Secret resales 2015

[keb77]

Last year I went through so much stress I emailed Glastonbury and See after the secret sale. This was Glastonbury's reply

 

[General Lee]

2 minutes ago, Annie Andrews-Gittins said:

where is this person

Just need to chop me knob off and and bend down a bit. What colour hair have they got? 

 

Edit, just seen brown hair. I'm as good as in.

Edited May 16, 2017 by General Lee

[babyblade41]

thing is they must know how many they have left as the refund date has gone by, how many people would give their tickets back knowing full well they can't get a refund.... for whatever reason they couldn't go ,but if they keep them their circumstances might change ...none of this long time waiting just doesn't make sense.

 

I can see a week or 10 days might be acceptable , surely they would rather process any remaining tickets and be done with it , they know it will be a matter of seconds and they will all be snapped up.

 

I'm not sure I buy into the theory they are making you wait just to see you lovely lot stress, that isn't nice.

 

Also if its a definite 'no' then you can make some exciting new plans instead , might not be the same but still have a great time j

[keb77]

And this was from See before the sale.

 

i haven't bothered any of them this year!

 

[verrymerry]

38 minutes ago, storm said:

yep straight up, bought it in Dealz which is the Irish Poundland and I'm sure they have them in their UK stores too. Same here it's for the tent in the morning, not for bringing about and I can handle the toilets but that morning run is too much at my age. I actually wake up about to wet myself and by the time I've got down to toilets and queued especially if it's waterproofs and boots needed,, it can often be too late. Nearly got one last year and should've so went for it this year.

Edited to add maybe "straight up" wasn't the best choice of words in this context

Straight up would be the wrong way to do this...

[storm]

15 minutes ago, tabasco said:

 

Where do you buy the backstage tickets from?

Post yesterday I think, someone had a friend working there who had tickets but wanted 800 each for them. I think these  are the alleged  "extra tickets for those who need more festival staff" that the email from See/GF today says is all that was left. Obviously they weren't as the word was some crew were offered up to two tickets to sell on or put people in touch with. A post a few days ago said he got offered tickets by a crew mate, he got an email link sent to him and could buy the two tickets.

As usual it's all about who you know

Edited May 16, 2017 by storm

[helsbellski]

They don't seem to be advising people to keep an eye on the website this year... 

Edited May 16, 2017 by helsbellski

[Slix_Trix]

1 minute ago, helsbellski said:

They don't seem to be advising people to keep an eye on the website this year... 

Quite the opposite it seems. What torture.

[rockgodbob]

There have been up to three extra sales in the past as I've bought tickets on several, also the backstage tickets etc are normally around £450, have friends in bands who've played over the years and that's been the normal price for them via the bands. It's not so much backstage access more some backstage camping

[storm]

4 minutes ago, verrymerry said:

Straight up would be the wrong way to do this...

haha yes think I might need to practice a bit first

[eFestivals]

I'm of the belief that they're not quite ready to do a resale yet, if they're going to do one.

And that's because I was sold a punter's ticket this morning, after getting the relevant punter's details onto a list (after much grovelling, a personal favour to me was done, in sorting my kid a ticket) - but it needed the reg number, it wasn't a staff ticket.

Just because of the timings around the contacts made about that, I'd say it's unlikely to be before Thursday, at earliest.

I also know that the press office is doing the final checks on its tickets at the moment, with some urgency - which might well be tied into the same process, because if the festival needs any extras (or has spares), they'll need to come out of (or be put into) the public pot of tickets.

[cazzatron]

Speculation time here....maybe they are not doing it this year as the secret has really not become secret this year (evidenced by selling out so quick last time?).

Leave it a year, give the tickets to crew for friends, means that in 2019 it won't be so widely publicised?

I really hope there is....

[Hutchmaster]

Just caught up with this thread today, it makes for pretty grim reading  

[beefykoala]

My crumpet is nice.

[picicata]

If there really are no tickets, they should just hold a fake 'sale'. We all see the holding page for a wee bit and then assume any tickets have been sold but we weren't lucky. Job done

[Glasto Mart]

Just now, beefykoala said:

My crumpet is nice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's what she said.

[mcalder69]

1 minute ago, Nobody Interesting said:

No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose

 

Don't give up
'Cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not beaten yet
Don't give up
I know you can make it good

You're quoting the secret act that Emily has said no-one has guessed yet!

[ghostdancer1]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

I'm of the belief that they're not quite ready to do a resale yet, if they're going to do one.

And that's because I was sold a punter's ticket this morning, after getting the relevant punter's details onto a list (after much grovelling, a personal favour to me was done, in sorting my kid a ticket) - but it needed the reg number, it wasn't a staff ticket.

Just because of the timings around the contacts made about that, I'd say it's unlikely to be before Thursday, at earliest.

I also know that the press office is doing the final checks on its tickets at the moment, with some urgency - which might well be tied into the same process, because if the festival needs any extras (or has spares), they'll need to come out of (or be put into) the public pot of tickets.

so they're selling tickets to people with the right connections.

not sure that's a good thing to hear really. surely they should be dipping into the sizable amount of guest/hospitality tickets to sort things like that.

[Jolie23]

1 minute ago, cazzatron said:

Speculation time here....maybe they are not doing it this year as the secret has really not become secret this year (evidenced by selling out so quick last time?).

Leave it a year, give the tickets to crew for friends, means that in 2019 it won't be so widely publicised?

I really hope there is....

They were never "secret" anyway. They used to have a bit of text in the ticket terms and conditions saying they would be on sale at some point. They're always "unannounced". It's us that call them secret... but really, there is no such thing as the secret resales.

[beefykoala]

The trick is you've got to toast it on the bottom as well as the top, and then put the butter, marmite, and cheese on, and put it back under the grill for a few more minutes. Delicious.

[ManchesterGlasto]

Trying to keep the faith here!

[storm]

3 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'm of the belief that they're not quite ready to do a resale yet, if they're going to do one.

And that's because I was sold a punter's ticket this morning, after getting the relevant punter's details onto a list (after much grovelling, a personal favour to me was done, in sorting my kid a ticket) - but it needed the reg number, it wasn't a staff ticket.

Just because of the timings around the contacts made about that, I'd say it's unlikely to be before Thursday, at earliest.

I also know that the press office is doing the final checks on its tickets at the moment, with some urgency - which might well be tied into the same process, because if the festival needs any extras (or has spares), they'll need to come out of (or be put into) the public pot of tickets.

delighted to hear this, I know your reasons for not sorting guaranteed tickets for yourself every year as you easily could and you try with the rest of us but glad for once you did and got what you wanted.

[hannaranks]

3 minutes ago, picicata said:

If there really are no tickets, they should just hold a fake 'sale'. We all see the holding page for a wee bit and then assume any tickets have been sold but we weren't lucky. Job done

this would do me 

[beefykoala]

I have faith in the secret message. Roll on 5pm!

[Griffin1997]

Hi all,  I'm another lurker finally revealing himself.  I've noticed moral seems to be a bit low recently with people having doubts about a resale even happening.  I dunno whether you've have all already seen this but this is whats on the Glasto Website:

NOT ALL HOPE IS LOST YET