According to a message posted on the website, the Official Receiver was appointed Provisional Liquidator on 2nd February 2006 of a number of associated companies, "following the presentation to the court of a petition to wind up the companies in the public interest". A petition to wind up the company will be heard by the court on 22 March 2006.
getmetickets.net (who have also been trading in a variety of other disguises, and on eBay) have been regular 'stars' of the BBC's Watchdog programme over the last few years. They claimed to be able to supply tickets for any sold-out shows, but often took customers' money while providing nothing at all. On occasions last summer there were large groups of getmetickets customers told to meet their representative near a festival entrance, only for no one to show up.
Anyone who was unfortunate enough to buy tickets from this company and hasn't received their tickets should see the website, where the Official Receiver states how these things will be handled. If you bought using a credit card it should be possible to get the money back from your credit card company.
There's still of course a thriving market on eBay for tickets, where the desperate seem willing to pay any amount to see their favourite band. But lately there's been a number of the greedy scum-bag sellers who've even been ripped-off by other scum-bag sellers. It's good to see them suffer for once, but unfortunately there's normal people caught up these chains, and they lose out too.
We recommend that you never buy a ticket at more than face value, as you're only cutting your own throat (as well as risking being ripped off). The more that a market is created for over-priced tickets by people buying over-priced tickets, the more tickets will go in that direction. If you're desperate to still try for tickets for a sold-out show, we recommend Scarlet Mist, where spare tickets are traded by real music fans at face value.
You can always have confidence in the links that eFestivals provides for tickets - we only ever link to reputable ticket agencies, or to a festival's own ticket outlet. Tickets for many festivals both large and small are expected to sell-out much quicker this year as people who normally go to Glastonbury look for alternative festivals for this summer.