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Radio feature just said most payments will be taken over night, just checked and still nothing taken from barclaycard as yet...
the slow norris
Active member
Snap, still nothing....
Cecil
New member
Nothing yet but money should be taken by end of next week if successful according to talksport this morning.
Apparently NO money taken from anyone yet!
From the BBC website
25 May 2011 Last updated at 14:09
Most ticket money 'debited by next week' The ticketing system has proved to be controversial
Most of the money for the first round of Olympics tickets sales will be debited from applicants' bank accounts by next week, organisers have said.
Locog said 60% of cards would be debited by midnight on Wednesday, the "vast majority" by 31 May, and the process completed by 10 June.
The payment process had been due to begin on 10 May, but so far no cards had been debited.
A different system is to be used for the second round of ticket sales.
The current system has attracted criticism from various quarters - including from consumer group Which? - for taking the cash from applicants' bank accounts before they know which tickets they have been allocated.
London 2012 organisers Locog say the system is fair.
The second round of sales, in late June, will initially offer unsuccessful first round ticket applicants the first chance to buy those tickets still available, said the organising committee.
It will take place on a 'first come, first served' basis with the money paid up front.
The general public will later be able to apply for remaining tickets.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said they had always intended to have a different system for the second round.
First round applicants have been receiving e-mails from the London 2012 ticketing team to say they are now taking payment from Visa credit and debit cards, as well as banking cheques and postal orders.
Continue reading the main story
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Sport, news and more 2012 information BBC London 2012 Q&A: London 2012 tickets They will be contacted before 24 June to confirm if they have been successful in buying any of the 6.6 million tickets available, and which ones they have been allocated.
The e-mail said Visa payments would only be taken for successful applications, and that if cards had been lost or stolen, or there were any issues with collection of payment, applicants would be contacted about it by 10 June.
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) deputy chairman Keith Mills said they were trying to make sure the system was "fair and even" and that people were informed at the same time about whether their application had been successful.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "One of the problems when you are doing something on this scale is if you tell one person they've got tickets, they tell their friends and suddenly we have a switchboard jammed with people - so we are trying to do this extremely thoroughly."
"It's going brilliantly well - it's very complex, but it is going brilliantly well," he added.
He added that hundreds of thousands of unsold tickets would be available to buy later in the year.
London 2012 organisers recently revealed that there had been more than one million requests for tickets for the Olympic men's 100 metres final, on 5 August next year.
They are looking to make £500m from ticket sales as part of bid to raise £2bn through private means.
The price of Olympics tickets ranges from £20 to £725 for the showpiece 100 metres final, and reaches £2,012 for the opening ceremony on 27 July.
From the BBC website
25 May 2011 Last updated at 14:09
Most ticket money 'debited by next week' The ticketing system has proved to be controversial
Most of the money for the first round of Olympics tickets sales will be debited from applicants' bank accounts by next week, organisers have said.
Locog said 60% of cards would be debited by midnight on Wednesday, the "vast majority" by 31 May, and the process completed by 10 June.
The payment process had been due to begin on 10 May, but so far no cards had been debited.
A different system is to be used for the second round of ticket sales.
The current system has attracted criticism from various quarters - including from consumer group Which? - for taking the cash from applicants' bank accounts before they know which tickets they have been allocated.
London 2012 organisers Locog say the system is fair.
The second round of sales, in late June, will initially offer unsuccessful first round ticket applicants the first chance to buy those tickets still available, said the organising committee.
It will take place on a 'first come, first served' basis with the money paid up front.
The general public will later be able to apply for remaining tickets.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said they had always intended to have a different system for the second round.
First round applicants have been receiving e-mails from the London 2012 ticketing team to say they are now taking payment from Visa credit and debit cards, as well as banking cheques and postal orders.
