I booked standing tickets.I am one of the lucky ones I admit,but it seems to have run okay to me.A second draw for the the refused tickets seems sensible to me.You're right about the moaners.
I had e-mail conformation immediatley and confirmation of the QFC so my experience has been good.
If you haven't won that does not represent bad management.
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You know Cliff, some people could say that it is the fan club's fault that the Brixton lottery was such a failure...
Neither the band nor the fan club promised any exclusive rights to any tickets, but since somebody was polite enough to make a special exception to the members of the private and unofficial fan club as an afterthought, they had to try and incorporate all those people with regular mail addresses in the draw as well.
You could say that the way it was planned, it was supposed to only include those people who had an e-mail account and could be reached within a matter of days. Therefore they could have easily had the time for those six rounds you think they were supposed to have to sell all the tickets, and there would have been no negative feedback. Except from you of course, who seem to complain about it constantly. (Or at least until you win. That is what it's all about, isn't it?)
Thats a load of b******s.
The way it was originally planned was a scandal with no QFC members. So only people signed upto QOL before 12 Dec were going to be eligible, what about the 100's of QFC members who have been members for 20+ years who don't bother with websites. QOL should be ashamed of themselves, there organisation c***, they should have left it upto Jacky at the fan club to sort.
QOL is just a website, no fees to pay & is relatively new. QFC has been going for nearly 30 years. OK so its independant now officially, but it is still called the OFFICIAL international QFC.
I do agree that the fan club should have gotten a better chance at this. My impression is that the lottery was designed for QOL and to be conducted online, thus leaving the ever loyal fan club and its members out in the cold.
Thats a load of b******s.
The way it was originally planned was a scandal with no QFC members. So only people signed upto QOL before 12 Dec were going to be eligible, what about the 100's of QFC members who have been members for 20+ years who don't bother with websites. QOL should be ashamed of themselves, there organisation c***, they should have left it upto Jacky at the fan club to sort.
QOL is just a website, no fees to pay & is relatively new. QFC has been going for nearly 30 years. OK so its independant now officially, but it is still called the OFFICIAL international QFC.
What are the special privileges that unofficial, privately owned fan clubs usually get? And more importantly, were you actually promised anything before you signed up, or are you just bitter because somebody gets the same benefits without paying the £15?
The latest Queen release I have (Live At The Bowl) says that it is the INTERNATIONAL Queen fan club. There is no mention of official.
And even that international is debatable since most of the benefits (like the presale tickets) only apply to UK.
Another piece on information you have been conveniently ignoring is that there have been two persons on QOL who have joined the fan club AFTER hearing about the tour, and still receiving their presale opportunity... And the other one even won a Brixton ticket!
If that's how desparate the fan club is to get new members and fuck their existing ones up the arse, is it really any better than the QOL you have been constantly critisising?
"what about the 100's of QFC members who have been members for 20+ years who don't bother with websites. QOL should be ashamed of themselves, there organisation c***, they should have left it upto Jacky at the fan club to sort."
And what about the 100's of real fans who prefer internet (21st century, you know?) and don't bother with some fan club? You really won't win any points if you keep on protesting against fans who are VERY loyal to the band but simply don't care about the fan club. The lottery is fucked up but please don't tell me you have a "moral" right to be in Brixton unlike me - only because you pay 15 pounds per year to two ladies and I don't.
If the lottery thing was left up to Jacky, it would be April and the winners wouldn't be announced yet because the winter 2004 magazine would be delayed to June 2005...
And what about the 100's of real fans who prefer internet (21st century, you know?) and don't bother with some fan club? You really won't win any points if you keep on protesting against fans who are VERY loyal to the band but simply don't care about the fan club. The lottery is fucked up but please don't tell me you have a "moral" right to be in Brixton unlike me - only because you pay 15 pounds per year to two ladies and I don't.
If the lottery thing was left up to Jacky, it would be April and the winners wouldn't be announced yet because the winter 2004 magazine would be delayed to June 2005...
"what about the 100's of QFC members who have been members for 20+ years who don't bother with websites. QOL should be ashamed of themselves, there organisation c***, they should have left it upto Jacky at the fan club to sort."
And what about the 100's of real fans who prefer internet (21st century, you know?) and don't bother with some fan club? You really won't win any points if you keep on protesting against fans who are VERY loyal to the band but simply don't care about the fan club. The lottery is fucked up but please don't tell me you have a "moral" right to be in Brixton unlike me - only because you pay 15 pounds per year to two ladies and I don't.
If the lottery thing was left up to Jacky, it would be April and the winners wouldn't be announced yet because the winter 2004 magazine would be delayed to June 2005...
What about the 100's of QOL members? They were always going to be in the lottery, QFC were originally not, that is all I'm saying.
OK, I agree with you about that - the QOL members certainly shouldn't have more privileges than the FC members (and vice versa!).
I think I was really wondering if I'm going to get a notification that I HAVEN'T won?
Did you guys get one?
Did you guys get one?
Once again, the Fan Club has lead fans to believe something other than what ACTUALLY happens - this isn't the first time, so I'm quite surprised that everyone seems to be so shocked about issues like this.
In the future, take what you hear from the people at OIQFC with extremely large pinches of salt and then decide on the "likelihood" of it happening........
Thay=t way, you won't be too disappointed....
In the future, take what you hear from the people at OIQFC with extremely large pinches of salt and then decide on the "likelihood" of it happening........
Thay=t way, you won't be too disappointed....