Hatch Posted 17 May, 2011 Posted 17 May, 2011 as of ten minutes ago. No. I've got nearly 10k of tickets pending, mostly for overseas colleagues who got me to apply for them.
Colinjb Posted 17 May, 2011 Posted 17 May, 2011 Nothing yet, but seeing as i've only applied for a few of the football matches up at the Ricoh Arena I hope it'll be as good as a shoe in.
fish fingers Posted 17 May, 2011 Posted 17 May, 2011 Nothing yet, i'll probably end up with only the Badminton tickets i applied for.
LGTL Posted 18 May, 2011 Posted 18 May, 2011 I don't know of, or have heard of anyone on various forums etc, that have anything! Oh, except that crap joke about West Ham.
The Cat Posted 18 May, 2011 Posted 18 May, 2011 Nope. Applied for £1600 worth so surely I'll get something even if it's just table tennis.
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 18 May, 2011 Posted 18 May, 2011 I can't believe that I've applied for sailing tickets; when we can just sit on the beach and save £40 each.
View From The Top Posted 19 May, 2011 Posted 19 May, 2011 Just checked online banking and still nowt.
mdearlove Posted 19 May, 2011 Posted 19 May, 2011 No credit/debit cards will be charged until tomorrow at the earliest. If you sent a cheque then they have been processed according to James Pearce from the Beeb
Hatch Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 will it all be taken in one go, or will maybe athletics tickets processed one day, then football a few days later..
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 I overheard a couple of people talking in Sainsbury's yesterday. One woman said that her brother had applied for tickets totalling £3,600 and the whole amount had been taken from his account.
dubai_phil Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 I overheard a couple of people talking in Sainsbury's yesterday. One woman said that her brother had applied for tickets totalling £3,600 and the whole amount had been taken from his account. Ouch that's gotta hurt. Just before the summer hols as well. Sort of get the feeling that whole thing is likely to end up as all or nothing for many people
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 Further to my earlier comment about paying for sailing tickets; it transpires that my future son-in-law knows Ben Ainslie quite well from his sailing club and has been told he can get him complementary tickets... Bugger, I hope I lose out on the draw, but with my luck they'll be massively undersubscribed and I shall get everything I asked for.
dubai_phil Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 Further to my earlier comment about paying for sailing tickets; it transpires that my future son-in-law knows Ben Ainslie quite well from his sailing club and has been told he can get him complementary tickets... Bugger, I hope I lose out on the draw, but with my luck they'll be massively undersubscribed and I shall get everything I asked for. Ouch, that's gotta hurt.....
Draino76 Posted 20 May, 2011 Posted 20 May, 2011 I cancelled my debit card and feeling quite smug about it.
jawillwill Posted 23 May, 2011 Posted 23 May, 2011 Further to my earlier comment about paying for sailing tickets; it transpires that my future son-in-law knows Ben Ainslie quite well from his sailing club and has been told he can get him complementary tickets... Bugger, I hope I lose out on the draw, but with my luck they'll be massively undersubscribed and I shall get everything I asked for. Ha! You're a fool! I will go to the sailing, but there was no way in hell I'd pay for the privilege of it! Anyway, has anyones money been taken yet? I only applied for opening/closing ceremonies, the mens 100m final and a couple of veledrome sessions (probably all the most popular events). I'm pretty certain I'll end up with nothing. I would have applied for things I was more likely to get but didn't really want to run the risk of getting lucky and getting all the tickets I applied for and no be able to afford it.
View From The Top Posted 23 May, 2011 Posted 23 May, 2011 Read something on the BBC today saying that how they, the BBC, were unaware of anyone yet being debited but the Olympic people had said 60% should have been debited by Wednesday. Not a soul I know who applied has had money debited yet.
Hatch Posted 26 May, 2011 Posted 26 May, 2011 still nothing from me, or anyone else that I know that has applied. farce.
View From The Top Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Still nowt. Still no one I know has been charged.
LGTL Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 I know a couple of people who have now had their cards charged.
Um Bongo Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Looks like my money has been taken. Semi Final or final or the footie, shouldn't be TOO bad...
