Corona Virus - Should we be worried?

[Zoo Music Girl]

The thing is no one has a ticket yet. The lucky ones among you have paid a deposit and you will have your ticket once you pay the balance. So yeah I definitely see them just refunding the deposits. I'm not saying this out of wishful thinking, I just really can't see them honouring tickets for an event a year away, not least for tax reasons.

This is all getting a bit crazy. I'm freelance so don't get paid if I'm ill, but luckily I can work from home if it comes to that. Now there are cases in and around London the tube has got to be a concern. Impossible not to breathe in other people's germs on the central line at rush hour. I'm pretty sure that's where all my colds come from.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Or has balance payment week passed? I'm out of the loop! 

[stopwn1981]

Our health secretary has said scientists tell him it’ll become endemic. Therefore, they’ve already given up hope of containing, even though they are currently doing that, to buy time and mitigate.

Were going to be living with this like flu or common cold - except one that appears to hospitalise up to 20% of cases on its first run through. 

[lukethekid]

Regardless of whether the balance is paid, people have paid a deposit for a ticket, therefore you are guaranteed a ticket if you have been able to pay the deposit. I also don’t think they would keep the £50 but just offer a window where you could re-pay £50 to secure a deposit for next years festival, it isn’t impossible and is probably the right thing to do? 

[lukethekid]

2 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Our health secretary has said scientists tell him it’ll become endemic. Therefore, they’ve already given up hope of containing, even though they are currently doing that, to buy time and mitigate.

Were going to be living with this like flu or common cold - except one that appears to hospitalise up to 20% of cases on its first run through. 

That’s just scaremongering, nobody can predict the future. 

[Lycra]

44 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

They already have such a system in place. In the unlikely event the festival is cancelled this year before the final date for purchasing is here then they just push back the final balance payment day a year. 
Those who can’t make it next year then put a large amount of tickets into the resale. 

If it were only that simple. A significant number of people have paid lots more than the deposit for coaches, worthy view, campervan tickets etc. Then you've got third party suppliers of accommodation & travel to consider who've taken monies.

[Ayrshire Chris]

2 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Regardless of whether the balance is paid, people have paid a deposit for a ticket, therefore you are guaranteed a ticket if you have been able to pay the deposit. I also don’t think they would keep the £50 but just offer a window where you could re-pay £50 to secure a deposit for next years festival, it isn’t impossible and is probably the right thing to do? 

Sounds sensible 

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, lukethekid said:

Regardless of whether the balance is paid, people have paid a deposit for a ticket, therefore you are guaranteed a ticket if you have been able to pay the deposit. I also don’t think they would keep the £50 but just offer a window where you could re-pay £50 to secure a deposit for next years festival, it isn’t impossible and is probably the right thing to do? 

I don't really agree it's the right thing to do to be honest. The 2020 festival and 2021 festival are different events. If the 2020 festival gets cancelled then why would you be guaranteed access to a different event? That's how I see it anyway. I hope I'm wrong (and I could well be!) because I know how gutted I would be if I had a ticket but I just don't see it. 

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

I don't really agree it's the right thing to do to be honest. The 2020 festival and 2021 festival are different events. If the 2020 festival gets cancelled then why would you be guaranteed access to a different event? That's how I see it anyway. I hope I'm wrong (and I could well be!) because I know how gutted I would be if I had a ticket but I just don't see it. 

Its unfair either way - though I feel like there would be a lot of churn which could mean it makes sense.

There'll be people getting pregnant, married so need money, losing jobs (big economic impacts in general if we get to the point it's forced to cancel) etc. So let them have priority as suggested above to pay a deposit, then have a big "resale" type event in October. 

[zahidf]

Probably not worth speculating on cancellations in June when april/may events are still going on 

[Zoo Music Girl]

The way to think of it for me is to ask yourself what any other festival would do. If it was Green Man, Reading or End of the Road, say, would they cancel and refund or would they say don't worry use your ticket next year? The only reason people think they should for Glastonbury is because it's hard to get tickets but that doesn't change the principle that would normally apply, that's just an unfortunate extra factor.

Edited March 1, 2020 by Zoo Music Girl

[Sasperella]

11 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Regardless of whether the balance is paid, people have paid a deposit for a ticket, therefore you are guaranteed a ticket if you have been able to pay the deposit. I also don’t think they would keep the £50 but just offer a window where you could re-pay £50 to secure a deposit for next years festival, it isn’t impossible and is probably the right thing to do? 

