Ticket Thread

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Someone on twitter has offered me a ticket, I'm paying more than face value but that doesn't bother me. The thing that worries me is that I've 'outbid' someone else and he's agreed to sell it to me, but I need to be 100% sure it's genuine as I need to book time off work. He's telling me to meet him at 7.30 so we go in together as the ticket is on his membership card, but all of the tickets I've seen are paper tickets. Has anyone got a ticket for tomorrow? Can they confirm whether they are paper tickets or on membership card? I don't want to book time off work then go to the stadium and see this guy has had me on for a laugh or something. Any help appreciated.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Hmm he seems intent on offering to every tom dick and harry even when we've agreed.

I think I'll give his offer a miss.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Speaking of tickets and memberships.... Just got my seasons membership pack through the post. Why do they always come this far into the season?

[Xhaka Can’t]

I got my pack last week. It is par for the course.

Makes sense really, last year the JG pack came earlier and had RvP shite in it. At least our pack has Ozil stuff in it.

@SWAYR - most get entry via their card for this if you book early enough, but I'd be tempted to give it a miss as well. It annoys me when fans gouge other fans. If I were you, I'd put in a better (but realistic) bid and not turn up.

[Marc Overmars]

Someone on twitter has offered me a ticket, I'm paying more than face value but that doesn't bother me. The thing that worries me is that I've 'outbid' someone else and he's agreed to sell it to me, but I need to be 100% sure it's genuine as I need to book time off work. He's telling me to meet him at 7.30 so we go in together as the ticket is on his membership card, but all of the tickets I've seen are paper tickets. Has anyone got a ticket for tomorrow? Can they confirm whether they are paper tickets or on membership card? I don't want to book time off work then go to the stadium and see this guy has had me on for a laugh or something. Any help appreciated.

I'm going but the ticket is on my card, however if this guy purchased extra tickets during the friends and family period they will be paper tickets. I'm not sure what he means about going in together though, either he's got a paper ticket for you or he's giving you his or another card to use, in which case I'd ask him to bring the seat confirmation email to make sure it's legit. Either way you don't need to be with him if you have a valid form of entry.

I'm sure there are some genuine sellers out there but when someone doesn't really seem like they know what they're talking about then it's probably best to give it a miss.

[Letters]

It would make sense going through together if it's on a membership card as the bloke will want his membership card back once you're in.
If you're not paying him till you meet up and you're going in together it doesn't seem like there's much risk.

EDIT: Good idea to ask to see the confirmation email though.

[Ollie the Optimist]

whenever i buy tickets off twitter, i always get them to send me a photo of the ticket (if its paper) with their twitter username written on paper held with it to prove they have the ticket or the confirmation email seen so many people stealing photos of tickets, so they can show others they have them when they don't. always use paypal or meet and pay cash

[Özim]

whenever i buy tickets off twitter, i always get them to send me a photo of the ticket (if its paper) with their twitter username written on paper held with it to prove they have the ticket or the confirmation email seen so many people stealing photos of tickets, so they can show others they have them when they don't. always use paypal or meet and pay cash

They could just photoshop the name, so it's not so full proof.

[Ollie the Optimist]

They could just photoshop the name, so it's not so full proof.


yeah true but you can usually tell a photoshop to the real thing. i find it unlikely these scammers will be experts in photoshop. however, then the back up to that, is pay by paypal and screenshot/print emails of all your conversation. if you pay by paypal business and ticket turns out to be a scam, they refund the money straight away if you have evidence.

[Özim]

yeah true but you can usually tell a photoshop to the real thing. i find it unlikely these scammers will be experts in photoshop. however, then the back up to that, is pay by paypal and screenshot/print emails of all your conversation. if you pay by paypal business and ticket turns out to be a scam, they refund the money straight away if you have evidence.

Yeah always good to cover yourself, there's plenty some scumbags just waiting to rip people off at the 1st opportunity.

[Ollie the Optimist]

the @arsenal_tickets account on twitter has a "safe sellers" list. take with a pinch of salt but those are people recommended by others who have brought off them safely and easily. its a good place to start i guess

[Özim]

Yeah positive feedback from others is always a good thing to go by.

