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[cavey]

It's all kicking off on Facebook!

Have a look at the new T & C's regarding alcohol - We were assured here earlier in the year by Rob Challice that this WOULD not be happening and yet SSW have announced these measures with less than a week to go, letting down all the customers who bought their tickets in good faith that previous policy would not be changed
Attendees will be allowed one entry with their alcohol allowance. The checks will be made at the main entrance and the campsite entrances.

The allowances are as follows:
No Glass is allowed on site whatsoever. No bottles of spirits.
WEEKEND TICKET HOLDERS CAN BRING:
• 12 Cans of beer/cider/lager
• OR 2 litres of wine or mixed drinks
• AND soft drinks as desired
DAY TICKET HOLDERS CAN BRING:
• 4 Cans of beer/cider/lager
• OR 1 litre wine or mixed drinks
• AND soft drinks as desired

Chaos and bad vibes all round I would say!

Edited by cavey, 04 August 2011 - 08:37 AM.

[ashjake0]

too right- i feel ripped off- the idea was that the ticket price for this size venue is a little dearer than others but this was compensated for the fact you could bring you own tins in... now we are gunna  feel trapped into paying over the odds prices for beer in plastic cups... a con really considereing what was staed earlier in the year.

not happy

[gama]

Come on , be a happier person ~ ~ ~ *

Edited by gama, 04 August 2011 - 09:34 AM.

[ashjake0]

as a week end ticket holder does that mean i can bring 4 cans on each 3 days = to my 12 can allowance or do i have to bring in 12 cans in one go??

[ceph]

got to be honest but whats the problem? if you go to a festival to spend most of your time tooing and froing at the offie on london road to reduce costs surely thats missing the point? its getting extremely rare these days that bringing your own beer into the area is allowed.

4 cans to set up the day and then enjoy the awesome cocktails and ales on offer within the festival. Its not like the bars are sponsored by a horrible corporation they're run by orange tree and the musician (?) if this means that summer sundae will be here next year then i'll happily do this.

ONE WEEK TO GO!

ceph

[ashjake0]

"4 cans to set up the day and then enjoy the awesome cocktails and ales on offer within the festival"

i agree its just that the policy seems to read that a weekend ticket holder has to bring in 12 cans all in one day-

"Attendees will be allowed one entry with their alcohol allowance. The checks will be made at the main entrance and the campsite entrances."


and-

WEEKEND TICKET HOLDERS CAN BRING:
• 12 Cans of beer/cider/lager
• OR 2 litres of wine or mixed drinks
• AND soft drinks as desired


i just want confirmation i can split my 12 can allocation over the whole 3 days?? can anyone help??

Rich

[Niblet]

It's just galling that these restrictions are being put in place, I understand that you can but Alcohol on site and you are allowed to take in a small amount, but one of the factors that kept me going to SSW is the fact you could bring in your own booze, have a nice variety of whatever you fancied.

I was looking forward to making up a nice 2 litre bottle of Skittles Vokda and lemonade, something which I would quaff and share amongst our friends. Now I'm rationed to a 1 litre bottle and no beer, or beer and nothing to accompany it (I can only make if for a day this year).

This is another nail in the coffin of SSW.

I will be looking elsewhere next year, I can see this becoming a very teen oriented festival, it seems as though these measures are being put in place as they have to control the children that attend...

[ashjake0]

"it seems as though these measures are being put in place as they have to control the children that attend..."

i think you are right, but most of use more mature drinkers don't need this control.. also as i have said previously SSW is a little more pricey for the line up & being a mid-table festival, so a compensation has always been that you can bring your own tinnies in.

if they had introduced this next year as a fresh policy & not, as they have done this year, almost under the radar,after most have bought tickets,then people could make their own minds up before buying a ticket... i feel a bit conned to be honest.

[CuttersChoice]

I am outraged by this decision, to the fact I have written post, I've lurked on this site for 5 years but never felt the need to say something till today!

This would of been my 5th summer sundae but alas last year was my last.

I have tickets but will be asking for a refund as the terms and conditions to which I bought the tickets have changed.

Our plan was to go to summer sundae (staying in a campervan), head staight down to to Torquay for a few days then onto Beautiful Days, there are 4 adults in our group and all the alcohol has been purchased, spirits have been decanted in plastic bottles. I am not in a financial position to take my new 'allowance' into the festival and buy at the festival or in a postion to buy more for the second part of our trip. I'm not going to risk trying to hide it and then have it confiscated.

I feel completely conned, I have in previous years encouraged friends to come along but not anymore, I might as well go to V.

I urge everyone to write to the organisers and make their complaints, whether or not that changes anything is a different matter but they need to know how incensed we all are.

