Apologise Now Eavis

[LusciousLucy]

Certainly seems to have been a victory for facebook and being able to essentially 'hold open the door' for multiple ticket purchases amongst groups of friends. Learned something today I did

[Storm_NL]

I've felt that pain and it's unbearable, the last time I had the same experience as the unlucky ones today was in 2005, knowing there was no festival in 2006 made it even worse so I know what people are going through and feel for them, it's hard but you just have to take one on the chin and in the ball bags

Luck does even out in the end though and I think karma paid me back for 2005 today, I feel so relieved I got through today

[lord moredon]

i thought the whole point of registration was to control the number of tickete that any individual could purchase , how has that suceeded when there are gloats on here of buying dozens . to my mind if Eavis says 4 it means 4 , not dependant on how many facebook entries you can amass

[cejx]

Not sure the back button makes that much difference - it could be more that you still have a working session/IP address recognised by See Tickets systems etc.

Not everyone can do the same as you and many, many other groups have done.

[al_coholic]

Unforunately most people dont realise how web servers work, once you get the page up you will more than likely get the page up again, this allowed people to buy extra tickets for others. I dont see anything wrong with this as long as genuine fans and not touts get the tickets

Instead of moaning the OP should get himself on a twitter list so that when people are offering help he is well placed to respond.

The simple fact is that 140000 doesnt spread into 500000 people.

[Storm_NL]

Unfortunately...social networking...has its uses and a purpose and its days like today where it comes into force.

BUT...even our group, only about 7 ever had viable windows open out of a group of about 30 I reckon. I dont believe for one second their involvement massively influenced the whole process and certainly didnt bugger up the system or shut people out.

It was just luck, pure sheer luck and patience. It was annoying today but it worked as best as it could.

[scorp]

the only thing i am annoyed about is the fact that some people have managed to get 20 tickets and others none...surely this isn't just down to luck/being at the front of the queue? i don't understand how if i was in the queue at 9am and haven't managed to get 1 ticket and then someone else has got a ticket before and then rejoined the queue to get even more tickets after me makes sense. but hey, i'm kinda annoyed and sad about not getting a ticket atm so i apologise for the mini rant.

[Paul ™]

i thought the whole point of registration was to control the number of tickete that any individual could purchase , how has that suceeded when there are gloats on here of buying dozens . to my mind if Eavis says 4 it means 4 , not dependant on how many facebook entries you can amass

[a williams field pilgrim]

Oh Jeepers.....

Was 2005 the one where ticket sales opened in the evening and we had to stay up all night trying to get through on the phone, and even then, lost out on the initial batch?

Or was that 2004?

Horrible year.

[Poleski]

Some of my mates didn't get tickets because of their internet connection supposedly. Even though they have at least 10meg broadband.

[Pinhead]

Unfortunately...social networking...has its uses and a purpose and its days like today where it comes into force.

BUT...even our group, only about 7 ever had viable windows open out of a group of about 30 I reckon. I dont believe for one second their involvement massively influenced the whole process and certainly didnt bugger up the system or shut people out.

It was just luck, pure sheer luck and patience. It was annoying today but it worked as best as it could.

[amfy]

Oh Jeepers.....

Was 2005 the one where ticket sales opened in the evening and we had to stay up all night trying to get through on the phone, and even then, lost out on the initial batch?

Or was that 2004?

Horrible year.

[Stev-o]

How is it not acceptable? Over 100,000 people got tickets, you missed out. Sour grapes.

[rachmac]

I think it was random we had 6 tickets to get and there were 4 of us in 3 different locations across the country trying to get them. None of us had any luck for 2.5hrs and for 2hrs we didn't even get the "queue" page up. But once we did we kept refreshing and eventually got the page up.

Personally, I had 2 PCs, 4 different browsers and my iPhone and I didn't get beyond the "queue" page, my other half was upstairs on his PC and on the phone - he was the lucky one on the comp in the end!