[Ollie the Optimist]

and check their account start up date. most twitter apps will say when the person joined. if they joined in last couple of months, chances are they are a scammer esp if they just whore out their "ticket"

[Xhaka Can’t]

Thanks for the tips Ollie.

I just keep the official site's TX open and keep refreshing the page until something comes up. Got a ticket for Sunderland in Block 15 for £29.15 (inc booking fee) yesterday.

[Ollie the Optimist]

its easy with ticket exchange for home games, but i tend to use twitter for away games. i don't have credits so near impossible for me to actually get them. but yeah, its never 100% guaranteed, i got scammed the other day for swansea but because of paypal i got my money back. if you are sensible, pay via paypal or meet them then you are quite safe, if you pay by bank transfer, you won't get the money back.

[Xhaka Can’t]

@ Ollie :good:

@ SWAYR - How did you end up getting your ticket?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Basically took the risk and went along. He did twitter me in the afternoon asking me if I still wanted the ticket so at that point I kinda knew he was serious. He wouldn't go to all the trouble of getting in contact the next day if he was having me on.

My main worry was that a) he was telling people to follow him and DM him just to gain followers or b) he was going to have a never ending bidding war, have me (and perhaps a few others) turn up to the stadium, then sell the ticket to one of us, leaving the rest ticketless and stranded around the Emirates.

And it was all made harder because I had to book time off work, but I only wanted to book time off if I was definitely going to the stadium otherwise it would have been a bit of a waste, especially when I could have just sky+'d the game and watched it after my shift.

Luckily it all worked out fine though. I actually sat next to him the whole game cause he used his ST and mine was on his mates, so we chatted about the Arsenal throughout. Shared the same sentiments which made it easier. Told him if he has any spares for home in the future to give me a ring. I offered the same sentiment for away games :good:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

the @arsenal_tickets account on twitter has a "safe sellers" list. take with a pinch of salt but those are people recommended by others who have brought off them safely and easily. its a good place to start i guess

That account is brilliant. Especially for people like me who's only able to know whether I can go to games a few days in advance due to work. That account really helps.

And I always tell the buyer I'm willing to pick up wherever he wants me to go. Much prefer risking 45 mins travel and £4-£5 on oyster instead of getting scammed £80-£100 through bank transfers.

BTW you doing Old Trafford Ollie? I'm gonna try.

[Ollie the Optimist]

That account is brilliant. Especially for people like me who's only able to know whether I can go to games a few days in advance due to work. That account really helps.

And I always tell the buyer I'm willing to pick up wherever he wants me to go. Much prefer risking 45 mins travel and £4-£5 on oyster instead of getting scammed £80-£100 through bank transfers.

BTW you doing Old Trafford Ollie? I'm gonna try.

nah im not going there, would love too but I'm working next sunday morning so wouldn't get there in time. At the moment I'm working during cardiff game but going to see if i can get it off and get a spare for that one. you going there?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

nah im not going there, would love too but I'm working next sunday morning so wouldn't get there in time. At the moment I'm working during cardiff game but going to see if i can get it off and get a spare for that one. you going there?

Doubt I can do Old Trafford now and can't do Cardiff cause of work. Got Marseille and Hull tickets at home though, should be good.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I've been offered a ticket for the United game by my mate in Newry. Will be sat in the Manc end if I take it.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Fuck that

First time in years we might do them over and you wouldn't even be able to celebrate the goals. Whole point of going to a match/watching a game is to go off your tits when we score. Having to sit silent wouldn't appeal to me at all.

[Marc Overmars]

I've sat a few times in the opposition end for away games and yeah it's a bit shit really.

[Munchies]

Fuck that

First time in years we might do them over and you wouldn't even be able to celebrate the goals. Whole point of going to a match/watching a game is to go off your tits when we score. Having to sit silent wouldn't appeal to me at all.

Or boo RVC for the fucking cunt that he is.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Yeah, I've decided to give it a miss. It would be fun before the match - but sitting there silently or worse still - having to look less than suicidal if RVC scores is too much to take. Even the thought of it is sickening.

Thanks to another Sky deal - shouting at my TV it is.

