Sold out

[sime]

Opposite for me. Firefox just searching non stop whilst IE and Chrome regularly on holding page

And the opposite for me! The two Chrome pages just hung there doing nothing so after a few minutes I shut it down, leaving 5 tabs on Firefox. 3 of which came up with the booking page. I'm with Sky now (it was BE but Murdoch bought them out). It's not bad as a provider but not brilliant.

[Cheesey]

we used to get a babysitter in for ticket morning when my daughter was little !

 

We've got a big black rectangular babysitter in our living room.

[Pinhead]

Heh - we call the telly "autoparent"...

[Smeble]

Bittersweet success. I got through once (securing my tickets - woohoo!). In the 29th minute, I got through again and got to the point of putting in payment details, hitting 'pay', and they went. Seconds before. Takes the shine off it when so many have missed out...

This happened to us last year, my iPad nearly learnt to fly!

[Peroni]

This was my first T in my new house. Previously I used to get a lot of tickets so was beginning to think it was linked to my old address....

This year got onto the coach sale and got 4 tickets, and on Sunday got through twice and bought 11.

Both houses are lucky!

In 2008, the only time I've bought a ticket before 9am. I remember thinking I'd gone to a rogue site as it was so easy! We had the two options full payment or deposit. Then in 2009... they did the same again... the deposit link was easier that full payment.... go figure?!

[Bisque]

Have you ever made sense?

You are an absolute nutter. Go get yourself checked out.

[Bisque]

I think all fests should offer such a scheme it makes it a lot more affordable

Save up some money you cheapskate.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Save up some money you cheapskate.

Wow you're exactly the kind of person that makes Glastonbury a welcoming and warm place. Glad you got tickets instead of me.

[Zoo Music Girl]

You are an absolute nutter. Go get yourself checked out.

And a joke about mental illness to boot. Mega bants!

[Gucci Piggy]

Tell that to Matt Bellamy

[GlastoSimon]

true, but really, what's half an hour out of your day pressing F5? it may be stressful stuff for us desperate to go, but i'm sure a fair few people just think 'fuck it' and give it a go. really doesn't take much to register and wake up a bit early on a Sunday and then decide later at the expense of a tenner

I definitely vote for keeping the deposit system, but the 'half an hour' thing is interesting.

Not that long ago when I started going to the fest, the online sale would take hours. Missed out on the first sale for the 2011 fest after pressing F5 for approx 5 hours. Puts Sunday into perspective

Definitely think there used to be a 'marathon' element to it. Not even sure 30 mins is enough to find loopholes etc. like Neil did on here one year. But there we go, means people can get on with their lives at 9:30 regardless of the outcome.

[FloorFiller]

I definitely vote for keeping the deposit system, but the 'half an hour' thing is interesting.

Not that long ago when I started going to the fest, the online sale would take hours. Missed out on the first sale for the 2011 fest after pressing F5 for approx 5 hours. Puts Sunday into perspective

Definitely think there used to be a 'marathon' element to it. Not even sure 30 mins is enough to find loopholes etc. like Neil did on here one year. But there we go, means people can get on with their lives at 9:30 regardless of the outcome.

 

yeah to be fair it's only the last couple of years that it';s been over in half an hour - was it 2013 (or possibly 14) when the site completely crashed for the first hour and a half? five hours though! i love the festival but i'm not sure i'd have the patience for that. even though the prospect of it all being over in a swift half an hour is terrifying, at least it's over quick and you can get on with your day

[Cheesey]

Not that long ago when I started going to the fest, the online sale would take hours. Missed out on the first sale for the 2011 fest after pressing F5 for approx 5 hours. Puts Sunday into perspective

 

In 2004 the tickets went on sale at 8pm on Sunday night. I managed to get tickets via a backdoor (the infamous "freya" link) at about 06:45 Monday morning after F5'ing for 11 hours straight. I'm sure others were at it even longer.

[Bisque]

And a joke about mental illness to boot. Mega bants!

It wasn't a joke.

[Waapster]

It wasn't a joke.

WTF is this really about? This site, this thread, is representative of what I would see as the spirit of Glastonbury.

Then there is this sideline sniping (with nasty mental health jokes/smears).

I think you should explain this using decent language or grow up or clear off...