Olympic tickets

[beattie819]

Can anyone tell me whats fair about some guy getting £11,000 worth of tickets that he wasnt bothered about getting, and me applying for £150 worth,and not getting any at all. I feel that it must pay to be greedy. I am CROSS grrrrrrrrr

[redman41]

Money is power beattie819 and unfortunately the likes of yourself lose out to those who have the financial clout.

[lesblue]

What a feckin' ridiculous way of selling tickets in the first place.

[stokemaveric]

even boris johnson hasnt got a ticket according to the daily mail...but im sure there will be someone to make sure he gets in...

[bednobs]

it's not supposed to be "fair" - it is supposed to be a lottery.And by that reasoning, someone who applied for £11,000 worth of tickets is more likely to get some that someone who applied for £150 worth

[jno]

I got some but I don't know what they are - presumably they'll notify me some time in the next 12 months or so. But like bednobs says, it's a lottery. The more tickets you buy, the bigger chance of winning something.

[bednobs]

did they email you jno?
i only ask cause i don't get my CC statement for about another month, so i wondered if i'd know if i got some?

[joggerjayne]

I applied for about £5,000 worth.

I got ...

... nothing, zilch nada, zero.

=0(

[stokemaveric]

oh dear jj you will have to jog around brighton,a coach might see you think you are good enough to compete in the 500 metres and hey presto...youre in...lol

[BAKERS DOZEN]

According to the news he applied for £36,000 and got £11,000. Is he a tout or is he genuinely going to use them?

[HarryFindlay]

I`ve got 20 tickets for the Olympic Stadium.....

West Ham v Doncaster Rovers

[DTCwordfan]

you are nicely set up for the synchronised swimming final then, Jayne, on the next round of allocation.

Congrats (and please I don't need a ticket for that).

Seriously, I know a woman who was on the Canadian team for that "sport" but, to be fair to her, she is a double Olympian having been a skier and is now a Doctor to both the Canuck winter and summer teams.

An impressive record if not a medallist.

[DTCwordfan]

Oh and I had gone for West Ham verus Truro......or at worst, Blackpool

[joggerjayne]

I only applied for sports that I genuinely wanted to see.

I didn't apply for the "no chance" tickets ... like the 100m.

The only track finals I applied for were the 400m.

[jno]

bednobs, it appeared last night on my credit card statement, which I can access online. Seems to be athletics though I can't remember exactly which ones (certainly won't be a final). I haven't heard anything from the organisers yet.

[jno]

and yes, it does seem unfair that someone called "joggerjayne" gets nothing while someone called "fatslobjno" gets athletics tickets.

[joggerjayne]

LOL

[HarryFindlay]

Are you allowed to sell tickets on?

[funnygirl]

I did not get any either!!! :-(

[joggerjayne]

HarryF ...

No, but you can sell them back through the official Olympic website.

[bednobs]

no, but you can sell them back