am i the only one

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Originally posted by tiktok
we all know it was first come first served to become a block booker, but what use is that to someone who was eight or nine when the scheme was introduced.

As it is now, there's nine hundred on the waiting list. Just because these people weren't in on the ground floor doesn't mean they were fair weather fans or anything like it, probabl;y just people who were kids back in the day who now have the funds to eventually join the scheme.

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Here here!:)

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Block bookers must take up their allocation for competitive games otherwise they are removed. I think it should be extended to friendly matches as well.

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Think it would probably cause any irish abroad who are BBs(and they do seem to make up a large percentage of the scheme) to be rooted out eventually as it's hardly feesable for them to attend all games including friendlies.

As discussed before,I would like to see the introduction of some kind of loyalty scheme for away games.

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Originally posted by tiktok
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Just because these people weren't in on the ground floor doesn't mean they were fair weather fans or anything like it, probabl;y just people who were kids back in the day who now have the funds to eventually join the scheme.

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I agree the FAI should work there way into that 900 on the list but they can't just shaft the current block bookers in favour of a random lottery scheme. A way to cut some of the list would be as I suggested to remove block bookers who don't take up their friendly ticket allocation.

Only reason I stated that was because previously someone said that they had more of a right to match tickets than the fan who doesnt support an Eircom side.

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Originally posted by Peadar
Then they tell you that 50,000 tickets sold out in 15 minutes?
That's physically impossible as far as I'm concerned.
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i have it from a very good source that it is indeed impossible to do such a thing.you sometimes hear even more outlandish claims like u2 sold out 100,000 in two minutes,thats complete rubbish.

just think how slow the web site is when something important is on.and when you get through on the phone it takes about 2 ore 3 minutes at least per person to do a transaction.

The tickets don't sell out in ten minutes, it is impossible, but the tickets would be gone from the ticketmaster system.

What happens is that every ticketmaster outlet can download tickets before the official sales time. The different outlets can estimate how many tickets they will sell, then can start downloading them from an hour beforehand.

That's why when U2 at Slane was announced as sold out at HMV on grafton street, the travel shop around the corner (the one that does show tickets for tourists) still had tickets at eleven that morning.

The morning those particular tickets went on sale (i think it was at seven) my sister was sitting in an outlet at six thirty watching the tickets being printed off and one of the staff wandering in wearing pj.s, collecting 17 tickets and then wandering away while the country was poised by their phones.

Well my mates claims he saved his confirmation message from ticketmaster at 9:25, so I know they didn't sell out in 15 minutes!

well i am in my early twenties and i used to get school boy tickets when i was a young(er) lad, but that obviously isnt avaiable to me now. i still go to as many of the friendlies as possible but i'm just trying to find a way to support the irish team on a more permenant basis.

the only reason i suggested selling tickets outside the stadium was because it seemed to work at the leinster final last summer (and Croke park was sold out), and ive seen it done at plenty of gaa matches. so it seem to me a fair enough way to distribute tickets. but anyway i already said that above.:)