32,000 sold already (27 Viewers)

[theferret]

Just 1 and a bit blocks left. Be sold out by lunch time i would think.

 

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[Deleted member 5849]

Threrw away my ticket stubs so had to wait until today. Got tickets (meh ) easy enough, although will be in the Gods.

 

[Essexyellows]

Update!
"Actually I may have overstated their sales this morning as it looks like they have just opened up a some further Blocks for Coventry - 527, 528 and 529 - which weren't previously available. That would be the end of their initial 39,500 allocation. (Tiers 1 and 2 are completely sold out for them).

Their sales are flying though and think they will definitely all be gone today - they have sold 4000-5000 in the first 90 minutes today."

 

[Nick]

Have they even been on sale for 90 minutes today?

 

[Essexyellows]

I`m not on the dot counting team although some online sales start earlier as we found out in the past!

 

[Astute]

Have they even been on sale for 90 minutes today?

I logged in 8:20. 9:00 on the dot was in. So would guess not. Unless those who could buy before general sale got theirs before 9.

 

[Nick]

No idea why people are standing at the ticket office moaning that people are buying them online and the phone if they aren't disabled or have a need for a disabled ticket.

 

[Astute]

No idea why people are standing at the ticket office moaning that people are buying them online and the phone if they aren't disabled or have a need for a disabled ticket.

Have they queued all night to find out that they have nearly been all sold?

 

[Liquid Gold]

we'll be sold out in a couple hours. Cracking effort considering the state we're in. Imagine if we had a decent team it was for a game that mattered.

 

[Otis]

No idea why people are standing at the ticket office moaning that people are buying them online and the phone if they aren't disabled or have a need for a disabled ticket.

Yep. Said this before. And if you don't like using computers or going online and using the internet, then surely everyone knows someone with internet access who could get the tickets for them.

My dad won't do anything online, or even use direct debits and only deals in cash.

He would allow me to get tickets online on his behalf though.

 

[hill83]

No idea why people are standing at the ticket office moaning that people are buying them online and the phone if they aren't disabled or have a need for a disabled ticket.

And before anyone says that older people can't/don't use the internet, my grandad is 86 and is constantly pestering me on Facebook and Skype.

 

[Otis]

And before anyone says that older people can't/don't use the internet, my grandad is 86 and is constantly pestering me on Facebook and Skype.

My dad is 87 and WON'T use the internet, but like I say, he is happy for me to buy things online for him.

 

[skybluesam66]

doesn't look like more than around 1500 left
cant wait

 

[Nick]

Yep. Said this before. And if you don't like using computers or going online and using the internet, then surely everyone knows someone with internet access who could get the tickets for them.

My dad won't do anything online, or even use direct debits and only deals in cash.

He would allow me to get tickets online on his behalf though.

And the telephone!

 

[Astute]

Wife's dad is not allowed the Internet by her mother as he found it more interesting than her

 

[hill83]

My dad is 87 and WON'T use the internet, but like I say, he is happy for me to buy things online for him.

My dad was like that. So I bought him a laptop and the internet at his house and taught him the basics for a day. He uses it all the time now.

 

[Jackoskyblue]

Just did a quick count online looking at seating plan, I reckon there's about 900 left, blocks 529 and 528 are the only ones with a fair amount of seats left

I reckon sold out by 10.30

 

[Nick]

Some people have been waiting here for hours in single figure temperatures

 

[skybluesam66]

the people buying now are those without booking history for any games - so internet or not they cannot complain at this stage

 

[Liquid Gold]

They could have easily got a ticket for Swindon game and been in the previous priority period too.

 

[Wiseoldfool]

I hope if there are people at the Butts that miss out on tickets,that someone has the iniativeto take names and addresses and if we do get an extra allocation that they get prioity.

 

[hill83]

He adds: “Everyone thinks it’s a level playing field with online, but it’s not.”

He's not wrong, my internet is 200mb a second.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

They could have easily got a ticket for Swindon game and been in the previous priority period too.

Indeed. Now is clearly not the lot who were desperate to go!

 

[hill83]

I want everyone who wants a ticket to get one. Right that's out of the way.
Anyone whinging today has brought it on themselves. There has been several avenues available to get tickets for this game before today.

 

[Nick]

 

[hill83]

Or die hard technophobes.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Or die hard technophobes.

Or people who can't even get a debit card?

 

[Otis]

Exbloodyactly!!

 

[Nick]

One fan says people have decided to come in person because they can never get through on the phone.

He adds: “Everyone thinks it’s a level playing field with online, but it’s not.”

Another fan says: “This is about right with the way the rest of the club is being run.”

Fuck Sake.

Of course it's not a level playing field, if you go and queue you have to wait in line for a human to process it. If you do it online a computer processes it which means they can do thousands at a time.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Or anybody wanting a moan to the telegraph

 

[hill83]

Or people who can't even get a debit card?

They are exempt from my contempt.

 

[skybluesam66]

They are exempt from my contempt.

you can go in tescos and buy a prepaid visa - so I don't think that applies to anybody who has the funds to buy a ticket

 

[hill83]

you can go in tescos and buy a prepaid visa - so I don't think that applies to anybody who has the funds to buy a ticket

Back on the list then.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Fuck Sake.

Of course it's not a level playing field, if you go and queue you have to wait in line for a human to process it. If you do it online a computer processes it which means they can do thousands at a time.

Only problem I had was I was a moron and tried to pick specific seats next to one another, rather than going for best available.

Once I worked that out(!) nice and easy.

I have sympathy for disabled fans, and also elderly tbh but... it'd have been twenty quid on top to buy a ticket for Swindon if desperate, and you wouldn't even have had to go to that match!

 

[Otis]

Fuck Sake.

Of course it's not a level playing field, if you go and queue you have to wait in line for a human to process it. If you do it online a computer processes it which means they can do thousands at a time.

There's a queue online, but going to the Butts is also standing in a queue.