Olympic tickets..........

[ELVIS68]

Did you apply and how much did you "spend"...I did £400 plus £6 postage

[joggerjayne]

Bednobs ...

Yes, you can sell them back, and only on the official site.

I "applied for" just under £5,000 worth. I think the chances of getting any at all are quite slim.

[Davethedog]

I can get to about 75% of the Olympic venues whithin 30 minutes. I can get to the shooting in lees than 10, if I could park. and the Horse things, in the soon to be ruined Greenwich Park, if I could drive, in about 15 mins.

I have applied for no tickets and am becoming more and more resentful of whats being inflicted on London.

[beattie819]

I cant understand all the panic and complaints about the site being clogged up last night. We have had 6 weeks !!! to apply for tickets.

[jackthehat]

Whilst I shall miss out on experiencing the 'atmosphere' of any Olympic venue....I shall be quite content to have the best seat in the house with as many HD slo-mo replays as the TV companies care to throw at me....
I can understand the frustrations of many Londoners who have/had little say in the organisation of the games, nor the sweetener of having preferential ticket opportunities.

[joggerjayne]

Dave ...

I'm with you there.

Although I've applied for tickets, I do think that the whole Olympic thing has been a huge ego trip which we can't afford, which will not benefit London or the rest of the country, and which could turn out to be simply embarrassing.

If they don't find something to do with the entire complex (other than give the Stadium to a soo-to-be-Division-2 football club), they could end up having turned the East End into a massive ghost town.

[jno]

I applied for some athletics and judo - sports where you can clearly see who's winning (unlike synchronised swimming, where you can only see who's grinning). It's the atmosphere I'm after, Jack, I don't care who wins and I don't actually want to see slo-mo replays of the javelins. I won't be broken-hearted if I don't get any tickets, but I'm content to have tried.

[yelenots]

We've applied for Athletic tickets - last night at around 12.45am! They dont take the money out of your account until May next year!

[bednobs]

no, its may this year

[trionam]

yelenots are you sure about that I thought it was May this year the money is taken was in a panic trying to pay money of my visa.

[joggerjayne]

Yes, you have to have the money available for a month, or something.

If they try to charge you, and it doesn't go through, you might lose your tickets.

[yelenots]

Oh is it :(

[trionam]

I cant be sure cause it was my husband who wanted the tickets I just helped him apply didnt read everything but I would have thought so.