Olympics Tickets - Page 13

semi-pro waster · 22-06-2011, 07:29

Well I've just checked and I got the track cycling for the 6th of August but that's the only ticket I got - sort of happy in that cycling is one of my favourite events at the games along with the rowing but a bit surprised that I didn't get any of the less popular sports I picked at all. I obviously made a bad choice in going for a number of events but picking only category C or D tickets - benefit of hindsight and all that, however at least I've got something so can't be too disappointed with that.

Matblack · 22-06-2011, 10:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

The results are finally out, and I have:

Wrestling - Freestyle (C)
Football (A)
Boxing (C)
Beach Volleyball (C)
Athletics (B) - Afternoon session
Tennis (B) - Wimbledon Centre Court
Swimming (C)
Basketball (B)

I didn't get:

Opening Ceremony
Equestrian - Eventing
Cycling - Track
Athletics - Evening session
Gymnastics - Rythmic
Modern Pentathlon
Closing Ceremony

Didn't think I'd get Tennis, so happy about that.

Swimming is a nice surprise.

Obviously disappointed at the ones I missed out on, though expected most of them. Most disappointed about Equestrian and Cycling.

Though I got 53% of the tickets, the total cost was only about 37%, so I got all the cheaper tickets and missed all the really expensive ones. I suppose that's a good thing, right!

Congratulations

Much as I would like to conmiserate with you about the tickets you didn't get I think you should count yourself bloody lucky, I applied for 15 sessions for Heather Amelie and I and got precisely none. If I had got even one of the sessions you got I'd have been ****ing extatic because my daughter would have been able to tell her children that she'd been to the Olympics when they were in the UK.

I honestly think there is something wrong with a system which will allocate 53% of sessions to one person let leave a significant number with none at all.

MB

TinkerBell · 22-06-2011, 11:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matblack

Congratulations

Much as I would like to conmiserate with you about the tickets you didn't get I think you should count yourself bloody lucky, I applied for 15 sessions for Heather Amelie and I and got precisely none. If I had got even one of the sessions you got I'd have been ****ing extatic because my daughter would have been able to tell her children that she'd been to the Olympics when they were in the UK.

I honestly think there is something wrong with a system which will allocate 53% of sessions to one person let leave a significant number with none at all.

MB

I agree with you Matt! It is a very unfair system and I think it is pretty harsh for you to moan Mark when you have received alot of tickets and some people got nothing.

Knipples · 22-06-2011, 12:31

The whole thing has been an absolute farce. Even if I'd got just one ticket for something I'd have been happy, so as Matt says, I don't begrudge you any tickets Mark, but the fact you got several, whilst most of us got none, frankly stinks.

BBx · 22-06-2011, 12:58

Agree with Matt!!!

Totally PO that I didn't get anything!

Absolute joke!

If you got two tickets to the Basketball and need someone to go with you know where I am lol

BB x

Desmo · 22-06-2011, 13:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Desmo

Some people will end up with multiple tickets whilst others end up with none. Surely it must have been quite simple to say "right, J. Bloggs has got his first 4 tickets, no more for him, next person please". Instead, some people seem to have ended up with more tickets and others with none at all.

Much like I said here. It's great that Mark has got tickets for various events, but it would have been fairer for him to have tickets to one event and let other people have the others instead of nothing.

Matblack · 22-06-2011, 13:18

In a system where you want as many people to be involved as possible I don't understand why that once a person had tickets for 1 or 2 events they didn't take them out of the running for futher allocations. It makes no sence at all.

The legacy of the Olympics for many of the people in the UK who wanted to go will be the odd sad little event in their town centre when the torch goes past and watching it on the telly feeling agrieved they didn't get to see anything live. Whilst we have people getting tickets for multiple events.

It seems LOCOG were so desperate to fill all the events first time around that they shafted the majority in favor of a few lucky recipients of multiple events.

MB

Jingo · 22-06-2011, 13:55

To be honest I don't see there being a problem with a system where people get a single event only. Anything seems better than what we have just whitnessed.

Sure you might want opening ceremony and get table tennis quarter finals etc but the appeal for me was to be at the games, soaking up the atmosphere, looking around the multi-million pound developments, mixing with sport fans from all over the world....

Except for the Olympic torch's fleeting encounter with Bristol, the games might as well be in another country for all I will be able to see

Nevertheless, I'm still excited about watching it all and I'm greatly anticipating what will be pulled out of the bag for ceremonies!

Will · 22-06-2011, 14:53

I guess a lot of people applied for weekend tickets too (I know I did). So the availability will be less.

Whilst I am disappointed, and think the system is ****, and it would have been nice to have been at the olympics at some stage in my life, I guess it just won't be 2012.

Jingo · 22-06-2011, 15:05

Boat Drinks International Olympic Holiday 2016!

22-06-2011, 07:29	#121
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Well I've just checked and I got the track cycling for the 6th of August but that's the only ticket I got - sort of happy in that cycling is one of my favourite events at the games along with the rowing but a bit surprised that I didn't get any of the less popular sports I picked at all. I obviously made a bad choice in going for a number of events but picking only category C or D tickets - benefit of hindsight and all that, however at least I've got something so can't be too disappointed with that. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

22-06-2011, 13:18	#127
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	In a system where you want as many people to be involved as possible I don't understand why that once a person had tickets for 1 or 2 events they didn't take them out of the running for futher allocations. It makes no sence at all. The legacy of the Olympics for many of the people in the UK who wanted to go will be the odd sad little event in their town centre when the torch goes past and watching it on the telly feeling agrieved they didn't get to see anything live. Whilst we have people getting tickets for multiple events. It seems LOCOG were so desperate to fill all the events first time around that they shafted the majority in favor of a few lucky recipients of multiple events. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

22-06-2011, 13:55	#128
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	To be honest I don't see there being a problem with a system where people get a single event only. Anything seems better than what we have just whitnessed. Sure you might want opening ceremony and get table tennis quarter finals etc but the appeal for me was to be at the games, soaking up the atmosphere, looking around the multi-million pound developments, mixing with sport fans from all over the world.... Except for the Olympic torch's fleeting encounter with Bristol, the games might as well be in another country for all I will be able to see Nevertheless, I'm still excited about watching it all and I'm greatly anticipating what will be pulled out of the bag for ceremonies! __________________

22-06-2011, 14:53	#129
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	I guess a lot of people applied for weekend tickets too (I know I did). So the availability will be less. Whilst I am disappointed, and think the system is **, and it would have been nice to have been at the olympics at some stage in my life, I guess it just won't be 2012. __________________ No No!**

22-06-2011, 15:05	#130
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Boat Drinks International Olympic Holiday 2016! __________________

22-06-2011, 12:58	#125
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Agree with Matt!!! Totally PO that I didn't get anything! Absolute joke! If you got two tickets to the Basketball and need someone to go with you know where I am lol BB x