Someone posted this on ebay in regards to selling reading/leeds tix:
'SeeTickets have been running a massive campaign against anyone who has posted a picture of their ticket to sell on eBay. Their tickets have been cancelled and will not allow access to the arena!
That is why more tickets have been released at face value. So becareful what you buy.
Sourced : The Official Carling Festival Forums.'
Not sure how reliable this is but would this mean tighter controls upon festival or/and wristband exchange?
perhaps a barcode scanner for tickets at the entrances??
Full Version: Tighter Arena controls?
QUOTE (fatally_yours @ Jul 10 2008, 05:28 PM) 
Someone posted this on ebay in regards to selling reading/leeds tix:
'SeeTickets have been running a massive campaign against anyone who has posted a picture of their ticket to sell on eBay. Their tickets have been cancelled and will not allow access to the arena!
That is why more tickets have been released at face value. So becareful what you buy.
Sourced : The Official Carling Festival Forums.'
Not sure how reliable this is but would this mean tighter controls upon festival or/and wristband exchange?
perhaps a barcode scanner for tickets at the entrances??
'SeeTickets have been running a massive campaign against anyone who has posted a picture of their ticket to sell on eBay. Their tickets have been cancelled and will not allow access to the arena!
That is why more tickets have been released at face value. So becareful what you buy.
Sourced : The Official Carling Festival Forums.'
Not sure how reliable this is but would this mean tighter controls upon festival or/and wristband exchange?
perhaps a barcode scanner for tickets at the entrances??
hahahahahhahahahahahah
Top rumourmongering
you'd think whoever made this up would have the common sense to drop the festival's old sponsor from the "source"
QUOTE (timdalefan @ Jul 10 2008, 06:42 PM)
you'd think whoever made this up would have the common sense to drop the festival's old sponsor from the "source"
lol didnt even notice that bit.
Pah this is complete shit most ebay sellers are too lazy to take their own photos anyway they just google image search for one!
I think (IMO) the arena controls are too srtict already.... Not on tickets but on searches - what are they searching for anyway? Drugs (Yeh, right)? Booze (Stingy bastards)? Bombs?
The wristbands Ive always thought to be easily fakable myself much easier than the tickets anyway but I gue you have to have one before you can fake it...
I think (IMO) the arena controls are too srtict already.... Not on tickets but on searches - what are they searching for anyway? Drugs (Yeh, right)? Booze (Stingy bastards)? Bombs?
The wristbands Ive always thought to be easily fakable myself much easier than the tickets anyway but I gue you have to have one before you can fake it...
cant beat a good old frisking 
QUOTE (fatally_yours @ Jul 10 2008, 04:28 PM)
Someone posted this on ebay in regards to selling reading/leeds tix:
'SeeTickets have been running a massive campaign against anyone who has posted a picture of their ticket to sell on eBay. Their tickets have been cancelled and will not allow access to the arena!
That is why more tickets have been released at face value. So becareful what you buy.
Sourced : The Official Carling Festival Forums.'
Not sure how reliable this is but would this mean tighter controls upon festival or/and wristband exchange?
perhaps a barcode scanner for tickets at the entrances??
'SeeTickets have been running a massive campaign against anyone who has posted a picture of their ticket to sell on eBay. Their tickets have been cancelled and will not allow access to the arena!
That is why more tickets have been released at face value. So becareful what you buy.
Sourced : The Official Carling Festival Forums.'
Not sure how reliable this is but would this mean tighter controls upon festival or/and wristband exchange?
perhaps a barcode scanner for tickets at the entrances??
Complete bollocks!! They have said that about T in the park for the last couple of years and there is still no evidence to support it what so ever!!
Scare tactics by the ticket agencies so they can be seen to fighting the touts. Geof Ellis always mentions it in the week leading up to T when publicity is high. 3 months too late to be warning people of a fake policy if you ask me!
Hi All,
Sorry to break the news to everyone but as someone who works for a ticket agency that being Ticketmaster, i am inclined to say this is prolly very true! I know from first hand experience in work that tickets which are photographed and posted on ebay are actually cancelled!! So Just be careful if you are buying tickets on ebay.
Sorry to break the news to everyone but as someone who works for a ticket agency that being Ticketmaster, i am inclined to say this is prolly very true! I know from first hand experience in work that tickets which are photographed and posted on ebay are actually cancelled!! So Just be careful if you are buying tickets on ebay.
What a pointless and futile exercise that must be. Of 3 pages of results there were 3 sellers with photos.
Of the 3, I can't see how Ticketmaster can identify the tickets.
Good job they're cracking down on the touts for us!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1x-Leeds-Festival-Ti...bayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEEDS-MUSIC-FESTIVAL...bayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-Ticket-for-Leeds-F...bayphotohosting
Of the 3, I can't see how Ticketmaster can identify the tickets.
