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MrsChestnut · 2024-09-08T05:42:13+00:00

Has anyone else got the email being invited to the ballot for the new dates?

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:38

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:33

The ballot for the ballot is whether you actually got the email or not.

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Ah I see 🤣 maybe true. I don’t know how they are collecting date, determining who is eligible or if all data was collectible in the first place.

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:38

Morph22010 · 08/09/2024 12:36

Which queue were you in? I was in the first queue for about seven hours, then when I got to the front of that it took me to tickermaster website and I then had to pick the date I wanted and then entered a second queue. It’s only if you were in this second queue Ticketmaster would have definitely known who you were as weren’t required to log in for first queue

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But that second queue isn't enough to get you potential access to the ballot! Lots of people were logged in and in the specific date queue but have not had any email at all. It has failed.

Mum2Fergus · 08/09/2024 12:37

I did.

Morph22010 · 08/09/2024 12:36

Daisydaisydaizee · 08/09/2024 12:13

Thank you @Morph22010 . I didnt get the ballot email. I was in queue for 7 hours, not sure why I did not ger it.

Which queue were you in? I was in the first queue for about seven hours, then when I got to the front of that it took me to tickermaster website and I then had to pick the date I wanted and then entered a second queue. It’s only if you were in this second queue Ticketmaster would have definitely known who you were as weren’t required to log in for first queue

Cattery · 08/09/2024 12:36

Got the email and the confirmation email

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:34

mrshoho · 08/09/2024 12:31

It's not good. Don't know if it will help but this email address from mailonline is aking to hear from people in your position.

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Won't be contacting the Mail, but thanks for thinking of me. I just want to go back in time and tell my husband that I won't be queuing for the tickets (didn't do it in the 90s, but caved as he wants to go with his unwell cousin).

Daisydaisydaizee · 08/09/2024 12:33

fadedrose · 08/09/2024 07:33

I did but I won’t be entering as I wanted to see them at a location much closer to home, and I can’t justify the additional costs associated with travelling - I might as well have bought the overpriced tickets that were offered when I finally got onto the ticketmaster website after 5hrs or more of queuing!

Did you queue in for Wembley or location closer to hone last week? Asking because I was in queue for another location but I would love to go see them in Wembley but haven't got any email.
Wondering if they only emailed those were were in queue for Wembley last week. But they said added concerts are for UK fans, so it shouldn't maje a difference you were trying to get Manchester or Wembley.

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:33

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:27

Hence why I said online ticketing is far from perfect and that a ballot in the first instance was likely the better idea.

I don’t think it’s bizarre that not everyone has received an invite – logging onto ticketmaster and joining a queue was never intended to be the system’s method in gathering contact contact data for a ballot registration, so it’s not surprising that not everyone’s data has been managed to be collected.

It’s not a ballot for a ballot. It’s a ballot to receive a code which will allow you enter the next wave of ticket purchasing, which will be conducted in the same way as the main sale – first come, first served.

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The ballot for the ballot is whether you actually got the email or not.

AhBiscuits · 08/09/2024 12:32

I've got the confirmation email so 🤞 Here we go again.

mrshoho · 08/09/2024 12:31

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:25

No. I was in the queue for a venue on a specific date. Having previously been chucked out due to heavy traffic I assume on the move from waiting room to queues. Husband was also in a specific queue. Neither of us have had emails. It hasn't worked how they said it would.

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It's not good. Don't know if it will help but this email address from mailonline is aking to hear from people in your position.

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:27

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:11

But not everybody that 'qualifies' for the ballot has been given the opportunity which is utterly bizarre. Seems like there's a ballot for the ballot.

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Hence why I said online ticketing is far from perfect and that a ballot in the first instance was likely the better idea.

I don’t think it’s bizarre that not everyone has received an invite – logging onto ticketmaster and joining a queue was never intended to be the system’s method in gathering contact contact data for a ballot registration, so it’s not surprising that not everyone’s data has been managed to be collected.

It’s not a ballot for a ballot. It’s a ballot to receive a code which will allow you enter the next wave of ticket purchasing, which will be conducted in the same way as the main sale – first come, first served.