Continue reading the main story
London 2012 - Begin your journey here
Sport, news and more 2012 information BBC London 2012 Q&A: London 2012 tickets They will be contacted before 24 June to confirm if they have been successful in buying any of the 6.6 million tickets available, and which ones they have been allocated.
The e-mail said Visa payments would only be taken for successful applications, and that if cards had been lost or stolen, or there were any issues with collection of payment, applicants would be contacted about it by 10 June.
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) deputy chairman Keith Mills said they were trying to make sure the system was "fair and even" and that people were informed at the same time about whether their application had been successful.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "One of the problems when you are doing something on this scale is if you tell one person they've got tickets, they tell their friends and suddenly we have a switchboard jammed with people - so we are trying to do this extremely thoroughly."
"It's going brilliantly well - it's very complex, but it is going brilliantly well," he added.
He added that hundreds of thousands of unsold tickets would be available to buy later in the year.
London 2012 organisers recently revealed that there had been more than one million requests for tickets for the Olympic men's 100 metres final, on 5 August next year.
They are looking to make £500m from ticket sales as part of bid to raise £2bn through private means.
The price of Olympics tickets ranges from £20 to £725 for the showpiece 100 metres final, and reaches £2,012 for the opening ceremony on 27 July.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
'Available Balance' just dropped by £385 at some point during this morning, could it be so
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?seagullsslimjim
New member
- Sep 26, 2003
- 701
£501.00 taken this morning
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Still nothing from mine, from the ones taken did you just apply for one event ie. cycling or multiple
mikeyjh
Well-known member
I applied for quite a few events, by no means the full balance has been taken. I can't figure out what the amount is to be honest.
I still find it very odd that I 'may' have some tickets, but I'll be a few weeks before I know what they are.
An interesting comment/post by one of the readers on the Guardian's version of this thread:
I would be furious if that happened to me!
There are a few people on there though saying that the money is going though, so it sounds like they're finally pulling their finger out. General consensus is about 10-20% of the potential/maximum cost is being taken...
I would be furious if that happened to me!
There are a few people on there though saying that the money is going though, so it sounds like they're finally pulling their finger out. General consensus is about 10-20% of the potential/maximum cost is being taken...
Southstandfaithful
New member
Still nothing from mine.......
Likewise.
Though apparently (so say those in the know) that if you've applied for team sports (football/hockey/water polo/handball) then you should be fine for them, so don't panic
( Yet. 
)
blue'n'white
Well-known member
Nothing from my account either
Sad bugger that I am I have checked every day !!
Sad bugger that I am I have checked every day !!
Nothing taken but received the following email from the ticket office:
Thank you for applying for London 2012 Olympic tickets. As you will be aware, we have started to allocate tickets and are now taking payment from Visa credit and debit cards, as well as banking cheques and postal orders.
The vast majority of payments will be taken by next week (31 May), with the entire process completed by 10 June.
We will contact you before 24 June to let you know if you have been successful and, if so, which tickets you have been allocated
Thank you for applying for London 2012 Olympic tickets. As you will be aware, we have started to allocate tickets and are now taking payment from Visa credit and debit cards, as well as banking cheques and postal orders.
The vast majority of payments will be taken by next week (31 May), with the entire process completed by 10 June.
We will contact you before 24 June to let you know if you have been successful and, if so, which tickets you have been allocated
DT Withdean
New member
- Mar 5, 2011
- 1,089
Still nothing on my card!
Roadrunner
Well-known member
£50 has just appeared in my pending transactions and Olympic Tickets are the only thing I have used my credit card for lately. I applied for over £750 worth of tickets, so either the only thing I've got is a pair of tickets for the hockey or they are debiting on an event-by-event basis.
Reading reports on other forums of others also seeing as-yet-to-be-identified-but-strongly-believed-to-be-Olympics amounts being debited.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
definitely money coming out for me, available balance dropped by 350 quid-ish and nothing else that big is due. hopeful for cycling but very unlikely, probably the handball and basketball tickets. awesome!