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Moose423956 replied

4 June 2011, 21:37
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Wow, I seem to have done really well. I'm not a sports fan so just applied for two events: one popular sport, one weird sport. Got the weird sport.

Naked beach volleyball?
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Moscow Mule replied

4 June 2011, 20:52
Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post

Was it not reported that the majority of tickets were gieven away to VIP's, sponsors etc ?

Also, I think in other countries like Germany etc you could just but tickets online straight away for any event. No lottery methods.

Half and half split (roughly) between available to public and not.

German Olympic committee can sell their allocation however they like. The yanks did a lottery.

Last edited by Moscow Mule; 4 June 2011, 21:42.
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fullyautomatix replied

4 June 2011, 20:18
Was it not reported that the majority of tickets were gieven away to VIP's, sponsors etc ?

Also, I think in other countries like Germany etc you could just but tickets online straight away for any event. No lottery methods.
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thunderlizard replied

4 June 2011, 20:18
Wow, I seem to have done really well. I'm not a sports fan so just applied for two events: one popular sport, one weird sport. Got the weird sport.
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SueEllen replied

4 June 2011, 19:16
Originally posted by k2p2 View Post

Blimey - good to hear people have got stuff. Hubby applied for nearly £6K (including a few he didn't expect to get - opening/closing/100m final, but lots of smaller events too) but didn't get any. I applied for a couple of the heats, nothing either. Very disappointed.

A mate of mine applied for £12K worth of tickets and got none.

So far I only know one person who got any and they are for the opening ceremony.
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Zippy replied

4 June 2011, 17:45
Originally posted by k2p2 View Post

Blimey - good to hear people have got stuff. Hubby applied for nearly £6K (including a few he didn't expect to get - opening/closing/100m final, but lots of smaller events too) but didn't get any. I applied for a couple of the heats, nothing either. Very disappointed.

Bummer! Good luck with the second round.
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mudskipper replied

4 June 2011, 17:37
Blimey - good to hear people have got stuff. Hubby applied for nearly £6K (including a few he didn't expect to get - opening/closing/100m final, but lots of smaller events too) but didn't get any. I applied for a couple of the heats, nothing either. Very disappointed.
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Churchill replied

2 June 2011, 16:24
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

Ooh fingers crossed for the closing ceremony. And at least we got something eh?

Anyone planning on going to the Paralympic games?

Not unless I end up in a wheelchair, nope.
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Zippy replied

2 June 2011, 16:20
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

There is a loop around box hill, which I quite fancy going to watch. It also goes near our house when it leaves Richmond.

Where is it? Greenwich?

Can't please everybody all the time...

Greenwich - capacity 50,000. LOCOG could have got another £10 million + by having it somewhere else.

A picnic in Richmond sounds good
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doodab replied

2 June 2011, 16:15
The whole thing strikes me as a bit of a shambles.
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oracleslave replied

2 June 2011, 16:14
We applied for about £600 worth. Swimming, track, tennis and gymnastics if memory serves.

£106 went out of the account, no idea what for as yet.
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MarillionFan replied

2 June 2011, 16:11
As I read earlier 'Boris' Johnson didn't get any. But then neither did Chris Broad, and neither did UK sportsmen competing at the games get any.

What seems a little odd is that these people are participating but yet their family cannot get tickets to see them! FFS! That's ******* outrageous.
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AtW replied

2 June 2011, 16:10
Tickets should have been put on auction with minimum price and top X highest bidders get tickets at the lowest price in the bid.
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Moscow Mule replied

2 June 2011, 16:04
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

You can watch the cycling road racing and the marathon for free too.

There is a loop around box hill, which I quite fancy going to watch. It also goes near our house when it leaves Richmond.

Originally posted by Zippy View Post

Yep. They cost £55 which is how I know we didn't get 'em. They really missed a trick there as over 100,000 turn up to Badminton horse trials every year and they could have sold at least three times as many. Well done to the dimwits at LOCOG.

Where is it? Greenwich?

Can't please everybody all the time...
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Zippy replied

2 June 2011, 16:03
Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post

The wife applied for £400 worth of various events, and we had £66 taken from the bank account yesterday.

Initial estimates are Tennis, first couple of rounds, or closing ceremony.

Ooh fingers crossed for the closing ceremony. And at least we got something eh?

Anyone planning on going to the Paralympic games?
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