The fan ticket presales - a joke

Completed the transaction at 1:08pm with what appeared to be no problems whatsoever, but I'm still yet to get a confirmation email AT ALL.

Anyone else had this problem?

Looking over at QOL -

- the seats cannot be allocated before September
- tickets won't be delivered until a week before the concert
- orders are cancelled with no explanation

unbelievable

Yes, I got a funny email saying 'your order will be filed'??? Does this mean its been accepted or 'in progress'

who knows?????

I also am not a member of the fan club - just of QOL but I got in before 12am. Didn't have to wait til 1pm! Seems a right mess.

I booked via the fan club link this morning, got a confirmantion email straight away

Surely the T&C's are pretty standard when dealing with a concert so far in advance I suspect most online vendors will have pretty much the same terms etc..

The fan club link was then kinked to QOL shop (i think) and then when I went back at around midday it said the fan club pre allocation was now full so I guess I got in just in time.

what did your confirmation email say?? was it clear that the order was successful?

I noticed too that the message "your order has been filed no. 123456 (etc)" and would have been happier to see it say that my oder had been filled!!! If you hit the help tab at the top of the page it leads you to a terms and conditions page which says once the money has been received your booking is secure (or words to that effect). As for not receiving your tickets until 10 days before the gig, I have seen that with ticketmast before, it seems a bit scary to wait that long to receive them into your hands but thats the way it goes. God forbid you move house in the meantime or had decided to go on a two week break before your concert!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Looking over at QOL -

- the seats cannot be allocated before September
- tickets won't be delivered until a week before the concert
- orders are cancelled with no explanation

unbelievable[/QUOTE]

Nothing surprises me any more about the tickets booking process!!!. Delivery of tickets a week before is quite normal - it's a shame you couldn't pick them up at the box office. Cant understand that orders are being cancelled - maybe over subscribed? Hope you haven't ended up with a nose bleed seat at the back. When I booked Bruce Springstten I knew where my seat was.

This is set up for one reason only - to make as much money as possible without going too far. They know that fans will scramble quickly so as to not miss out so are taking advantage as well as giving priority to fans. From what I've seen on this forum it's a free for all anyway!

If people are pissed off then they should vote with their feet and not attend gigs. This will not happen of course!!

I'm taking a risk by going for general sale! You have the option of not paying a delivery fee. It's always nice to have the tickets in your hand but I have had no problems in the past at CIA box office.

Got my tickets, 2 for London O2 Arena and 2 for Liverpool Echo Arena.

What I do think, however, is the price of the tickets with booking and fees etc etc..

Ca. €50 on top of the tickets for this, also given the fact that the tickets themselves were supposed to be £39.50 (for standing, which is what I have)

Can't wait for the gigs, but this sours it for me slightly

5,5 hourse after my first attempt at buying stuff from QOL...
Still NO tickets for me...

*cancelled*
*error on page*
*need password*
*6 tickets for Paris*
*no, I only want 3!*
*cancelled*
*error on page*
*need password*
*error on page*
*cancelled*
*ctrl-alt-delete*

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Russian Headlong wrote: [/QUOTENAME]The fan club has a long history of fucking up with tickets. I am a long time lapsed member (I never renewed after Fred popped his clogs cos I figured no more tours). Back in 86' as a young teenage member of the FC, I ordered 4 tickets for the wembley saturday show. I was messed around for weeks, I would phone and no answer, then when I did get through I was told they had been sent by recorded delivery, checking with the post office they had not been sent. In the end my dad'd cousin who lived in Kensington had to go down to the then fan club and stand there until they 'materialised'. It was touch and go that we got the tickets, so bad that my cousin got me a ticket for the Knebworth show which had just gone on sale too because we thought we had ben ripped off from the fan club. As history turned out, I am so glad i did as it was the last ever gig with freddie. Btw, The fan club did get their shit together for the 90 xmas party at the Astoria which was brilliant with the Cross and BM. People knew then that Freddie had Aids. My brother and I crashed at a friends house and one of his other guests at the party was working for Robin moore ede who was an interior designer working on Garden Lodge and he said that Freddie looked awful, with all the signs of aids, i.e karposi sarcoma.[/QUOTE]

Organising a Queen fan club party is a lot easier to manage than a nationwide European tour!

I got tickets for Wembley very easily then. I ordered 6 I think and they were delivered on time! It was a much better system then - no lotteries and no on-line ordering. The Fan Club had pre booked tickets for fan club members only with membership numbers. No membership numbers - no tickets. Good if you were a member. Any surplus went on general sale!!. No touts fighting over a dead carcass!! They should adopt this sytem now so that only current members can take advantage of priority bookings. That's the whole point really. It's become a free for all where lapsed members with membership numbers can buy tickets!

May sound selfish but it's every one for themselves.

I tried i failed gonna take my chances with ticket master or even e-bay got tickets for less than face value off ebay for Brixton and Hyde park last time xx

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]jeffuk49 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I tried i failed gonna take my chances with ticket master or even e-bay got tickets for less than face value off ebay for Brixton and Hyde park last time xx[/QUOTE]

Welcome to the real world of booking tickets!

There are quite a few pissed off people on here! The prices are over inflated on pre-sales with extra charges for delivery and booking!!

General sales with ticketmaster - risky but should be able to get standing at least if you log on at 9.00 am Saturday.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]goldie42 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]what did your confirmation email say?? was it clear that the order was successful?[/QUOTE]

It confirmed my order number of tickets and price, it was not a confirmation that I was successful in getting them, so that's where I guess they can turn around and say it was over subscribed, however I doubt that will happen prior to the public sales going ahead, so I assume I have got the tickets...

But anything can happen I guess

Oh, come on!!!
Fucking hell!
(Excusez le mot...)
Still NOTHING!

FUCK QOL!
I'll have to take the chance and wait till Saturday it seems.

Incredible how Queen can get my blood boiling like this every time.

lol - A little rant always seems to work! ;-)

After 7 hours and 20 minutes I FINALLY managed to make a payment to QOL!!

Still awaiting the confirmation e-mail, though...! *fingers crossed*