Good job they're cracking down on the touts for us!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1x-Leeds-Festival-Ti...bayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEEDS-MUSIC-FESTIVAL...bayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-Ticket-for-Leeds-F...bayphotohosting
QUOTE (cheif @ Jul 20 2008, 07:05 PM)
cant beat a good old frisking
that's the bit i look forward to the most. You'll see me walking to the gate with the hottest man there..looking the most suspicious i possibly can
QUOTE (mooseofblyth @ Jul 23 2008, 10:50 PM)
that's the bit i look forward to the most. You'll see me walking to the gate with the hottest man there..looking the most suspicious i possibly can
Only to have some big lesbian step in the frisk you!
Men aren't allowed to frisk women at these events (and vice versa unfortunately!)
QUOTE (Benj @ Jul 24 2008, 03:24 PM)
Only to have some big lesbian step in the frisk you!
Men aren't allowed to frisk women at these events (and vice versa unfortunately!)
Men aren't allowed to frisk women at these events (and vice versa unfortunately!)
QUOTE (saph1 @ Jul 23 2008, 08:01 PM)
Hi All,
Sorry to break the news to everyone but as someone who works for a ticket agency that being Ticketmaster, i am inclined to say this is prolly very true! I know from first hand experience in work that tickets which are photographed and posted on ebay are actually cancelled!! So Just be careful if you are buying tickets on ebay.
Sorry to break the news to everyone but as someone who works for a ticket agency that being Ticketmaster, i am inclined to say this is prolly very true! I know from first hand experience in work that tickets which are photographed and posted on ebay are actually cancelled!! So Just be careful if you are buying tickets on ebay.
This doesnt really make sense at Leeds as the tickets aren't scanned or anything, the numbers arent checked just taken put in a pouch thing and you are given a wristband. Same upon entry you just flash the ticket and they let you in upon 1st arrival...
To be honest, Im very suprised there isnt more fakes being mae, I guess the hologram things makes it hard mind you...
At T in the park the have a system by where they scan you and the take some of your ticket in exchange for a wrist band. But you keep part of the ticket.
you then have to produce both your ticket (for scanning) and wristband to get anywhere between the camp site and arena.
It's a flawed system and I pray they don't try to introduce it to Leeds. Your ticket gets wet, you have to speak to security and sort it out.
Fold the ticket through the bar code, see above!!
More half arsed anti tout measures which serve to inconvenience the regular festival goers.
you then have to produce both your ticket (for scanning) and wristband to get anywhere between the camp site and arena.
It's a flawed system and I pray they don't try to introduce it to Leeds. Your ticket gets wet, you have to speak to security and sort it out.
Fold the ticket through the bar code, see above!!
More half arsed anti tout measures which serve to inconvenience the regular festival goers.
well the last couple of years iv hardly ever needed to unfold my tickets and just hold up the tickets, even though it wud look like any old piece of card to the security and yet theyv passed me through.
if they did what was done by T according to biffoire then surely this would mean longer queueing at wristband exchange
if they did what was done by T according to biffoire then surely this would mean longer queueing at wristband exchange
QUOTE (mooseofblyth @ Jul 23 2008, 10:50 PM)
that's the bit i look forward to the most. You'll see me walking to the gate with the hottest man there..looking the most suspicious i possibly can
eeh typical Geordie lass! haha
QUOTE (stubbs @ Jul 25 2008, 05:27 PM)
eeh typical Geordie lass! haha
Whey mann, they're probably the cleanest males around; espesh by the sunday
anyone got a younger brother - about 12?
I need a copy of a birth cert to get my lads mate in for nothing
yes - it's naughty....but.....
I need a copy of a birth cert to get my lads mate in for nothing
yes - it's naughty....but.....
QUOTE (fatally_yours @ Jul 25 2008, 02:53 PM)
well the last couple of years iv hardly ever needed to unfold my tickets and just hold up the tickets, even though it wud look like any old piece of card to the security and yet theyv passed me through.
if they did what was done by T according to biffoire then surely this would mean longer queueing at wristband exchange
if they did what was done by T according to biffoire then surely this would mean longer queueing at wristband exchange
At T they scan your ticket at the wristband exchange, into the arena (yes every time) and out of the arena and into the campsite! So you have your ticket scanned at near enough every security point, in and out. Strangely, there is never a problem with queueing. There's a short wait but no worse than getting into the arena at reading!!
I can't see the organisers wanting to do that!?
QUOTE (biffoire @ Jul 26 2008, 01:04 PM)
At T they scan your ticket at the wristband exchange, into the arena (yes every time) and out of the arena and into the campsite! So you have your ticket scanned at near enough every security point, in and out. Strangely, there is never a problem with queueing. There's a short wait but no worse than getting into the arena at reading!!
I can't see the organisers wanting to do that!?
I can't see the organisers wanting to do that!?
I'm worried that my wristband will fall off nevermind losing a ticket!
QUOTE (biffoire @ Jul 26 2008, 01:04 PM)
At T they scan your ticket at the wristband exchange, into the arena (yes every time) and out of the arena and into the campsite! So you have your ticket scanned at near enough every security point, in and out. Strangely, there is never a problem with queueing. There's a short wait but no worse than getting into the arena at reading!!
I can't see the organisers wanting to do that!?
I can't see the organisers wanting to do that!?
Everytime Ive been to T I've had to queue...last time was 2003 and I can't remember if they scanned tickets then??
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