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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#101 Post by superhero » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:06 pm

Oh sorry to hear that funthing29!
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#102 Post by valda » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:37 pm

MGellatly wrote:Is it just me? I am not in the least bit interested in these tickets. When would you ever have pa*d out sums of money for tickets when you don't know what you will see? Would you b*y tickets for a concert but not know who will appear or where you will sit? I saw the man on tv earlier saying he had b*ght £11 000 of tickets. I could think of other things to spend that amount of money on!!!!....... a new car or a good holiday. Oh well, to each their own!
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#103 Post by valda » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:39 pm

funthing29 wrote:My family only applied for 1 pair of tickets which we have been allocated in the ballot.

It's quite upsetting for us as we applied on my behalf of my grandfather but he passed away last month so now he will not get the chance to use them.
Ah so sorry for you all but hey, y'all go there on his behalf, smuggle a drink in and raise a glass in his honour :bighug:
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#104 Post by valda » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:42 pm

funthing29 wrote:My family only applied for 1 pair of tickets which we have been allocated in the ballot.

It's quite upsetting for us as we applied on my behalf of my grandfather but he passed away last month so now he will not get the chance to use them.
Ah so sorry for you all but hey, y'all go there on his behalf, smuggle a drink in and raise a glass in his honour :bighug:
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#105 Post by prettyxcool » Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:32 am

Very sorry to hear about your grandfather, funthing. You should go to honour his memory.
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#106 Post by funthing29 » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:00 am

I am sure my grandmother will still go, but sadly they are senior citizen tickets so I can't use them.
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#107 Post by superhero » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:03 am

Oh I didn't know they were doing senior price tickets! Maybe you can contact the ticketing office and explain the situation. I am sure they would understand and let you upgrade to a standard ticket, no?
Hmm.... Do you think they might have had a certain "allocation" for senior ticket applications...
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#108 Post by funthing29 » Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:12 am

There is only 1 spare ticket so I will let my grandmother decide who she wants to go with.

I don't know if they had an allocation for senior citizen tickets, but when we were applying, the senior citizen discount was not offered for all events (ie only the less popular ones).
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#109 Post by opas » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:32 pm

Thought I didn't get anything but just checked my account and £156 has been deducted. Thought I had a fraud situation going on until I googled it, now I'm like yipee!

Not sure what it is for though, just got to wait and see. Might be worth checking your bank accounts again as my money was deducted on the 10th June, which I think was the last day.

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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#110 Post by freddie » Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:43 pm

Yes funthing I am also sorry to hear of your loss.
We did not get allocated any tickets and we are disappointed. But I may win some as I imagine there will be comps in the coming months.
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