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Raindog Harry | 07.10.2004 00:20 | Figures and Facts Just some figures: The Belgian show was sold out in no-time: 3500 people called in the busiest minute. In the busiest quarter of an hour 52000 calls were made. About 300 of these were mine, I travelled by train two hours to Antwerp to call from a phone booth, with a telephone card, no luck, drank a cup of coffee and travelled back to Holland. The London show was sold out in 29 minutes; it seems 150,000 calls (!) were made. About 200 to 300 of these were mine, without luck. Amsterdam was sold out in about 70 minutes, 60 minutes by phone and Internet, 10 minutes or less at the Postoffices and GWK's, though some people were lucky to get tickets by website and phone later in the morning, even though most selling points said that everything was sold out. I got tickets for 19 Nov at 10.02 hours, when I asked about 21 and 20 November immediately after that the Postoffice checked and said everything was sold out. When I called Carrй at 11.30 though they still had tickets (don't know how many) for 21 Nov. On the forum I read that even around 13.00 hours or so some people still managed to get tickets by phone and website. I think it was a very bad thing that Carrй sold tickets from 09.00 hours by phone whereas all other selling points started the sales at 10.00 hours; I certainly got half a heartattack when I heard this, as I had already had bad experiences trying to get tickets for London and Antwerp. I will call Carrй and ask them not to do this again in 2009 or so. Calling is a lottery with many no's. Other figures to mention are the scandalous prices some people dare to ask on Marktplaats and E-Bay. People ask up till 470 Euro's and I saw one bid of Euro 500 for a single ticket. I am certain that these prices will even rise when the concert dates come closer. Bad thing, especially the commercial companies who make a living from this ought to be ashamed. Let's be glad we earn our money in a different way people. R.H. |