Other friends we weren't buying for - again in different areas of the country - had a similar story. They eventually got theirs a short while after we did.

It is a stressful morning which you have to be prepared for and be persistent with and do your best! Remember there are always resales coming up - when people forget to pay their balance or decide they can't go after all!

[jmcefc]

The simple fact is that 140000 doesnt spread into 500000 people.

The point being made originally was the allocation process was unfair. If there are 180k tickets on sale and one person can purchase up to 8 (which a lot on here were able to do). The result being there are 22500 successful purchases (about 5% of the 500000 noted above). An allocation of 4 per person would have been more reasonable, but the organisers probably didn't want to risk not selling out on the first day (as happened 2009)so made the increase. At 4 pm today the phone lines to See Tickets were still busy! A cool £9m in the bank from the sale.

[traveller]

because People who had already secured tickets, were getting back on to the site, and buying in bulk for others, I didnt have that opportunity. Thats a sham and is cheating. 4 tickets per person, it was in fact as many as you wanted if you had been able to access it. This should not have been allowed.

I am digusted and very very very angry, Eavis needs to respond to the fraud that has happened this morning.

[scudetto_boy]

Disgusted, to not even be able to get to the actual sale website is not acceptable. I hold you Mr Eavis totally responsible for this shambles.

I want an apology, and I want answers Eavis

[sisterofmercy]

It's hardly as if people have been buying them to make a profit out of, if anyone got through again it was to help out people they knew, or even strangers off message boards. They are tickets that would have been sold to genuine people who wanted to go to Glastonbury, regardless of which person actually typed in the details and pressed the submit button.

I'm sure you wouldn't have called it cheating if one of your mates got through to the booking page and offered to get your ticket for you!

At the end of the day, there aren't enough tickets for everyone to go, and if every single person that tried to access the website had actually got through, then still not everyone would have actually got a ticket.

[jameshunt]

It's hardly as if people have been buying them to make a profit out of, if anyone got through again it was to help out people they knew, or even strangers off message boards. They are tickets that would have been sold to genuine people who wanted to go to Glastonbury, regardless of which person actually typed in the details and pressed the submit button.

I'm sure you wouldn't have called it cheating if one of your mates got through to the booking page and offered to get your ticket for you!

At the end of the day, there aren't enough tickets for everyone to go, and if every single person that tried to access the website had actually got through, then still not everyone would have actually got a ticket.

[Glastoboy]

I DEMAND and apology from Michael Eavis for... the fiasco of buying a ticket, the cost of tickets these days, the queues to get to the site, the queues to get in, my favourite camping pitch is always taken, there is no loo roll in the toilets (let alone air freshners) etc etc. It's all HIS fault.

[amfy]

I don't think many people were "holding the door open" for "people who turned up later", I got straight back onto to helping to get tickets for friends who had been trying from before 9am just like the rest of us!

I didn't exactly hold a door open, but I do believe I got back through quicker due to having an established pathway from my first route through to an order page. However, I would have done it even if I wouldn't have been quicker - just to double my friend's chances - I wouldn't be much of a friend if I didn't really.

[Paul ™]

Here's a thought. Entry to one off a Jimi Hendrix resurrection gig to the first 100 people to turn up in person at the club. First person gets in and holds the door open for 99 of his mates who come along later. Would that be fair? He didn't make a profit out of it after all....

[j...rox]

Ok so you didn't get tickets, it happens once in a while. Going is not a right of passage you know. He's banned the touts from profiteering through the ticketing, the guy's a hero. I hate touts.

[beodeejay]

Here's a thought.

By allowing 8 tickets per screen, then clicking "more" and geting another 8, the system sort of favours groups of friends all getting tickets.

So....potentially a more sociable demographic on site is the result, if you take the view that groups of 8 - 20 people camping together will likly be more prone to self-police, look after each other, exert peer pressure on anyone their party being antisocial, and generally make for a better "vibe"....

Or is that rubbish.

[5co77ie]

The simple fact is that 140000 doesnt spread into 500000 people.