A question about ticketweb.

[davejnick]

Got mine for Sheffield a couple of days after I ordered then. No sign of me Thunder tickets for November turning up yet though

[Damian]

Can I just clarify something? Has anyone ordered their tickets for the Hammersmith show through Ticketweb, and received them? More to the point (for my peace of mind), has anyone ordered said tickets and NOT received them yet?

[Ean]

Can I just clarify something? Has anyone ordered their tickets for the Hammersmith show through Ticketweb, and received them? More to the point (for my peace of mind), has anyone ordered said tickets and NOT received them yet?

Yes, I have, and no, I haven't.

They haven't turned up until a couple of weeks before the gig the past few times.

[Sarc]

Can I just clarify something? Has anyone ordered their tickets for the Hammersmith show through Ticketweb, and received them? More to the point (for my peace of mind), has anyone ordered said tickets and NOT received them yet?

That was pretty much my question which no bugger seems to want to answer.
Hope they turn up soon as I'm off out the country for two weeks on the 23rd and don't get back until the sunday before the Hammersmith show.

[Damian]

Can I just clarify something? Has anyone ordered their tickets for the Hammersmith show through Ticketweb, and received them? More to the point (for my peace of mind), has anyone ordered said tickets and NOT received them yet?

That was pretty much my question which no bugger seems to want to answer.
Hope they turn up soon as I'm off out the country for two weeks on the 23rd and don't get back until the sunday before the Hammersmith show.

Three of us ticketless gives you your answer! I'll shout when mine appear.

[sidewinder]

I ordered mine for Sheffield on Oct. 19th and used the 'Ticketfast' option to print your own. Email with the printable ticket attachment arrived same day, and voila!

[Damian]

Still waiting. Hoped they'd be there when I got back from a week away in Venice. WIll contact Ticketweb early this coming week.

[beerofthedark]

Still waiting. Hoped they'd be there when I got back from a week away in Venice. WIll contact Ticketweb early this coming week.

Off topic, but Sam and I are off to Venice next weekend. Do you have any recommendations for places to eat? I hate going to a city i don't know and ending up eating in tourist traps when there are great places just round the corner.

[Sarc]

According to Mrs Sarc still no fucking tickets and with 9 days to go, I'm getting worried.

[neil]

My tickets for London haven't come from ticketweb either. Still not too worried, it's not unusual for gig tickets to come this late, although Wildhearts ones are normally a bit earlier for some reason. My Reading weekend tickets didn't turn up till the day I left for the festival this year, now that worried me.

[Damian]

Still waiting. Hoped they'd be there when I got back from a week away in Venice. WIll contact Ticketweb early this coming week.

Off topic, but Sam and I are off to Venice next weekend. Do you have any recommendations for places to eat? I hate going to a city i don't know and ending up eating in tourist traps when there are great places just round the corner.

Oh man. Where to begin? One thing, as I suspect you now know is... watch the news. I'd imagine the floodwaters will have receded by then. I can tell you for an absolute fact - the hotel room I stayed in last week will be underwater right now. A shame as it was a beautiful hotel.

I have an aversion to tourist traps too. Anywhere that spots you and automatically reverts into English and tries to drag you in, gets a wide berth. I knew no Italian before I went out but we took a dictionary and went for it. But in Venice, just about every restaurant has a "Menu Turistico". The Rough Guide to Venice says that where this happens, the prices will look reasonable but "the portions will frequently be small, the service abrupt and the food may not be very good... it may not even be acceptable".

Most places, as well as the three course option (Hors d'Oeuvres, Primo, Secondi) also offer a pizza menu, which unlike the full menu is affordable. But again, like the Rough Guide says, Venice isn't a part of Italy known for its pizzas.

OK, bad news over. Firstly, the city is beautiful. Walk lots. Secondly, there are lots of places that do nice simple lunches. Thirdly, wine and coffee is plentiful and affordable. It's just not a foodie destination, unless you have a ton of money. I'll definitely be going back.

Anyone who has found anything I haven't... speak now!

(Does this mean you won't be at the Hammersmith gig? See, I managed to tie it into the topic!)

[vanrad]

That on-line ticket thing seems the best way to do things. These days airlines all allow you to pay and even check-in online, so why not gigs? Then I suppose all these tickets agencies will need to charge less for their service. I don't think the gig going punter is getting a good deal here, but i'm not the first to say that.

[beerofthedark]

(Does this mean you won't be at the Hammersmith gig? See, I managed to tie it into the topic!)

We would have been back on the tuesday before the london gig anyway, but we've decided to nix the holiday. Supposewd to have been a romantic, relaxing and much deserved break for us, and we didn't feel waders, and indeed wading, came under the heading of romantic or relaxing.
We do plan to get there sometime though, so thanks for the info. It will come in handy at some point.

[oigirl]

Hey evry1...I spoke to someone at Ticketweb yesterday and was told that my order says delivery pending, but the guy I spoke to said that if they haven't been received by Friday (tomorrow) to call them back and they will sort out box office collection. Not too happy bout that but at least it's news of some sort.. Bev

[Sarc]

SO the fuckers have made money out of us for nothing then by charging us for postage and not posting them out, wankers the fucking lot of them.

Im not happy can you tell