55 replies to this topic

[dirtydenzel]

First glasto I've missed in years and must say I was tempted to head down there and chance my arm with some of the staff on the gates.

Out of interest does anyojne know if people got in like this ? Or all the folks using someone else tickets, how did you get on ?

[ThomThomDrum]

Apparently a fair few people managed to get over the super fence using tress as cover and a ladder to scale it...........

This method was used by tent robbers as far as I am aware.........

[mike46]

While waiting for the sun to come up Thursday morning we were talking to a security guard in that big bar near where the Queens head used to be when over his  radio someone said 4 people had just jumped the fence and were sitting on it when the were spotted and jumped back over

[markeee]

Not sure about people getting in on other peoples tickets..dont know anyone who tried

there were a few on here buying tickets..so any stories?




but sunday night i was outside dance east..feeling bit worse for wear lying down when some guy comes up to me 'what you doing on your onesey mate bla bla' got talking and him and some girl were using other peoples wristbands, he got someone elses on sunday after they left..and the girl got a performers wristband from some pretty boy at yeovil petrol station he said

[barno]

A group were ejected from the site by security/police on Saturday morning. This was in the Dairy Ground area. Undercover security told us they had hopped over and hardly any get away with it. He said they may slip one security a couple of hundred quid but they will be picked up by another.

[Redwinevino]

I know someone who slipped a guard £30 on Saturday afternoon and got in

[Aragorn]

the scousers where we were camped got a few in with the pass out / wristband trick, wouldn't mind but they were complete c****

[lea7784]

i hear a few saying look im in with no wrist band £150 they payed to use a wristband to get in

Edited by lea7784, 30 June 2011 - 11:27 AM.

[sunshine please!]

4 of my friends got in with other peoples tickets...not even a second glance from anyone!

[markeee]

Aragorn, on 30 June 2011 - 11:26 AM, said:

the scousers where we were camped got a few in with the pass out / wristband trick, wouldn't mind but they were complete c****

how would that work? when i go out i need my ticket/pass out and wristband? surely giving any of those away causes me a problem?

[housemusic12]

It is defo possible to get in without a ticket.  Going rates (I heard) were between £100 and £300.

[tilt]

markeee, on 30 June 2011 - 11:31 AM, said:

how would that work? when i go out i need my ticket/pass out and wristband? surely giving any of those away causes me a problem?

You borrow a wristband and ticket, take them out to your ticketless mate, give him your pass-out.  Then try and get back in yourself saying you lost your pass-out.  You still have your own ticket and wristband afterall.

He then tries to get in, hoping that the ticket wont be scrutinised because he has a wristband, ticket and pass-out.

Edited by tilt, 30 June 2011 - 11:35 AM.

[housemusic12]

Highlighting it on a message board wouldn't be right but there were easier ways apparantly.

[ThomThomDrum]

tilt, on 30 June 2011 - 11:34 AM, said:

You borrow a wristband and ticket, take them out to your ticketless mate, give him your pass-out.  Then try and get back in yourself saying you lost your pass-out.  You still have your own ticket and wristband afterall.

He then tries to get in, hoping that the ticket wont be scrutinised because he has a wristband, ticket and pass-out.

Seems very silly that this works. Whats the point in the Pass Out system then if some of the people on the gates are going to believe this and let them away with it........

They should staple the pass out to your ticket...........

[hedgepeg]

Is there a certain amount of turning a blind eye by the gate keepers? I would have thought so.

[Redwinevino]

hedgepeg, on 30 June 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

Is there a certain amount of turning a blind eye by the gate keepers? I would have thought so.

Certainly

[Pinhead]

Bloke I spoke to in Dragon's at one point who came up to me for a light had no wristband. Said he'd basically blagged it in with other performers - many of whom still get in this way apparently.

I've been arguing on the Oxfam Stewards forum that the ticket system in over complex and failing to achieve its basic security aims. I'll post here if anything comes out of it.

[markeee]

housemusic12, on 30 June 2011 - 11:37 AM, said:

Highlighting it on a message board wouldn't be right but there were easier ways apparantly.

I'm curious as to what they are..doesn't matter to me, I'll always buy a ticket..too far for me to travel to risk being told no lol

ThomThomDrum, on 30 June 2011 - 11:38 AM, said:

Seems very silly that this works. Whats the point in the Pass Out system then if some of the people on the gates are going to believe this and let them away with it........

They should staple the pass out to your ticket...........

well yea just seems thaty if you can just say oh i lost my pass out and be allowed in..surely pass out is a waste of time?





BUT on the other hand, if you couldn't get in if you lost your passout it'd suck ..as im sure there are genuine cases where people lose the pass out

[jsmith01]

There were two people together that somehow got in without a wristband and then decided to go back out and got caught.

[ThomThomDrum]

jsmith01, on 30 June 2011 - 12:14 PM, said:

There were two people together that somehow got in without a wristband and then decided to go back out and got caught.

WTF did they do that for!!??