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:25

mrshoho · 08/09/2024 12:21

For the people who didn't get an email despite queuing and being signed in to their ticketmaster account last week. Did you get to the stage where you got onto the site and selected the date and venue? It seems that if you were in the queue waiting to get on to ticket master then this wouldn't count. So unfair that not everyone has been emailed.

No. I was in the queue for a venue on a specific date. Having previously been chucked out due to heavy traffic I assume on the move from waiting room to queues. Husband was also in a specific queue. Neither of us have had emails. It hasn't worked how they said it would.

mrshoho · 08/09/2024 12:21

For the people who didn't get an email despite queuing and being signed in to their ticketmaster account last week. Did you get to the stage where you got onto the site and selected the date and venue? It seems that if you were in the queue waiting to get on to ticket master then this wouldn't count. So unfair that not everyone has been emailed.

twilightermummy · 08/09/2024 12:18

Thank you. Fingers crossed!

CellophaneFlower · 08/09/2024 12:17

twilightermummy · 08/09/2024 12:17

I've filled out the form but not received the confirmation email yet. Did everyone eventually get them?

I just checked. Think mine took around 2 hours.

twilightermummy · 08/09/2024 12:17

I've filled out the form but not received the confirmation email yet. Did everyone eventually get them?

MaddieElla · 08/09/2024 12:13

@Didimum But did you get the "you're confirmed" message or "nearly there"

Daisydaisydaizee · 08/09/2024 12:13

Thank you @Morph22010 . I didnt get the ballot email. I was in queue for 7 hours, not sure why I did not ger it.

GrammarTeacher · 08/09/2024 12:11

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:07

Online access is far from perfect but it’s much fairer than in-person queuing, because a virtual queue is accessible to almost everyone. When in person queuing would likely mean overnights, unprecedented amounts of bodies etc, you’d need things like security and safety measures, possibly police involvement, which is a terrible waste of public resources.

A ballot system from the start was likely the better idea, but hindsight is 20/20 – knowing how demand would exactly impact the limitations of the website’s servers was either not fully known or not fully thought through.

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But not everybody that 'qualifies' for the ballot has been given the opportunity which is utterly bizarre. Seems like there's a ballot for the ballot.

CellophaneFlower · 08/09/2024 12:11

MaddieElla · 08/09/2024 12:10

And mine

You'll get confirmation soon. Mine took a good few hours.

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:10

MaddieElla · 08/09/2024 12:01

I was being patient waiting for my email confirmation but I've just seen on TikTok several videos where they get the "you're confirmed" after they've looked at the Ts and Cs. I didn't get that. Others have said they didn't seem to get a confirmation so I wasn't too worried but now I've seen these videos I'm thinking something is wrong somewhere.

3 hours and no email.

I didn’t look at the t&cs. My confirmation took 2.5hrs and I registered at 7:45am. It seems to take longer the later you registered, presumably because it’s a Sunday and people are accessing their emails later morning so backlog is building up.

MaddieElla · 08/09/2024 12:10

And mine

Cattery · 08/09/2024 12:08

TokyoSushi · 08/09/2024 07:05

Me, although I'm not sure that I got the year right! 😳 We actually already have tickets for Wembley, but we wanted to go to Manchester with friends, thought I'd go through the process anyway and see what happens...

🙄

Didimum · 08/09/2024 12:07

fadedrose · 08/09/2024 11:37

I would have those issues too but it still seems fairer to me. I live in an apparent ‘hotspot’ where people couldn’t even get onto the site, so even with work/ kids sorted I had zero chance. Technology is great when it works.

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Online access is far from perfect but it’s much fairer than in-person queuing, because a virtual queue is accessible to almost everyone. When in person queuing would likely mean overnights, unprecedented amounts of bodies etc, you’d need things like security and safety measures, possibly police involvement, which is a terrible waste of public resources.

A ballot system from the start was likely the better idea, but hindsight is 20/20 – knowing how demand would exactly impact the limitations of the website’s servers was either not fully known or not fully thought through.

MaddieElla · 08/09/2024 12:05

This