Free beer and burger provided by the festival for weekend ticket holders

[mike99]

Who thinks when they say free burger and beer. It means a half a pint. Take your bets here people

[mike99]

09 March 2012

Fancy a free beer and burger at the festival?

It's true. We have just announced details on how we will be feeding and watering you over the festival.

All weekend ticket holders will get a free beer and a free burger each day of the festival. Times are tough and who doesn't love a freebie! Don't say we aren't good to you!

A message from Melvin Benn (it was his idea!)

"First thing’s first, I’m a veggie myself and have been most of my life, and of course there will be veggie burgers for all the veggies. There will also be soft drinks for people who do not or cannot drink because of age restrictions. And, as I explained to BBC 6 Music, it is only for the three music days – not everyday and only for weekend ticket holders - but it will be from a number of food stalls and it will definitely happen. As I said, even if I have to pay for it myself it will happen!"

[LondonTom]

I am going say less than that

[Yellow_Fellow]

Just so we all know, I'm pretty damn sure this is being done with a separate plastic wristband entirely that has removable little tabs on it.

[mike99]

Not good

[DARE]

Ye in my mind i'm picturing something off Man Vs Food, but in reality it is going to be some miniture burger and a half filled half pint of beer!

[astroman123]

It'll be a crappy Carlsberg Bottle.

Plus I bet you can only get it from one place at a certain time of day..

We all expect a pint of stella and a burger from any food stalls. But we all know it's not going to be as easy as that. It's melvin we are talking about here.

Bit of a con..

[Yellow_Fellow]

Way it worked at IoW (I'm told) with their free stuff for the media guys is that you could go to any stall and an approved item can be sold for one coupon. I'd imagine we'll have the exact same system.

[mooseman]

I reckon it will be a whole pint at any time you like (I'm an optimist) using some sort of extra wristband you get on entry.

[RichieParf]

Meh, it's free food, and I'm sure they'll pay for it some other way by increasing other prices, but it'll probably be cheaper for me overall.

[rivalschools.price]

yeah, surely it will be a pint.half beers dont count as a beer.

might try that on my round,tho----

'four beers is it ,guys?'

then come back with four halfs of lager.

[ar1]

Anyone else dreading that this might be a back door into the infernal "Cashless Festival" that the organisers are desperate for:

"You get a free burger and pint each day loaded onto your cash wristband when you signup for one"?

[mrtourette]

I'm not expecting much and to be honest unless you can cash it in at the normal bar/stalls I probably won't even bother getting them. Doubt I could be arsed to queue up just to get a freebie.

Edited July 10, 2012 by mrtourette

[Yellow_Fellow]

Anyone else dreading that this might be a back door into the infernal "Cashless Festival" that the organisers are desperate for:

"You get a free burger and pint each day loaded onto your cash wristband when you signup for one"?

[jump]

What's wrong with cashless? Safer, easier.

[eFestivals]

What's wrong with cashless? Safer, easier.

you'd have to go to the bar yourself at least 25 times over the weekend to cover the smallest possible time it might take to put money on these wristbands. Given that very few people would go to the bar 24 times over the weekend, it's not easier.

And how is it safer? With cash in your pocket, you are in control of your money. Your money is not safer for your own use if you have to rely on a 3td party to be able to give you access to your money, which is exactly what you'd be doing.

So want to try again? Even the less queuing is bollocks, as proven by the bigger queues than they'd be for entrance in handling paper tickets.

[Vieuphoria]

We get it. You don't like the idea.

on a side note: Wy are you people being negative about the beer and burger thing. You're getting something extra. Just be grateful.

[jump]

We get it. You don't like the idea.

on a side note: Wy are you people being negative about the beer and burger thing. You're getting something extra. Just be grateful.

[mrtourette]

Yeah a lot will assume that the cost of it could have been taken off the ticket price or given back in a 'better' way, so will be skeptical about it.

[Yellow_Fellow]

And how is it safer? With cash in your pocket, you are in control of your money.

[AcademicPistol]

Yeah a lot will assume that the cost of it could have been taken off the ticket price or given back in a 'better' way, so will be skeptical about it.

[eFestivals]

With cash in your pocket you're a thief away from a crap weekend.

30 years and around 250 festivals where it's not happened gets to show me just how small a possibility that is.

When those wristband companies have been operating at all festivals for 30 years without one having gone bust and so run off with everyone's money as a result, I'll be happy to credit them with the same level of safety I'm able to achieve for myself.

Don't forget, these companies are not banks, and they are unregulated in how they handle and account for people's money. You'd probably be safer walking into a random shop and asking the shopkeeper to look after a wad of your money.

The rest of your points made evidence on hypotheticals... I especially like:

"Even the less queuing is bollocks, as proven by the bigger queues than they'd be for entrance in handling paper tickets."

Seriously? As proven by something that is a suggestion?

It's not hypotheticals - no UK festival has yet reduced queuing time by the use of electronic gate systems (and they've been used quite a lot more than just this year). Quite a few fests switched over to them a few years ago, but only used them for one year - because they were much slower than paper ticket systems.

[AcademicPistol]

Don't forget, these companies are not banks, and they are unregulated in how they handle and account for people's money. You'd probably be safer walking into a random shop and asking the shopkeeper to look after a wad of your money.

[eFestivals]

Maybe that's why they only let you load small amounts of money on it at a time? If true? I think that concern me even greater if they don't want to be trusted with x amount 'just in case'.

I'd guess the small amounts is due to the companies not having the same faith in their own systems as they wish the public to have in them, if nothing else.

But that fact of those small amounts make them even more shit than they would be with a large amount - it's a massive time drain on users to have to top them up after almost any use.

[AcademicPistol]

Hmmm, just had a thought with these new Barclays stickers (things you put on phone) that they are promoting as 'new' form of payment maybe they might back the potiental wristbands for payments if they see it as fruitful I guess.