Resale Club 2023

[Lubic]

1 hour ago, p.pete said:

I'm not sure 30 is enough any more.  5 groups of 6 in the main sale - if they're lucky they'll hit the site 3/4 times they're doing amazingly well but they're still regrouping for the resale.  As you said above they don't need cc details up front any more - so if everyone in the group gets 5-10 extra people (who don't want tickets) helping then suddenly they have 200 people trying for 5 sets of tickets. 

That takes a lot of coordination, but some very large groups are going to steam-roll this.  Suckers trying for 6 tickets by themselves are going to vanish.

That was my thought when they first announced the new changes.  It was already seemingly heading that way anyway - lots of big groups of people getting tickets every year, and now I fear this is only going to increase.  But still, better than a ballot, I guess. Then we'd be really screwed.

Edited April 21, 2023 by Lubic87

[Nick_]

9 minutes ago, p.pete said:

Suckers trying for 6 tickets by themselves are going to vanish.

I don't understand this at all. Are you saying people can't just buy a single ticket?

[Dave_c]

Has anything actually been said that this new method is being rolled out indefinitely? It could be something they do for the resale only due to huge demand Vs available tickets.

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, The Nal said:

People buying tickets without payment details is madness to be honest and open to huge levels of abuse.

I'm almost certainly being a dumb ass, but I don't understand what difference it makes

[p.pete]

1 minute ago, Nick_ said:

I don't understand this at all. Are you saying people can't just buy a single ticket?

Of course they can 🙂  I'm saying that if it's one person trying for one ticket they'll be incredibly lucky if they get through - it won't be impossible though

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Nick_ said:

I don't understand this at all. Are you saying people can't just buy a single ticket?

Yes but these are the people most effected by this. 1 person trying on their own now for 1 ticket has basically no chance.

  

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

I'm almost certainly being a dumb ass, but I don't understand what difference it makes

Because you dont need to give people financial data anymore. Just the reg number and postcode.

I could go out and round up a load of homeless people and stick them in an internet cafe to try for me in October risk free. Give them 2 quid for a hostel each.

Or if you're in college or school in a computer room. Or a big office. Get everyone trying for you.

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by The Nal

[Nick_]

2 minutes ago, p.pete said:

Of course they can 🙂  I'm saying that if it's one person trying for one ticket they'll be incredibly lucky if they get through - it won't be impossible though

Thanks, both.  I don't get all this at all, yet.

[p.pete]

Just now, Skip997 said:

I'm almost certainly being a dumb ass, but I don't understand what difference it makes

I'd like my sister in a different country to help me get tickets - it'd involve me sending money to a different country afterwards and she's never been bothered.  If she knew she just needed to put in reg and postcode and tick a few boxes then she'd be a lot more likely to help.  The email then comes to me and I pay the money - so I could ask many people to help now, whereas before I'd have to ask them to pay upfront for me and then transfer money afterwards - a lot more effort on their part.  A friend of a friend could try for me now without even thinking about do they trust I'll pay them back.

[svphie]

5 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

Has anything actually been said that this new method is being rolled out indefinitely? It could be something they do for the resale only due to huge demand Vs available tickets.

This is what I was thinking. surely that much more traffic to the website for the main sale wouldn't be something they want

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, p.pete said:

I'd like my sister in a different country to help me get tickets - it'd involve me sending money to a different country afterwards and she's never been bothered.  If she knew she just needed to put in reg and postcode and tick a few boxes then she'd be a lot more likely to help.  The email then comes to me and I pay the money - so I could ask many people to help now, whereas before I'd have to ask them to pay upfront for me and then transfer money afterwards - a lot more effort on their part.  A friend of a friend could try for me now without even thinking about do they trust I'll pay them back.

Cheers

[rgill3]

7 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

I'm almost certainly being a dumb ass, but I don't understand what difference it makes

Some people were concerned that influencers could use their large platform to give their details out and then have their followers try for them.

I personally can't see this being too much of a regular occurrence although I'm not ruling out that it could happen.

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, rgill3 said:

Some people were concerned that influencers could use their large platform to give their details out and then have their followers try for them.

Okay you've convinced me that it's a bad thing.

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, rgill3 said:

Some people were concerned that influencers could use their large platform to give their details out and then have their followers try for them.

I personally can't see this being too much of a regular occurrence although I'm not ruling out that it could happen.

Influencers, the Twitch gaming guys etc. A mess.

Obviously just trialing it for October but if it stays the festival is hugely changed forever.

[Gnomicide]

51 minutes ago, LR10416 said:

No I mean I put in for two reg numbers at 5:59 when the direct link to the thurs option went early, but when I selected city and clicked proceed it kicked me back to holding. But someone else was then successful for the same reg numbers a few mins later, so it didn't lock them out or anything.

Exactly the same happened to me. When you were then refreshing the the holding page, did you get a pop up about resubmitting a form?

[svphie]

Jesus, and to think I bagged a 2019 ticket on my own, just trying for myself.

[t0paz]

24 minutes ago, The Nal said:

madness to be honest and open to huge levels of abuse.

Yeah. Won’t take long before someone cottons on that they can post somewhere online they’ve got the booking page and can charge £100 or more via PayPal etc to put someone’s reg details in. 

[danbailey80]

Does the postcode get entered with a space or not? 

So...

PO198DY   or.   PO19 8DY

[rgill3]

6 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Exactly the same happened to me. When you were then refreshing the the holding page, did you get a pop up about resubmitting a form?

I did yeah

[rgill3]

1 minute ago, danbailey80 said:

Does the postcode get entered with a space or not? 

So...

PO198DY   or.   PO19 8DY

Doesn't matter

[keefs]

How do I get to join a group for the resale on Sunday?

Please would someone let me know. 

Thanks 

Keef 

 

 

[p.pete]

2 minutes ago, keefs said:

How do I get to join a group for the resale on Sunday?

Please would someone let me know. 

Thanks 

Keef 

 

 

Might be worth trying to set up a Group 6 last minute?

@muffpuffin is also looking for a group, bound to be others!

[The Nal]

8 minutes ago, t0paz said:

Yeah. Won’t take long before someone cottons on that they can post somewhere online they’ve got the booking page and can charge £100 or more via PayPal etc to put someone’s reg details in. 

Spammers advertising "Glastonbury sale help - 500 agents ready to get your ticket. 98% success rate" etc.

[keefs]

 

Thanks @p.pete

Anyone up for a Group 6?

[p.pete]

3 minutes ago, keefs said:

 

Thanks @p.pete

Anyone up for a Group 6?

Best of luck - if I spot anyone else asking the same thing I'll point them in your direction and hopefully something kicks off

[deadponyclub]

4 minutes ago, keefs said:

 

Thanks @p.pete

Anyone up for a Group 6?

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