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Forced ticket purchase

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  • jobe1972
    jobe1972 Posts: 56 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    How do you pay the dance school, i.e. is there a direct debit, or continuous payment authority, or are you paying manually each time?

    I'm just thinking that if they don't actually have the ability to take money directly from your account/card, then it would be up to them to pursue you via court for what they'd consider to be a debt, which would strengthen your hand, especially if you bought the second ticket....
     they can !!!!!! off for the 3rd .. 
    Charming.  I suddenly have a lot more sympathy for the dance theatre organisation.
    Why I didnt swear but for some reason it thinks I did 
  • jobe1972
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    eskbanker said:
    Ectophile said:
    Is it possible to get together with two other parents, and buy three tickets between you?
    That completely subverts the point of the minimum 3 tickets rule, but it seems to meet their rules.
    It wouldn't subvert it as such, in that it simply wouldn't meet it:
    The number of tickets expected per student, along with the cost per ticket, was not hidden at any stage
    But originally it was not a minimum of 3 but of 2/3 thats the difference If I have to pay for what they required then surely paying for 2 tickets meets that requirement
  • Aylesbury_Duck
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    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    How do you pay the dance school, i.e. is there a direct debit, or continuous payment authority, or are you paying manually each time?

    I'm just thinking that if they don't actually have the ability to take money directly from your account/card, then it would be up to them to pursue you via court for what they'd consider to be a debt, which would strengthen your hand, especially if you bought the second ticket....
     they can !!!!!! off for the 3rd .. 
    Charming.  I suddenly have a lot more sympathy for the dance theatre organisation.
    Why I didnt swear but for some reason it thinks I did 
    Fair enough, although I can't think what fell foul of the filter if it wasn't swearing?
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 16,309 Forumite
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    edited 16 November 2025 at 3:26PM
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    Ectophile said:
    Is it possible to get together with two other parents, and buy three tickets between you?
    That completely subverts the point of the minimum 3 tickets rule, but it seems to meet their rules.
    It wouldn't subvert it as such, in that it simply wouldn't meet it:
    The number of tickets expected per student, along with the cost per ticket, was not hidden at any stage
    But originally it was not a minimum of 3 but of 2/3 thats the difference If I have to pay for what they required then surely paying for 2 tickets meets that requirement
    Did it say "2/3" or "two/three"?  You can guess what I'm thinking if it was the former!
  • jobe1972
    jobe1972 Posts: 56 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    Ectophile said:
    Is it possible to get together with two other parents, and buy three tickets between you?
    That completely subverts the point of the minimum 3 tickets rule, but it seems to meet their rules.
    It wouldn't subvert it as such, in that it simply wouldn't meet it:
    The number of tickets expected per student, along with the cost per ticket, was not hidden at any stage
    But originally it was not a minimum of 3 but of 2/3 thats the difference If I have to pay for what they required then surely paying for 2 tickets meets that requirement
    Did it say "2/3" or "two/three"?  You can guess what I'm thinking if it was the former!
    the exact words used "commit to purchasing two/three tickets for the show
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 16,309 Forumite
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    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    Ectophile said:
    Is it possible to get together with two other parents, and buy three tickets between you?
    That completely subverts the point of the minimum 3 tickets rule, but it seems to meet their rules.
    It wouldn't subvert it as such, in that it simply wouldn't meet it:
    The number of tickets expected per student, along with the cost per ticket, was not hidden at any stage
    But originally it was not a minimum of 3 but of 2/3 thats the difference If I have to pay for what they required then surely paying for 2 tickets meets that requirement
    Did it say "2/3" or "two/three"?  You can guess what I'm thinking if it was the former!
    the exact words used "commit to purchasing two/three tickets for the show
    That's a shame.  I quite fancied the idea of countering their demand by asking them for a refund of a third of the ticket you did purchase!
  • user1977
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    edited 16 November 2025 at 4:19PM
    Okell said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    How do you pay the dance school, i.e. is there a direct debit, or continuous payment authority, or are you paying manually each time?

    I'm just thinking that if they don't actually have the ability to take money directly from your account/card, then it would be up to them to pursue you via court for what they'd consider to be a debt, which would strengthen your hand, especially if you bought the second ticket....
     they can !!!!!! off for the 3rd .. 
    Charming.  I suddenly have a lot more sympathy for the dance theatre organisation.
    Why I didnt swear but for some reason it thinks I did 
    Fair enough, although I can't think what fell foul of the filter if it wasn't swearing?
    Bug ger was the word uses as in bug ger off
    I used "bu99er" only a couple of days ago.

    The filter is ridiculous.

    Used to be you couldn't say "Tom, !!!!!! or Harry"

    [Edit:  See?]
    Do plumbing queries still censor stopcock? Or maybe it's stop !!!!!! it has a problem with. 
  • Okell
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    user1977 said:
    Okell said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    How do you pay the dance school, i.e. is there a direct debit, or continuous payment authority, or are you paying manually each time?

    I'm just thinking that if they don't actually have the ability to take money directly from your account/card, then it would be up to them to pursue you via court for what they'd consider to be a debt, which would strengthen your hand, especially if you bought the second ticket....
     they can !!!!!! off for the 3rd .. 
    Charming.  I suddenly have a lot more sympathy for the dance theatre organisation.
    Why I didnt swear but for some reason it thinks I did 
    Fair enough, although I can't think what fell foul of the filter if it wasn't swearing?
    Bug ger was the word uses as in bug ger off
    I used "bu99er" only a couple of days ago.

    The filter is ridiculous.

    Used to be you couldn't say "Tom, !!!!!! or Harry"

    [Edit:  See?]
    Do plumbing queries still censor stopcock? Or maybe it's stop !!!!!! it has a problem with. 
    "stopcock" all one word seems to be OK.

  • eskbanker
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    Okell said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Bug ger was the word uses as in bug ger off
    I used "bu99er" only a couple of days ago.

    The filter is ridiculous.

    Used to be you couldn't say "Tom, !!!!!! or Harry"

    [Edit:  See?]
    Perhaps worth noting the forum rules in this area when considering adding spaces or substituting digits for letters....

    Please mind your language

    We use profanity filters and will act against those trying to work around them or using language that we deem offensive, this includes sexual references or inference and vulgarity or links containing any of these.

  • jobe1972
    jobe1972 Posts: 56 Forumite
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    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    Aylesbury_Duck said:
    jobe1972 said:
    eskbanker said:
    How do you pay the dance school, i.e. is there a direct debit, or continuous payment authority, or are you paying manually each time?

    I'm just thinking that if they don't actually have the ability to take money directly from your account/card, then it would be up to them to pursue you via court for what they'd consider to be a debt, which would strengthen your hand, especially if you bought the second ticket....
     they can !!!!!! off for the 3rd .. 
    Charming.  I suddenly have a lot more sympathy for the dance theatre organisation.
    Why I didnt swear but for some reason it thinks I did 
    Fair enough, although I can't think what fell foul of the filter if it wasn't swearing?
    Bug ger was the word uses as in bug ger off
    Pretty obvious why that was filtered out, then.  Do you know what it means?
    Of course I do .. "go away" but you use what ever version you feel like 
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