[milla]

Yeah, I've decided to give it a miss. It would be fun before the match - but sitting there silently or worse still - having to look less than suicidal if RVC scores is too much to take. Even the thought of it is sickening.

Thanks to another Sky deal - shouting at my TV it is.

What Sky deal?

[Xhaka Can’t]

They phoned me on Sunday and offered sports and movies to me for £10/mth for three months. I asked for a longer deal for movies only, but all they came back with was movies half price for 3 months (£8 ). So for the sake of a couple of quid, I took the lot.

[Letters]

Why do they keep asking you? They never call me to offer me anything :angry:

[Marc Overmars]

Why do they keep asking you? They never call me to offer me anything :angry:

It might depend on how long you've been with them but generally they're desperate to keep you as a customer, so if you just call to downgrade your package (or even cancel) they will probably offer you a discounted deal. I've currently got movies and sports half price for a year, just because I wanted to cancel movies after a free trial.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

It might depend on how long you've been with them but generally they're desperate to keep you as a customer, so if you just call to downgrade your package (or even cancel) they will probably offer you a discounted deal. I've currently got movies and sports half price for a year, just because I wanted to cancel movies after a free trial.

The exact same deal they've been offering me for the past six months after I finally cancelled my Sky TV subscription (still with them for phone + internet) mainly because I barely was watching anything on there. :lol:

Anyway they're well desperate it seems to get me back. Marc keeps calling me every month asking me why I haven't taken up the offer and what he can do to persuade me. :lol:

Sky Sports and movies are nice and it's good value and all but apart from the occasional Arsenal match and perhaps the Cricket I doubt I'd be interested in anything on there. Still would just end up being a waste of my money.

[milla]

They phoned me on Sunday and offered sports and movies to me for £10/mth for three months. I asked for a longer deal for movies only, but all they came back with was movies half price for 3 months (£8 ). So for the sake of a couple of quid, I took the lot.

Cool. Try leave Sky for good, I bet they will come back to you with sweet long term deal. :good:

[Munchies]

I had Sky Sports quite a few years ago, ended up cancelling it as I found that I didn't watch it too much for the price and that a friend who lives nearby had it in HD and I could just watch it at his house for free :lol:

He ended up cancelling his subscription too though.

[GP]

I cancelled sky a couple months ago. They just sent me a letter offering the whole lot half price for 12 months.

[fakeyank]

Damn you lot are lucky to be getting such good deals. Its not so easy here :(

[Letters]

I just went downstairs to get some tea and a Twix.

It was £1.05 but I only had a £20 note or £1.04 in coins.

She took the £1.04.

Me :bow:

[milla]

I cancelled sky a couple months ago. They just sent me a letter offering the whole lot half price for 12 months.

Yep, same for me. :coffee:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

A friend had one of 'those' satellite dishes put in and he has every sports channel, sky movies, music, docu's, foreign channels, the lot, in HD for £230 a year.

The guy comes over every year and if you want to continue with his dish he tops the codes up.

At the moment I'm paying nearly £500 a year for 5 sports channels, none of which are in HD.

I think I'll be ringing this guy up soon and cancelling my sky subscription. And by soon I mean tomorrow.

[GP]

I just went downstairs to get some tea and a Twix.

It was £1.05 but I only had a £20 note or £1.04 in coins.

She took the £1.04.

Me :bow:

You beat the system.

[Syn]

I just went downstairs to get some tea and a Twix.

It was £1.05 but I only had a £20 note or £1.04 in coins.

She took the £1.04.

Me :bow:

I take it all back. You'll be fine in Delhi.

[LDG]

Four? Four for this gourd? It's worth ten if it's worth a sheckle!

[milla]

I've been offered a ticket for the United game by my mate in Newry. Will be sat in the Manc end if I take it.

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/8145/ml5e.jpg

Man up Gary, take it like a proper Gooner. :good:

[Letters]

:lol: Awesome.

[Xhaka Can’t]

:lol:

[pmakgreb]

5 of us have bought flights for Southampton game however there were problems with the box office and we got no tickets. If anyone has any spares going please let me know.... cheers

[Xhaka Can’t]

5 of us have bought flights for Southampton game however there were problems with the box office and we got no tickets. If anyone has any spares going please let me know.... cheers

Have you all got memberships?