[ashjake0]

too right... the conditipons too which the tickets were marketed, sold & eventually purchased have changed on this issue. People have obviously planned for the original policy & now they say they want to confiscate our property!!! sounds like a con

[James_SSW]

Hello All,
We will be issuing a statement tomorrow which will endeavour to answer many of your comments regarding the festival information. Responses were given to several comments yesterday, following the initial announcement.

[CuttersChoice]

James_SSW

Where was the intial announcement? I haven't seen an announcement anywhere.

I have emailed the festival organisers and hope they take our concerns seriously and reply

[ceph]

WOAH how can people complain that the festival doesn't care about them? When after a rule change, means suddenly it changes everything and they want to go elsewhere? haven't people kept up with the troubles summer sundae has had. The glory days lost money, you can't keep going if you lose money.

Lets not forget its still very priveledged that they allow booze into the festival, plus not accepting any corporate sponsorship for the bars!?! the money you buy at the festival goes back into leicester/summersundae instead of the offie along london road. Its not even that the prices are expensive either. I'd choose a cocktail freshly made from orange tree or a nice ale from the tent anyday over some warm cans of carling out of a blue bag.

How much do people usually bring in 12 cans to me seems very reasonable?  if you've got enough hands to carry more than 12 cans per person then you need to enter a strong man competion and quit drinking.

Totally being blown out of all proportion yet again, really saddens me that people can get so excited about this especially on a day when the festival season loses Truck.

[butchwade]

Niblet, on 04 August 2011 - 12:46 PM, said:

It's just galling that these restrictions are being put in place, I understand that you can but Alcohol on site and you are allowed to take in a small amount, but one of the factors that kept me going to SSW is the fact you could bring in your own booze, have a nice variety of whatever you fancied.

I was looking forward to making up a nice 2 litre bottle of Skittles Vokda and lemonade, something which I would quaff and share amongst our friends. Now I'm rationed to a 1 litre bottle and no beer, or beer and nothing to accompany it (I can only make if for a day this year).

This is another nail in the coffin of SSW.

I will be looking elsewhere next year, I can see this becoming a very teen oriented festival, it seems as though these measures are being put in place as they have to control the children that attend...

[butchwade]

I was looking forwards to your skittles vodka too Niblet!

[cavey]

ceph, on 04 August 2011 - 04:16 PM, said:

How much do people usually bring in 12 cans to me seems very reasonable?  if you've got enough hands to carry more than 12 cans per person then you need to enter a strong man competion and quit drinking.

Aside from the issue of last minute changes to T & C's, the earlier denial on this forum(now deleted!)that this would not happen, I think you have failed to understand the deal here, or else you live a very clean life.
The 12 can limit is for the CAMPSITE and the arena for the WHOLE event.  For those of us with kids who can't go trailing into town when the music stops at 11pm a couple of beers and a chat back at the tent is a nice experience.
If you are coming for 4 days camping that's an allowance of 3 cans a day, regardless of whether you take it into the arena.  Hardly binging is it?

Edited by cavey, 04 August 2011 - 04:54 PM.

[little car]

How will they know if your soft drinks are laced with vodka? Or if your 2 litre bottle of shandy pop has something a little stronger in it? Not that I would advocate that sort of thing of course...

Wouldn't be so bad if there was a selection of veggie-friendly beers on sale inside the festival.

[DungenessB]

little car, on 04 August 2011 - 04:46 PM, said:

How will they know if your soft drinks are laced with vodka? Or if your 2 litre bottle of shandy pop has something a little stronger in it?

My mate who goes to Cricket test matches says theere they look for broken bottle seals and then sniff the contents.  Hopefully they wont go that far and take a pragmatic approach to this.

Already stated my views on the facebook thread - doesnt directly effect me as I tend to buy drinks from the bars each day, but really really poor form by the organisers to announce this so late after previously reassuring people that such measures wouldnt be in place - not expecting much from the announcement tomorrow, but live in hope they will do the right thing on this one and scrap this idea.

[flannel]

The rules are not clear regarding spirits - can't we take any in?

[hellcats]

Aside of the fact that this has been changed at the last minute (and, in my opinion, it's probably on purpose so that most people have already made all their travel plans etc so they will lose even more if they cancel and demand refunds) and that it may well be illegal to do so...if they were to double that amount to 6 cans per person per day how would everyone feel about that? As someone pointed out, it's nice to go and have a few beers before bed with your mates and given that most people will have drunk their quota within the first day or two this is now unlikely to happen for most!

I have to say that if this new organiser promised people that things wouldn't change then this is indeed a very poor show - everyone's suffering financially, not just the festivals! If he has any sense then he will rethink this policy, and fast - before next week! (And this comes from someone who is not affected by this either way)