The Merry Prankster
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Glastonbury 2015 Ticket day fast approaching!
- Thread starter Fred Oliver - Legend
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CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Sold out. No luck.
FalmerforAll!**
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Going for a second year in a row. I feel so alive.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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I am going to have a sad Sunday.
Paskman
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Sold out, my family are going to be gutted!
Geestar
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1 from 5 now...gutted
Paskman
Not a user
Bloody rural (non) broadband!!!!!
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
a row, a row , it's gonna be 2 in a row. 
Geestar
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Another example of tickets needing to be done differently.
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Yes I am still bitter!
The Merry Prankster
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I don't think so. The current system gives karma a chance to reward the virtuous.
How do you propose they sell them? The current system seems about as fair as you can get, and you get a second bite of the cherry in April.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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It's the one event where the tickets actually get sold to the people who use them. I'm disappointed to have missed out again but I cannot fault the ticket process, it's the best out there imo. I'm 3 for 6 which I can't complain too much about.
Bad Ash
Unregistered User
With the current system it's not totally clear how random the chances to connect to the servers are, there are possibilities that ISP, connection speed, system hardware, location, etc. could give an unfair advantage to someone connecting to the site.
They could take a similar approach to the Olympics, basically you register your interest for the ticket and provide payment details and then a ballot is drawn at random.
There is also the question of whether loyalty should be rewarded or not? Should those of us who bought tickets back when they were less than £100 and the event didn't sell out be given preference over the JCLs?
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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That would result in the same people going every single year, which I don't would be any good in terms of the atmosphere.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
- 9,120
I've been to all the last 16 but missed out for the first time ever yesterday.
I think the way it is now does give an unfair advantage to those with access to better connections and faster server speeds - or those who can afford ultra-fast broadband. Heard about someone who got tickets because her banker husband went into work so he could use the office computers and got through straight away. It's a shame they've got rid of the phone lines, as at least they were more democratic.
There's also something to be said about rewarding persistence. When it used to take a few hours to sell out, the people who are not that bothered stop trying after a while leaving the more determined with a better chance. One year I remember they went on sale at 9 in the evening on a Sunday. I stayed up all night and eventually got through at 6am. You can't say that wasn't well deserved!
The loyalty issue is also an interesting point. Of course newcomers should be encouraged, but it would be nice to reward those who have supported the festival for many years- perhaps by having an advance sale of a few thousand tickets.
I think the way it is now does give an unfair advantage to those with access to better connections and faster server speeds - or those who can afford ultra-fast broadband. Heard about someone who got tickets because her banker husband went into work so he could use the office computers and got through straight away. It's a shame they've got rid of the phone lines, as at least they were more democratic.
There's also something to be said about rewarding persistence. When it used to take a few hours to sell out, the people who are not that bothered stop trying after a while leaving the more determined with a better chance. One year I remember they went on sale at 9 in the evening on a Sunday. I stayed up all night and eventually got through at 6am. You can't say that wasn't well deserved!
The loyalty issue is also an interesting point. Of course newcomers should be encouraged, but it would be nice to reward those who have supported the festival for many years- perhaps by having an advance sale of a few thousand tickets.
Genuine question. Do server speeds etc affect your chance? Don't you just get a randomly allocated place in a queue once you're connected?
Fred Oliver - Legend
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I don't think they do at all, my misses managed to get on twice using her mums dodgy old computer and slow arse Internet, chuffed to be going tho irrelevant how she got them and don't think there really is any fairer way of doing it.
Agreed, I think they should try and show some loyalty, Only 4/5 years ago the festival wasnt sold out, Jay Z headlining year and the following I think it was Bruce Springsteen, No problem getting a ticket at all.
Been once since then and I cant wait for this year, however I do feel bad on the people who try and go every year and support the festival in more ways than going to get trashed.
Unfortunatly I was one of those who headed into the office and tried, however it didnt pay off. we had 6 of us all trying on a computer and mobile phones 3G one person got the through which meant we all could, very lucky.