If so, tryi Ticket Exchange on the official site. Tickets come and go quick, but you should be able to get five (not together) if you keep trying.Failing that, you could try that site Ollie uses.

[Letters]

Flights?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Flights?

A term used for when you travel by airplane.

But thats not important right now.

[GP]

Have you all got memberships?

If so, tryi Ticket Exchange on the official site. Tickets come and go quick, but you should be able to get five (not together) if you keep trying.Failing that, you could try that site Ollie uses.

PornHub.com?

[Letters]

Failing that, you could try that site Ollie uses.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Scottkieran95

:unsure:

[Munchies]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Scottkieran95

:unsure:

:haha:
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I'm not sure you'd be able to get 5 tickets all together, but you could have a search on twitter for 'arsenal_tickets' , and they tweet people who are selling match tickets for face value, in most cases meeting up outside the ground.

https://twitter.com/arsenal_tickets

If someone is selling a ticket, contact them, get their mobile, and meet outside the ground (just make sure your in a well crowded place/go with someone else with you)

If you are really desperate, you could search a football tout website, but you'd get ripped off , and have to pay triple or so the ticket price. And fuck those cunts.

[Munchies]

Also, goodluck, sorry to hear you've been fucked by the ticketing , must be a fucking pain for that to happen

[Xhaka Can’t]

5 of us have bought flights for Southampton game however there were problems with the box office and we got no tickets. If anyone has any spares going please let me know.... cheers

Any luck yet? If not:

http://premiumconcierge.arsenal.com/hospitality-packages/southampton/packages/the-heritage-package/

Remember, the price includes VAT.

[Munchies]

Any luck yet? If not:

http://premiumconcierge.arsenal.com/hospitality-packages/southampton/packages/the-heritage-package/

Remember, the price includes VAT.

£600 per person ... :run:

:lol:

http://premiumconcierge.arsenal.com/hospitality-packages/chelsea/

For the Chelsea game... wow these are extortionate !

£7000 to meet a player... no thanks

[Marc Overmars]

£600pp. Fuck me.

You can have 7 nights in Dubai for that.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Try sending a DM to @ticketmerchant

They were selling Chelsea tickets for £90 when they were a tenner but I guess getting tickets is better than nothing if you're coming all that way.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Fuck me.
You can have 7 nights in Dubai for that.

It's why you're so lucky with the ladies.

[cricketsi]

£600pp. Fuck me.

You can have 7 nights in Dubai for that.
...or you can go somewhere interesting.

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://www.cleethorpesholidays.com/cleethorpes_attractions.html

[GP]

Don't you fuckin DARE talk shit about Cleethorpes

[GP]

Also, some mates want to go skiing. They suggested French Alps, I suggested Banff, but they aren't convinced. Is it half as spectacular as it looks in pictures?

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

If you go Dubai, I suggest wearing an overloaded rucksack and shouting Allah Akbar in a big crowd. Grow your beard for 2 weeks too. Trust me, it's the new craze.

[GP]

If you go Dubai, I suggest wearing an overloaded rucksack and shouting Allah Akbar in a big crowd. Grow your beard for 2 weeks too. Trust me, it's the new craze.

Admiral Akbar :bow:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

:lol: Cripps

Alwful mueslim.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I ski Banff every year. The scenery is spectacular, and the snow is ultra reliable - particularly at Sunshine Ski Village. http://www.skibanff.com/ . I know the mountain well, having skied there since I was 10, and can pretty much pick out the best runs for whatever conditions while avoiding the crowds. One of the best things about skiing in Banff is that the liftlines are faaaaaar smaller and quicker than in Europe and with better snow.

If you check out the conditions tab and go to the webcams, you'll see that they have a fair amount of snow already.

Banff is near 3 mountains - Norquay - closest, but smallest, Sunshine (~20 minute transfer)- the best snow and Lake Louise (~30 min transfer) - excellent scenery and largest amount of terrain. I prefer Sunshine because of the snow and also because you have to take a Gondola to get to the ski terrain. This means you are right smack in the back country - no buildings - other than the amenities there and no sight of roads. Nothing but mountains - I love it.

