Ticket success gifts

[morph100]

What do you buy that person who manages to secure you tickets?

alcohol is a common one but has anyone bought or been given anything else?

[thrillhouse188]

Wait, we're supposed to get gifts?! I did buy someone a pint for staying late in the office to help though 

[morph100]

Just seen someone on Twitter offering £50 for successful help

[incident]

During festival season, I did actually buy a set of these which I intended to send as a surprise gift to whoever secured my ticket. Then I got it myself so I'm keeping them. Well deserved I think.

[a6l6e6x]

Bottle of booze is enough for me, don't usually ask for anything but I'm all sorted so will be getting us especially for them

[mashedonmud]

Party in my van at Glastonbury. Which is guaranteed regardless of who gets the tickets. ?

[gigpusher]

17 minutes ago, morph100 said:

Just seen someone on Twitter offering £50 for successful help

I absolutely hate the number of these I have seen in the last week. Nobody should be allowed to offer financial inducement to people for getting tickets. Buying someone something if they do it without knowing they were going to get something is fine by me. Last year I went out for a meal with the person who got our tickets before Glastonbury and I paid for him. 

[a6l6e6x]

In all honesty the main reason I help is it lets me break the news that they're going to glastonbury, what a feeling

[Crazyfool01]

I so want to hold back until they get the email ... but realise that they might be helping others and the email often takes quite a while 

[kalifire]

The gift of also trying for them for the same length of time it took for them to be successful for me.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Far be it for me to make anybody want to puke up, or kill again, but I'm trying for 6 tickets tomorrow because three of them are very dear friends, and I love them dearly. I owe them my gratitude for their friendship, so expect nothing from them, if I do manage to get them tickets. 

[gigpusher]

1 minute ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Far be it for me to make anybody want to puke up, or kill again, but I'm trying for 6 tickets tomorrow because three of them are very dear friends, and I love them dearly. I owe them my gratitude for their friendship, so expect nothing from them, if I do manage to get them tickets. 

I have tried for total strangers, some have become friends as a result but if you already have your tickets it's not much of a hardship to keep pressing F5 a bit longer and make someone else happy too. 

I've had a bit of success for other people in the resale and I've always just loved breaking the news to them that they have their ticket. 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

7 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

 I've always just loved breaking the news to them that they have their ticket. 

That's exactly what I hope to be able to do tomorrow. These people are die hard Glastonbury fans, and even introduced me to the festival in the first place. I remember one mate just moaning at me to come along for a couple of years or so, before I relented. I have a feeling, but don't know, that this may be their last fandango. Would love to get them tickets for the 50th, if it was to be so.

[guypjfreak]

1 hour ago, morph100 said:

Just seen someone on Twitter offering £50 for successful help

Saw that in news feed a few days ago.. Lol

[faymondo]

 I have put rewards out there. Never paid out on one though.

All my mates well asleep at 9am !!!

[SighMo]

I got lots of virtual emoji beers on Messenger from my son's uni mates last time. Was well worth it to just witness their excitement though.

[AmazingAbby]

Some lads I got tickets for last year sent me some extra cash along with their deposits for me to have a celebratory beer which was lovely because I would never have expected anything. I was buzzing enough with the feeling of being successful! 

[Crazyfool01]

the total random and unexpected offers of help on here are the ones that  bring a tear to my eye ... far better than any financial reward ... thanks ... you know who you are 

[Pinhead]

1 hour ago, gigpusher said:

I absolutely hate the number of these I have seen in the last week. Nobody should be allowed to offer financial inducement to people for getting tickets. Buying someone something if they do it without knowing they were going to get something is fine by me. Last year I went out for a meal with the person who got our tickets before Glastonbury and I paid for him. 

Basically in the absence of being able to tout the tickets, we've moved on to touting connections. This happened years ago during the infamous 'back button' loophole when re-access to the buying process was being touted.

[Harry_W01]

I always offer then a beer if I ever catch up with them at the festival (unlikely to happen) but I've seen people offering 50 quid per reg on Facebook and Twitter aswell

[Lucy92]

I’ve helped strangers in the past and there is no greater feeling when you manage to get them for someone else, feels so good to make others happy!!! Going to be helping friends out tomorrow morning after getting mine Thursday and I won’t be expecting anything 

Edited October 5, 2019 by Lucy92

[parsonjack]

2 hours ago, mashedonmud said:

Party in my van at Glastonbury. Which is guaranteed regardless of who gets the tickets. ?

That's what Philipa said.....

[MikeandSan]

I would make sure I met up to personally to thank the helping hand. They could see for real what it meant to help get that ticket for a real person not just a stranger online (easier said than done I know!) Good luck forum!

Edited October 5, 2019 by MikeandSan

[bimblebee]

I’ve had a fair few bottles of vodka from people I’ve helped in the past.  I try for other people for the sheer joy that is telling then they’ve got their tickets.   Made good mates helping someone I vaguely knew at work.   Didn’t manage to get there tickets last year which was devastating, fingers crossed we are all happy bunnies this time round.  

[shoptildrop]

6 hours ago, morph100 said:

What do you buy that person who manages to secure you tickets?

alcohol is a common one but has anyone bought or been given anything else?

Jesus I got 5 folk's tickets in the last 2 years and all I got was a thanks.... do people give more?