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GAA's Dublin ticket office handed over a dozen tickets at a time Administrator (None) - Posts: 2274 - 01/09/2015 19:10:04 1780195 Link 0 |
Absolutely shameful and someone at Croke Park has to answer for this. It's Christmas for the ticket touts. The tickets are appearing on all sorts of websites at way over their cost price, 200 - 300 Euros and above. Shocking but the GAA digging a big hole for itself again. Do they ever learn? Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9701 - 01/09/2015 19:36:39 1780210 Link 0 |
unbelievable . I mean the thing is over-subscribed and they handed out a dozen at a time now the genuine supporters will have to fork out a fortune from the touts. Touts must have been laughing.. shameful. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 01/09/2015 20:34:33 1780248 Link 0 |
s goldrick you seem surprised........surely it would have been more surprising if they had done the sensible thing. Tickets should have been allocated at no more than 2 per buyer. Finally, I think they might have waited till the Mayo fans had got home before putting out the first 10 thousand tickets on line on Saturday evening. ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 649 - 01/09/2015 20:55:30 1780263 Link 0 |
I always wondered how touts got their hands on tickets, giving out 12 tickets to punters is daft. The familiar cry of anyone buyin or sellin a tickah' is part of big match days in HQ. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1739 - 01/09/2015 21:01:45 1780270 Link 0 |
I would bet any money there will be no1 on here next weekend saying they couldnt source a ticket at face value shea (Kerry) - Posts: 409 - 01/09/2015 21:08:29 1780277 Link 0 |
Disgraceful by the GAA, they will never learn, there has to be a massive protest about the way tickets seem to end up in touts hands, we have the perfect opportunity this weekend, eat a decent meal as close to the match time as possible, bring in flasks of tea and sandwiches, try to enjoy the game and afterwards refuse to leave Croke Park, if 82000 football supporters from saturday refuse to leave and stay all night and Sunday morning imagine what would happen on Sunday when the All Ireland Hurling Finals are suppose to be played, it would finally bring the GAA to its knees and realise they are the problem, clubs won't stand up for the small man, they are mostly yes men and women riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 01/09/2015 21:40:33 1780301 Link 0 |
ponga s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 01/09/2015 21:58:10 1780316 Link 0 |
do you know what I'd do before I'd pay a massively over-inflated price for a ticket?i'd buy a crate of beer,or hit the local,and drink a dozen pints with what the overpriced ticket would have cost me. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 02/09/2015 08:46:41 1780344 Link 0 |
Apparently anyone who managed to buy from tickets.ie are now receiving tickets in duplicate and triplicate format - as in, if you ordered 4 tickets you're getting 8 or 12 delivered. Seat numbers etc for only 4 seats, other tickets are copies of same. jason (Mayo) - Posts: 139 - 02/09/2015 13:04:55 1780593 Link 0 |
That's going to cause mayhem on Saturday. CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 02/09/2015 14:52:10 1780673 Link 0 |
My god. Could they have gotten it any worse? This is completely unacceptable. Touts can not only buy 20 odd tickets, they can now sell them 3 times over. GAA need to sort this out. Re-issue all tickets sold online and cancel the others. TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 02/09/2015 14:56:11 1780676 Link 0 |
Re-issue all tickets sold online and cancel the others. CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 02/09/2015 15:04:08 1780681 Link 0 |
Absolutely scandalous to see the number of tickets available per person from the Ticket Office the other day especially with the number of genuine people that would love to go to the game. And then the usual retrospective step where Done Deal won't allow them on their website, at least they have some morals. I just hope that the touts didn't get too many of them. I am sure there are other avenues for selling them on the black market where people will be taken advantage of. Adamski (Dublin) - Posts: 339 - 02/09/2015 15:06:26 1780683 Link 0 |
Some of the lads selling these tickets are well known gangsters from the north inner city.Have been at it for donkeys years.The corners at the Sunset House/Portland Row junction and the Summerhill/Buckingham St is the selling patch for the most well known of all.I happened to be in his company only last week.Dont shoot me lads,twas only in a bookies in Talbot St,and he was licking his lips for the remaining games. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 02/09/2015 15:08:20 1780685 Link 0 |
I remember when seven or eight English Rugby lads bought some high priced tickets to the England v Ireland rugby game in Croke Park few years back.Not only did they pay over the odds,they were given dud tickets and were refused entry.They were throwing their weight around a couple of pubs near where they paid for tickets looking for Mr Tout.To make it worse,they were told where to go in no uncertain terms.DO NOT ENGAGE WITH A TOUT! cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 02/09/2015 15:14:01 1780694 Link 0 |