Glastonbury 2024 - Main sale success poll

[Wherethewildthingsare]

Nothing… 

[Wherethewildthingsare]

30 minutes ago, phillyfaddle said:

0 out of 12 people trying. Different parts of country. Apparently had better chance on Virgin BB. 5/24 servers. According to friend’s geek husband who was mapping the traffic.

Nothing on virgin BB for me 

[Nobody Interesting]

30 out of 30 got 🙂

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

3 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

30 out of 30 got 🙂

Wow - you're on fire! 🙂

[stuie]

Trying for friends, loads of us trying and we got 0 out of 9. Got 6/6 on Thursday. Today seemed like something was wrong, i think some people were just blocked out. 
 

[gizmoman]

10 minutes ago, Homersexual said:

I resent the festival allowing groups of 6 at a time. Individuals like me don’t stand a chance when people are working together to buy up blocks of tickets.

This is one disappointment too far for me. I’m done with this festival now. It’s too stressful worrying about the sale for weeks in the run up to it, and the crushing disappointment when you get absolutely nowhere gets worse with every passing year.

Guess I’ll be heading abroad at the end of June. 

Yep, should be 4 adults max, they could sort out a family ticket for those with kids, we were just 3 this time but got lucky, have usually just been 2 of us, though there have been 5 in the past. Having said that I've only ever failed once and i'm the only one trying, so always worth trying though it is getting harder.

[stuie]

15 minutes ago, Homersexual said:

I resent the festival allowing groups of 6 at a time. Individuals like me don’t stand a chance when people are working together to buy up blocks of tickets.

This is one disappointment too far for me. I’m done with this festival now. It’s too stressful worrying about the sale for weeks in the run up to it, and the crushing disappointment when you get absolutely nowhere gets worse with every passing year.

Guess I’ll be heading abroad at the end of June. 

So you want everyone to go as singles? I can’t see that happening tbh.

[Helsbels]

We had 5 groups none of us got anywhere near but luckily an acquaintance I know through clubbing got their 14 groups so he messaged me and got us in

[BlackZeppelin]

Do we have any stats on how many people were registered and tried for tickets?

 

[BlackZeppelin]

1 minute ago, Helsbels said:

We had 5 groups none of us got anywhere near but luckily an acquaintance I know through clubbing got their 14 groups so he messaged me and got us in

14 groups....how the hell???

What's his secret?

 

[st dan]

There has more than sheet luck at play if people are getting in 14 times!! And because that is the case, it’s why it appears so unfair for many who miss out.

[Homersexual]

10 minutes ago, stuie said:

So you want everyone to go as singles? I can’t see that happening tbh.

Did I say that?

Max. 2 tickets per booking. That’s fair enough.

[LSTx]

18 of us trying, 0/18, 1 person in my group got through to the payment page 3 times and bounced 3 times. How do you even explain that? Gutted, but on the plus side at least it opens up the floor in the summer for other plans *yes this is copium* 

[Homersexual]

13 minutes ago, gizmoman said:

Yep, should be 4 adults max, they could sort out a family ticket for those with kids, we were just 3 this time but got lucky, have usually just been 2 of us, though there have been 5 in the past. Having said that I've only ever failed once and i'm the only one trying, so always worth trying though it is getting harder.

2 adults is enough. There’s just too much demand these days. The festival needs to have a rethink. 

People in groups might think it’s unfair that they don’t get to go with all their friends and family every year, but so what? It’s unfair that the less of you there are trying the less chance you have of being successful.

If you’re in a group of 6 all trying for tickets that makes it 6x more likely for each person to bag a ticket. Individuals shouldn’t be penalised because they don’t know anyone else who wants to go or because they want to go solo.

[stuie]

10 minutes ago, Homersexual said:

Did I say that?

Max. 2 tickets per booking. That’s fair enough.

No, you didn’t specify so i asked you a question. I think 6 is a reasonable number and probably reflects average group sizes at the festival. There’s opportunities to team up with other people if you are a smaller group or an individual. 

[phillyfaddle]

22 minutes ago, BlackZeppelin said:

14 groups....how the hell???

What's his secret?

 

My question exactly.

[stuie]

4 minutes ago, Homersexual said:

2 adults is enough. There’s just too much demand these days. The festival needs to have a rethink. 

People in groups might think it’s unfair that they don’t get to go with all their friends and family every year, but so what? It’s unfair that the less of you there are trying the less chance you have of being successful.

If you’re in a group of 6 all trying for tickets that makes it 6x more likely for each person to bag a ticket. Individuals shouldn’t be penalised because they don’t know anyone else who wants to go or because they want to go solo.

You might not know anyone else that wants to go but you could recruit some assistance from friends and family anyway? People in our groups had friends/siblings trying for them that had no intention of going. 

[THEBOILERMAN]

4 minutes ago, Homersexual said:

2 adults is enough. There’s just too much demand these days. The festival needs to have a rethink. 

People in groups might think it’s unfair that they don’t get to go with all their friends and family every year, but so what? It’s unfair that the less of you there are trying the less chance you have of being successful.

If you’re in a group of 6 all trying for tickets that makes it 6x more likely for each person to bag a ticket. Individuals shouldn’t be penalised because they don’t know anyone else who wants to go or because they want to go solo.

But a solo person could have a dozen people (who don`t want to go) trying for them, unless of cause the are a billy no mates 🙂 

[kerplunk]

37 minutes ago, Wherethewildthingsare said:

Nothing on virgin BB for me 

Upgraded to a fat 400 meg a couple of weeks ago - no joy today or thursday

[faymondo]

5 trying here (and numerous other people etc) no luck.

Somebody on Twitter got them for us 😍

[Homersexual]

8 minutes ago, stuie said:

No, you didn’t specify so i asked you a question. I think 6 is a reasonable number and probably reflects average group sizes at the festival. There’s opportunities to team up with other people if you are a smaller group or an individual. 

6 is not a reasonable number in this day and age at all with the demand for tickets. Average group sizes are irrelevant.

Why should I be forced to work with strangers over the internet just to give myself a fair chance? Who’s to say those people would ever pay me back? What might be OK for you is not necessarily OK for everyone else. 

[Phoenix Girl]

38/62 so I was quite pleased with that

[Homersexual]

11 minutes ago, stuie said:

You might not know anyone else that wants to go but you could recruit some assistance from friends and family anyway? People in our groups had friends/siblings trying for them that had no intention of going. 

Again, you’re looking at things from YOUR perspective. Not everyone has the opportunity to rope other people in to help. 

As things stand this is not a fair system. It’s about time the festival took that into a consideration.

Just make it a f**king ballot already and then it’s down to pot luck.

[Pipine]

We got ours in the coach sale but got some for friends today when we got lucky and got a booking page. 

[LeFreak]

10/10 for us and it was our first year trying.