Other than at Sunshine - there is no ski in/ski out accommodation - you need to take a shuttle service to all the mountains. Sunshine has it's own hotel - located at the top of the Gondola. It is a pricy, but great place to stay for a couple of nights, but I wouldn't stay there for more than that because it is remote.

Banff townsite has plenty of restaurants, bars and a couple of clubs (Outabounds and Aurora) but if it is kicking nightlife you're after, there are better places than Banff. It gets going pretty late though. If you're after nightlife, as well as skiing, Whistler is a better bet and you can ski direct to the town. I turned up there on a Monday night in January and the place was jumping. That said - Wild Bill's in Banff http://www.wbsaloon.com/ is good when there are bands on. Admittedly, when I go, I don't do nightlife much, as I really go to ski.

It also depends on when you want to go. Banff is best late in the season - you'll always have a tonne of snow then and the temperatures will be milder. I usually go late March/early April, but there is skiing until mid May. If you are planning on going January/February, it can be seriously fricken cold. That said - in mid January, there is usually a lot going off in town because Alec Baldwin and a bunch of celebrities ski there for a fundraising bash every January - usually, mid-month. So there tends to be stuff going off then - but I've never been there for that.

The thing about Banff is - although it is beautiful, you need transport to get to any of the skiing. So it does not have the same ski resort feeling you'd get at places where you ski from mountain down to the resort itself.

If you have any specific questions, let me know.

[pmakgreb]

Thanks for the replies. Yes all 5 have either red or silver. We go to about 4 games a season and book flights out of belfast in the knowledge that we get tickets easy enough but this season is abit of a nightmare. I suppose success breeds that. Have tried ticket exchange and twitter but not 1 ticket has come available. I think we will get singles nearer the time though. ..

[Xhaka Can’t]

Thanks for the replies. Yes all 5 have either red or silver. We go to about 4 games a season and book flights out of belfast in the knowledge that we get tickets easy enough but this season is abit of a nightmare. I suppose success breeds that. Have tried ticket exchange and twitter but not 1 ticket has come available. I think we will get singles nearer the time though. ..

It took me a few hours of trying. You just need to keep refreshing - they come up quick and get snapped up fast. If you keep trying, you'll get 5. I had a quick check yesterday and found 2 in about 5 min. One was a front row corner seat in Club Level for £85 (ish). Which is a damn good price for Club Level.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Oh, and if you're ever at Sunshine Village when there is an Arsenal match on, they'll put it on for you in the Chimney Corner lounge.

[pmakgreb]

Wheres sunshine village?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Banff, Alberta.

[pmakgreb]

Co antrim connections then there guess. Toronto is as far as ive been in canada...

[Marc Overmars]

Also, some mates want to go skiing. They suggested French Alps, I suggested Banff, but they aren't convinced. Is it half as spectacular as it looks in pictures?

I'm very fond of the French Alps because it's where I learned to ski, haven't been there for about 10 years now though. Tignes, Val Thorens and Val D'isere are all great resorts.

If you guys are into your apres ski, I would highly suggest St Anton, Austria. However the runs are quite tough and probably not the best place to go if you're inexperienced.

As for Canada, I've been to Whistler and it was brilliant, however IMO we've got the best slopes on our doorstep in Europe so I think it's a long way to go for something you can do closer to home, particularly as the £ is not what it used to be.

Either way a ski holiday is awesome and you'll have fun wherever you go.

[Xhaka Can’t]

In Whistler, Blackcomb is where its at.

If you want steeps, Kicking Horse in BC is the place to go. Holy crap, I've had some fricken adreniline rushes there.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Bought Arsenal vs Man Utd tickets :dance:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Bayern tickets booked :scarf:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Ski trip booked. :scarf:

[LDG]

Reservation for dinner tonight made :scarf:

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

:lol:

[fakeyank]

Ski trip booked. :scarf:

I'm going skiing to Denver today! :)

First time ever.. always been scared. Hope I dont fuck up my ACL!

Have fun! :scarf: