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13 hours ago, Sack truck said:

Was security making a mint from getting people in for free. Loads round us who had paid £350 each. Said security working in teams of 4 and the guys that got them in had made over £50k up to Saturday. Said they were just one group of which there were a few. Seemed to be more than ever in for free 

This is exactly the long winded point I was making earlier. Takes the full on piss. We all know there are ways and means but rather than bunging your mate £150 (which ultimately he spends in the festival anyway) you have to pay these absolute bandits and contribute towards organised crime

[EPO bands]

Long time lurker, thought I'd weigh in with my thoughts.

Now I know the EPO trick has been around for 10+ years. The festival management are not stupid. They will have known this was happening and were evidently happy for it to continue in a limited capacity. Could of shut it down at any point with pass out slips like a standard punter before QR tech was available.. 

I once bought two EPO bands from a lady who's husband was given them by Michael Eavis directly. She sold them to me as her son didn't want to go and would rather have the money to buy a Playstation ?‍♂️

Why now? Well the fake EPO bands from last year seemed to be a real dealbreaker. They were easy too spot as they all had the same serial number on them. This seems to have sparked the change and I think it has inadvertently made a change for the worse.

Whereas before, I have known people to 'get in' using the old trick for face value or less. The mate gets a bit of extra cash to enjoy the festival and everyone has a good time. Now the reality is much worse....... You only had to visit anywhere in Shepton Mallet  from Tuesday to Saturday where it was full of a certain type of folk selling fake tickets, fake pass out slips,  real pass out slips, scamming people. There's another way which I won't share any details but I'm sure you can find with a quick search, had people paying £2000+ for entry to the festival on the black market.

I met a guy on the road with 10+ people in tow. Charging them £100 to use a ladder he'd set up. £100 wasn't even guaranteed. These people were all up for it. One came all the way from Japan with the sole intention of getting in by any means (What a guy)

Security driving people in from the road for £1000. 

I spoke to people who were sneaking in for £600+ and actually said to me he had no choice but to tent rob once he was inside to pay the entry. Others were weighing up other unscrupulous ways in which to justify the cost. Absolute madness. 

All that's happened now is a vacuum has been created and quickly filled with shady, dodgy people and inadvertently a black market has been created where a lot of people I know personally have been screwed this year.

Now going back to my first point about festival management being aware of it in a limited capacity, maybe they were right all along. I think the pro's outweigh the cons.........Very few people are always going to be determined to get in regardless. Why not be a

Either way the QR's are probably here to stay and I for one think the festival and particularly the local area is worse off for it. I love the festival and resent some of the petty criticism's it receives from small minded locals putting the licensing in jeopardy sometimes, however bringing increased crime to the local supermarket/pub aint exactly a great look ?

As for some of the other comments referencing these people stealing from the festival. They but merchandise, food, drink, take parts in crafts and various other activities which all indirectly support the festival. Many I know personally donate the ticket cost to one of the charities when they have got in for free. Not everyone is a scumbag

[2017 Ticket Sale]

8 minutes ago, clarkete said:

You can't.

It depends on kind strangers sharing it somewhere if they find it out.

Seeing as it only seems to happen about once a decade I wouldn't worry about it.

I've done the host modification for as long as I can remember. Got details from a guy on twitter last two years, then from this forum this year (possibly 2012 from here too iirc) 

How do these kind strangers find the details though? That's what I'm trying to figure out

[2017 Ticket Sale]

I understand how the host hack works and it's proven successful over many years.

The problem is I'm always waiting for someone to provide the information.

How does one go about finding this information for themselves?