Tickets not available by phone

[stardustjunkie]

I don't think many people ever succeeded on the phone but I thought I'd better pass this on in case someone had their hopes pinned on calling.

https://twitter.com/GlastoFest/status/516545335758684160

Edited September 29, 2014 by stardustjunkie

[frostypaw]

that's probably for the best by a long way - i always feel massive pity for the folk trying on the phones like the story just the other day where the guy had snuck off to sainsbury's car park to try and call to avoid awkward breakup/glasto action.... he never stood a chance.

it will save people a lot of aggro.

[H.M.V]

And saves people listening to an engaged tone for over two hours and having a ringing in your ear for the rest of the day like me last year.

[stardustjunkie]

I doubt it'll impact the amount of people trying online too much.

[frostypaw]

And saves people listening to an engaged tone for over two hours and having a ringing in your ear for the rest of the day like me last year.

Exactly. Considering they assigned only a handful of thousand tickets to the phone lines and only a few people it's madness even letting you think you had a chance

I think the idea was that it was only for folk without internet access, but everyone just hammers everything at once life outside the fence eh

[Amy Lawn]

Somebody I know swears he banged three parties through on the international line last year. I didn't try it in the resale for fear they'd blacklist my reg number, he's a well renown billy bullshitter, but did have tickets for about 15 friends, didn't know what to believe.

[musky]

For what it's worth, I got through quite quickly on the phone in 2009. In fact it might have been the quickest I've ever got a ticket.

It was quite disconcerting not getting any email confirmation though - I felt distinctly uneasy until I saw the money disappear from my account.

[dan8k]

Got my tickets on the resale in 2007, on the phone. Don,t think i have used it since 2009 though.

[sweaver]

Got ours for this year but only thanks to friend that lives in France that attends each year who managed to get through on international line. Not one of us got the page online once until it showed sold out (. Must keep the faith!

[guypjfreak]

ummmm although weve never got tix on the phone there MUST be some out there that would have used them .......

[UEF]

Someone gets through but you get much better mileage for your time and effort refreshing the site.

[Ged Devereux]

At a quick glance I thought this was 'Tickets now available by phone' !

[Pear_Cider]

We got our tickets by phone last year and also got through on the resale in April for friends. Had started to think that this was my "lucky" method and was kind of banking on that again this year I was also hitting the website at the same time...just happened to get through on the phone).

Edited September 29, 2014 by Pear_Cider

[stardustjunkie]

I can't deny that people do get tickets through the phone but in the grand scheme of things it's really quite an insignificant method compared to online.

[dentalplan]

I guess with everything else they do it's just too much to juggle.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

When getting a Glastonbury ticket first started to become a bit of a competition, someone I used to know always used the telephone number for those dialing from abroad and never failed to get in. Things are so much tighter controlled now in getting a ticket. That said, from what I saw last year, not having a ticket is no great barrier to getting in.

[LondonTom]

Didn't one of the oeprators reveal they basically oeperated on the same online system but just put peoples details in?

I wonder if they are any people who left who have a genuine need for the phone and don't try online at all?

[gmb1992]

I think it's a good thing, means everyone trying to get tickets can keep in contact via phone easily

[Badlands]

I think its a pretty crappy thing to be honest. I know a few of people of a more mature age who really struggle with computers. They'd be pretty stuck if they were relying on the internet to buy tickets.

There's a lot of assumptions from society that everyone is digitally savvy these days.

[stardustjunkie]

I think its a pretty crappy thing to be honest. I know a few of people of a more mature age who really struggle with computers. They'd be pretty stuck if they were relying on the internet to buy tickets.

There's a lot of assumptions from society that everyone is digitally savvy these days.

I don't think there's a lot of assumptions, but what's the point in giving a telephone number for those that aren't digitally savvy is everyone that is digitally savvy is also clogging it up? It renders it useless, the purpose was presumably so that those without internet could buy tickets still, but everyone with internet is bashing the phone number in too.

[LondonTom]

I don't think there's a lot of assumptions, but what's the point in giving a telephone number for those that aren't digitally savvy is everyone that is digitally savvy is also clogging it up? It renders it useless, the purpose was presumably so that those without internet could buy tickets still, but everyone with internet is bashing the phone number in too.

That they would still have a chance by being able to phone? Even if internet peeps are clogging up, they will be concentrating on the computer anyway mainly.

So its possible a few got through as opposoed to none with out the number

[midnight]

I think its a pretty crappy thing to be honest. I know a few of people of a more mature age who really struggle with computers. They'd be pretty stuck if they were relying on the internet to buy tickets.

There's a lot of assumptions from society that everyone is digitally savvy these days.

Agreed. I work with a lot of older folks who won't go near a computer, or a mobile. I don't like the way people are being pushed into it, if for some reason they do not want to do it that way.