 

8 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Sounds sensible 

Agreed. While it's shit for people who didn't get a ticket this year, it would be more shit if this was the one time you had got a ticket and you lost out... Plus, I agree there would be a lot of churn, and many people who wanted to go this year wouldn't go next year, so still a chance for others to get a ticket. 

[stuartbert two hats]

13 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Regardless of whether the balance is paid, people have paid a deposit for a ticket, therefore you are guaranteed a ticket if you have been able to pay the deposit. I also don’t think they would keep the £50 but just offer a window where you could re-pay £50 to secure a deposit for next years festival, it isn’t impossible and is probably the right thing to do? 

Guaranteed a ticket for Glastonbury 2020.

[Sasperella]

3 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

The way to thing of it for me is to ask yourself what any other festival would do. If it was Green Man, Reading or End of the Road, say, would they cancel and refund or would they say don't worry use your ticket next year? The only reason people think they should for Glastonbury is because it's hard to get tickets but that doesn't change the principle that would normally apply, that's just an unfortunate extra factor.

Houghton have just done this. They cancelled last year's event because of strong winds. They refunded everyone, but when tickers for this year went on sale a couple of weeks ago they gave those who had bought tickets last year a priority window within which to buy them. 

EDIT: I'm not saying Glastonbury will do this in the event of 2020 being cancelled, but it's not impossible

Edited March 1, 2020 by Sasperella

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, Sasperella said:

Houghton have just done this. They cancelled last year's event because of strong winds. They refunded everyone, but when tickers for this year went on sale a couple of weeks ago they gave those who had bought tickets last year a priority window within which to buy them. 

I don't know what Houghton is but fair enough. Just doesn't make sense to me, but hopefully we won't have to find out. At what point did it get cancelled? Months out or weeks/days? Because I think that would be a factor too.

[chazwwe]

The amount of doom on this forum the past week or two has been crazy. 

[Crazyfool01]

We might also have issues with registration windows .... unless they change those too ... would it not create potential for photo changes and touting ? If they were to go with any priority system for this years ticket holders ... maybe I’m overthinking it ? 

[Zoo Music Girl]

But actually thinking about it having a priority window is a different thing to just rolling the tickets over. They might do something like that as a presale. Would be pretty depressing trying for tickets if you weren't part of it though! Resale levels left probably.

[chazwwe]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

We might also have issues with registration windows .... unless they change those too ... would it not create potential for photo changes and touting ? If they were to go with any priority system for this years ticket holders ... maybe I’m overthinking it ? 

Maybe I'm over thinking it - The Thread. 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, chazwwe said:

Maybe I'm over thinking it - The Thread. 

Well that too  

[Sasperella]

6 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

I don't know what Houghton is but fair enough. Just doesn't make sense to me, but hopefully we won't have to find out. At what point did it get cancelled? Months out or weeks/days? Because I think that would be a factor too.

Days! We were on the way to get the coach to Boomtown and there were some girls outside Victoria Station with all of those shit for Houghton desperately trying to buy Boomtown tickets. It had been cancelled whilst they were in transit, so it must have within around 24 hours of gates opening. So, yes, a very different scenario!  

[Sasperella]

7 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

But actually thinking about it having a priority window is a different thing to just rolling the tickets over. They might do something like that as a presale. Would be pretty depressing trying for tickets if you weren't part of it though! Resale levels left probably.

Yeh, thus is similar to what they used to do if you cycled a few years back, so it would be easy enough. Whether they would think it the fairest way though, who knows. I wouldn't want to have to make that kind of call!

[Crazyfool01]

well fortunately so far ... we are virus free on here .... and the sun is shining in Somerset ... so lets look on the positives we have and start enjoying the build up or the nerves of the resale  .... we have no influence on what happens whatsoever ... so lets try and enjoy what we have ...

[wilby-wilbert]

12 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

Maybe I'm over thinking it - The Thread. 

Lol exactly what i thought. 

Probably applies to the forum as a whole in all fairness

[Chicken Bob]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Did I say I was offended at any point?  Or have you just leapt to that conclusion?

I’m not even vaguely offended, I just find the act of saying juvenile shite on the internet for a rise rather sad.

That’s your opinion. My opinion is that some of the so called “banter” on here is cringeworthy. Utterly terrible, to the point I want to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon just so I don’t see it anymore. But I don’t say anything about it because some people find it funny.  I just scroll on and leave others alone. I don’t criticise. Maybe you should do the same. 👍🏻