletics tomorrow night, as well as next wednesday, and also have a ticket for the Hockey on monday.

I think there is a pattern Trev, though can't guarantee it. We've only managed to get singles, but we did get relatively low cost ones (£20.12 for Opening and £120 for Closing). The thing with the website is you need to keep it running in the background and keep an eye out for changes. Cast your web wide, so put a selection criteria that picks up as many events as possible when the window opens: say all events at the Olympic park, or all events on a specific date.

Generally this will only give you one or two events, but when they are about to release more tickets, the list gets a lot longer all of a sudden - where there were two there may be 8. Sometimes they say currently unavailable. Can't promise this but that seems to be where they are about to release tickets for that session. At that point you need to sit on the website and constantly refresh it and pounce when the tickets come on. If you don't, then you miss out. You literally have to be on within the minute or so when the tickets hit or you are too late.

We have been lucky to get these tickets but we've also put a lot of work into getting them. Due to exceptional demand unfortunately it isn't as easy as just logging on and getting what you want.

PasturesNew

When I went to see my next LL the other day, to pay a deposit as proof I do intend to move in .... a telephone call came in, with somebody who said he'd got her tickets to the female footy. She said this bloke can "get anything", although I've no idea how hard those tickets would have been to get... probably not hard.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

At that point you need to sit on the website and constantly refresh it and pounce when the tickets come on. If you don't, then you miss out. You literally have to be on within the minute or so when the tickets hit or you are too late.

And the Govt moan about the few bank holidays/holidays the workers have and how they are a great loss to productivity. I bet the Olympics has cost more worker productivity than any deserved bank holiday.... all through incompetence, poor planning and a cr4p system of buying tickets.

PasturesNew

I've been waiting an hour for a wee.... don't want to get in the way of my flatmate who has to go to work.... on the other hand, I can't tell when he's in the shower, or about to go in there.... so I am diligently waiting it out until he's gone to work. I'm hoping that will be in 6 minutes' time.

I also appear to have a sore throat and a tiny cold .... and my Lemsips are in storage. So I'll have to go shopping later for Lemsips and throat sweeties.

Edit: He's gone .... weeeeeeeee

Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Is it 'round'? if so might be mine. Its very attractive building.

I think this reply makes more sense with my post than fc's. Yes, perfectly round. And in a good location for reading a book whilst washing.