The Cat Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Just had £52 taken from my credit card. Considering I applied for £1600 worth of tickets that's a pretty poor effort!
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Just had £52 taken from my credit card. Considering I applied for £1600 worth of tickets that's a pretty poor effort! That's just the admin fee.
bridge too far Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Apparently all money will be taken by midnight tonight. We've just checked - still nothing
LGTL Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 I can't imagine the 800m heats on a Wednesday morning for example are going to sell out, there will be plenty of tickets available nearer the time i'd think. They are already talking about second sales anyway.
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Nothing from mine, but the missus had £150 taken out the other day...probably indoor volleyball group games etc!
stevegrant Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Nothing yet, but then I only applied for 3 or 4 events, so not really expecting much.
StD Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 I applied for approx £2000 worth of tickets, but with a max exposure of £3600 (allowing for a range of ticket prices for most events). I applied for quite a few athletics and track cycling sessions as I believed these would be oversubscribed. However I also applied for preliminary round tickets to boxing, water polo, hockey and basketball. Still nothing taken. The only person I know (out of at least 10 I've spoken to) who has had money taken so far is my dad - less than £100 from a similar level of application to myself. Fingers crossed for some luck this afternoon.
Hatch Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 money taken now. nearly £3k, out of an application of £12k. I've worked it out to be either 2 sets of Athletics tickets or a basketball/football combo.
saint_jas Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 Really need to check if money has gone out for my 1 and only ticket. Yep I am a cheapskate and went for one of the athletics.
LGTL Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 The way the ticketing has been handled has been nothing short of a total farce and so typically British. Wrong from start to finish.
bridge too far Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 The way the ticketing has been handled has been nothing short of a total farce and so typically British. Wrong from start to finish. Wasn't Visa running the ticketing?
Alanh Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 The way the ticketing has been handled has been nothing short of a total farce and so typically British. Wrong from start to finish. That's a coincidence then as it's the same way that ticketing for the last Winter Olympics was run as well. I think it's more to do with Visa and the Olympic committee than anything specific to London.
Sour Mash Posted 31 May, 2011 Posted 31 May, 2011 I had my money taken out of my account on Friday! No e-mail confirmation though as to which tickets they were for.
dubai_phil Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8547183/London-2012-Olympic-tickets-Your-View.html I'm almost having a Dune-esque Political moment reading that Local Councillors (whose salaries are paid by you the taxpayer) get to jump the queue and buy tickets for the Olympics (which was paid for by you the taxpayer), and then wonder how many of those tickets will have been ordered with their Council Credit Cards (paid for by you the taxpayer) I detect the start of a nice new campaign for the Daily Snail & Torygraph once the actual facts become known http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/council-spending/8542909/Councils-spend-100m-on-taxpayer-funded-credit-cards.html You pay for the Olympics then cannot go because all the seats are being taken up by people who's wages you pay and who paid for the tickets with your money. SURELY, PLEASE, somebody tell me that I have this all wrong
View From The Top Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 Had £106 taken so it's either athletics, cycling or mens vault final.
StD Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 I applied for approx £2000 worth of tickets, but with a max exposure of £3600 (allowing for a range of ticket prices for most events). I applied for quite a few athletics and track cycling sessions as I believed these would be oversubscribed. However I also applied for preliminary round tickets to boxing, water polo, hockey and basketball. Still nothing taken. The only person I know (out of at least 10 I've spoken to) who has had money taken so far is my dad - less than £100 from a similar level of application to myself. Fingers crossed for some luck this afternoon. £220 taken from my account late last night. Better than nothing I guess.
Sherminator Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 £46 out of a possible £800. Very disappointed! Bit surprised also, as in addition to some blue ribband events like cycling and, athletics, I applied for a few less attractive tickets such as boxing and diving qualifying.
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 Not a sausage. Mind you, I applied for front-row seats for every match in the Beach Volleyball.
bridge too far Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 Zilch, zero, nothing, de nada, nil Mind you, we'll get a better view on teh telly.
View From The Top Posted 1 June, 2011 Posted 1 June, 2011 Checked through my order and whatever I get it involves finals and medal ceremonies.
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