I took the gamble and applied for 1200 worth of Olympic tickets (mainly athletics and cycling) and have been charged £ 254. Anyone else applied and been charged.
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Anyone been charged for Olympic tickets?
Started By dcash5, May 31 2011 03:04 PM
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Posted 31 May 2011 - 04:26 PM
Didn't apply so a good job I haven't been charged either 
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I'm glad that worked out for you Dan. I wonder what you've got!
I'm going to wait for the credit card bill before I know. Am I right in thinking that midnight tonight is the latest they'll take the money?
I'm going to wait for the credit card bill before I know. Am I right in thinking that midnight tonight is the latest they'll take the money?
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Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:13 PM
i think so yes, bloody stupid system in my opinion
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Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:35 PM
I applied for 400quid worth, and they haven't taken a penny!
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Posted 31 May 2011 - 07:52 PM
Heard of people bidding for £10000+ for tickets.
Read an article saying its hugely geared towards people taking big gambles and potentially getting in vast amounts of debt. Just what you need when the country is trying to get itself out of recession!
Read an article saying its hugely geared towards people taking big gambles and potentially getting in vast amounts of debt. Just what you need when the country is trying to get itself out of recession!
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Posted 01 June 2011 - 08:44 AM
Turns out I did get charged for something yesterday! sounds like I'm going to watch some freestyle wrestling!
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Posted 01 June 2011 - 09:43 AM
If they know how much to debit your credit card then they know how many tickets you have been allocated 
Madness!! They should tell you what you have been charged for, legally I thought they were obliged to??
Madness!! They should tell you what you have been charged for, legally I thought they were obliged to??
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Posted 01 June 2011 - 10:05 AM
dcash5, on 31 May 2011, 20:13, said:
i think so yes, bloody stupid system in my opinion
dcash5, on 31 May 2011, 20:52, said:
Heard of people bidding for £10000+ for tickets.
Read an article saying its hugely geared towards people taking big gambles and potentially getting in vast amounts of debt. Just what you need when the country is trying to get itself out of recession!
Read an article saying its hugely geared towards people taking big gambles and potentially getting in vast amounts of debt. Just what you need when the country is trying to get itself out of recession!
I heard this morning of someone getting over £10,000 worth of tickets allocatd to him, but it was more than was in his bank account so his bank sensibly refused the transfer. The ticketing authority gave him another chance, and so he borrowed some money off his wife and took a bank loan for the rest and he got them.
Fools and their money . . . is what I think.
Are the ticketing arrangements being run by those people who used to work for the banks up to mid-2008? From the look of it, and the geography of it, I wouldn't be surprised if it was. The amount of squirming that Coe has done in the interviews he's participated in on this subject made me awfully suspicious that it was badly arranged too.
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 10:39 AM
Seem to remember seeing a story that tickets were freely available sur le continent. Under EU rules anybody in UK could buy them on the internet. Meanwhile huge numbers of tickets passed to all the freeloaders Olympic organisations et al. After the fiasco of the logo only to be expected. Uncle Boris has a plan to ship school children in to fill up empty spaces. Saved my money by not applying for tickets and filled the Zed up instead.
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 02:11 PM
I can see it now...
"Been mis-sold Olympic Tickets in the run up to the 2012 Olympics? Then call us now at Olympic Refunds 4 U"
"Been mis-sold Olympic Tickets in the run up to the 2012 Olympics? Then call us now at Olympic Refunds 4 U"
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 07:14 PM
Argh........ Tell me what I'm going to see already!
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 07:16 PM
£500 worth applied for.............
NOTHING>>>>>>>
And i so wanted to see the egg and spoon race along with the 3 legged race......
NOTHING>>>>>>>
And i so wanted to see the egg and spoon race along with the 3 legged race......
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 07:17 PM
One guy applied for 4 tickets for the athletics final including 100m men's final only...... Won all 4 ......... Grrrrrrrrrr
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Posted 02 June 2011 - 08:50 PM
dcash5, on 2 Jun 2011, 20:17, said:
One guy applied for 4 tickets for the athletics final including 100m men's final only...... Won all 4 ......... Grrrrrrrrrr
And all the expense too, hopefully.
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 05:55 AM
If you do get tickets look out for me competing in.......
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
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Posted 03 June 2011 - 07:18 AM
WoREoD, on 3 Jun 2011, 06:55, said:
If you do get tickets look out for me competing in.......
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 02:53 PM
It would appear more tickets will be offered to those unlucky in 1st round, apparently if they bounced credit card details 3 times that was it game over 
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Posted 10 June 2011 - 06:59 PM
WoREoD, on 3 Jun 2011, 06:55, said:
If you do get tickets look out for me competing in.......
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
The Individual Synchronised Swimming
Who let you out
