give it up for christ sakes.

threads get locked for a reason

irishwolfhound said:

Thank God I'm not the only one who is tired of these tedious drama queen rantings!

FunAndJames said:

Well.. his previous thread was quite useful to the people who were ripped off by Ticketmaster and AEG, I personally have exchanged very important information through it.If you were not affected by it, let us discuss it please.
Thanks Wolfy!!!

vdal said:

I totally agree, Wolfy's threads & some of the others on the subject have been a massive help for those of us dealing with the VIP issue! I have referred to them over & over again in the last few months when sorting out my complaint.
The fact that they were locked only goes to show how significant some of that info was!

Lovecat said:

I agree, the 'customer gratuity' I received from AEG was pretty much generated by the complaints they recived from org'ers, so that's how AEG were aware the VIP was a joke and were trying to settle it while the concerts were still on at the O2.

If your not interested by the post, don't reply to it, I'd guess the people who are sick of the VIP posts did not hand over £250 per person to AEG ?

my first reaction when i saw this thread was to say Shut UP, but I thought for a few seconds and realised that it is an issue that should be dealt with, I was very close to getting some of those VIP tickets but waited as I was not sure if I would have been in London or not.

I was stung once with a VIP scam for a U2 concert in Vienna and at the time I was also angry, but it was nothing on the scale of what went on at the topic discussed here.

i hope that those of you that were scammed will get something back, but I doubt it, but that does not mean that it should be forgotten

Peace n b wild

Whitnail said:

Whatisanirishmandoingingermany?
[Edited 12/16/07 15:08pm]

irishwolfhound said:

Congrats Wolfy ... now how about a Christmas present for me !
[Edited 12/17/07 11:40am]

pplrain said:

congrats.. glad the persistance paid off... I hate them so much

chris1bmf said:

yeah i hate them 2...but it was AEG who messed up n not ticketmaster...i think everyone is getting a full refund now as b4 they would not budge but yesterday they contacted me back 2 say it was dealt with.
happy days....im sure i will go back 2 the 02 again sometime but never again will i go VIP 4 any artist.

HAPPY XMAS 2 U N URS

WOLFY

Fantastic news!!!!!



congratulations..


hope something i said helped!


The various VIP threads have been helpful over the last few months , yeah, it was a bit annoying having sooo many of them, without them i think people would not have got their money back..

let me know when your money hits your account!
[Edited 12/18/07 20:48pm]

irishwolfhound said:

Hi Wolfy

Congratulations on the refund.

I wrote to ticketmaster and got a letter in reply saying it was being investigated, did you speak to them over the phone? I was dealing with the Manchester office to try and get my VIP tickets swapped before the gig back in August when I knew they were bad, which TM office have you been dealing with for the refund ?

ecnirp98 said:

sent an org note 2 ya m8...was manchester i think...was there customer services dept....sent letter n calls....dont wanna say 2 much more till i get my dosh back but i sent ya all i know...glyn n others got there dosh back 2 as far as i know....

irishwolfhound said:

Cool, I'll pick it up in the new year with TM, I can see a New Years resolution coming on , hopefully your payment will be returned by then !

ecnirp98 said:

got the ££ back 2day...happy xmas 2 all
[Edited 12/20/07 5:16am]

irishwolfhound said:

money rules the world AND MInd.... sad but true

myloveis4ever said:

and thats why Prince now tours airport hangers ....

ecnirp98 said:

1nce again > money rules the world AND MInd.... sad but true

just a fact .


yes prince and airport hangers....
[Edited 12/20/07 16:00pm]
[Edited 12/20/07 16:02pm]

myloveis4ever said:

i really dont want 2 say much more on this subject cause its a closed one 4 me n i want 2 put it behind me as a bad Xperience.
i guess cause i got my dosh back i got a free concert n drinks n food but i was promised the best seat in the house as a VIP customer n where i was placed was in F2 behind cora n only got 2 c prince around 5 times during the show as i couldnt c what was happening with the restricted view n it was on those grounds i got a full refund.

at the end of the day it was not the £££ but the principle of the matter n i was not the only person who suffered terrible views @ the 02.
i paid £239.95 4 my ticket when they first went on sale back n may n i thought i was gonna have a great time 4 the £££...sadly i was mistaken.
i just hope everyone gets there £££ back now n we can all look 4ward 2 the next prince tour where i hope i will get 2 meet U all.
having said all that i saw 18 shows n total @ 02 plus several aftershows including dr john n as a whole i did njoy myself 4 the majority of my time there n it was a once off thing cause im never again doing multiple shows 4 prince.

it was something i could not turn down n when i sleep at night i can still hear prince singing,,,ohhhhh funky london....
peace n love,
WOLFY
[Edited 12/21/07 5:42am]

irishwolfhound said:

true take care and merry christmas

irishwolfhound said:

This issue might be resolved for you but is it resolved for the others who felt ripped off by the VIP package saga?

Looks like you were only looking after number one all along and now its a case of "I got my money and sod the rest of you so you can close the thread

Merry Christmas!

Markland said:

Please Irish wolf speak for yourself!!!I don't think he was thinking about himself, it just happened that he could get a refund!!If anything he was very useful to us opening this thread, but for the other ones affected by the VIP rip off, it's up to us to seek refund. Good luck to you Irishwolf!!!Merry Christmas and a great 2008!!!

Markland said:

Its upto everyone to pursue their own VIP claim with AEG/Ticketmaster, what these threads have shown is that if you have a valid claim and are persistent at complaining to AEG/Ticketmaster, they will deal with your complaint and give refunds (after lots of complaining!!!). They are not going down a list and seeing who was affected by poor VIP tickets, so you need to press them, they will only respnd if you keep at them !.

These threads have shown it is not a fruitless task in pursuing a claim, I for one am pursuing my claim with Ticketmaster.

These threads have also given a good warning to fans on what you can expect from VIP packages, I for one would never touch a VIP Package again, but with the possibility of another tour next year in Europe/US, fans should now know the risk they take, though in the US it would be fascinating to see the litigation generated by our experience of VIP, if Prince likes courts for suing for use of his image, he better put on his extra strong underpants to deal with the ass whipping he'd get in US courts !!!

I don't think Irish can win on this, if he posts about it, people tell him to stop whining, if he posts he's got a refund and the issue is finished for him, people complain he isn't interested in anyone else and only did it for himself. Well, the fact is £240 per ticket is allot of money, we were all stronger at winning claims if we all complained together, and the information we have all learned off each other has helped/encouraged people to win their own claims, so its upto individuals to chase their own case.

Good luck to everyone and a merry Xmas.

vdal said:

If he isn't just thinking about himself why ask the moderators to delete or lock the thread now he has his money when others haven't received refunds yet?

Markland said:

I'm guessing Irish opened this new thread to let people know he got a refund, so he's happy its been resolved for him and wanted to let everyone else know, I for one have contacted ticketmaster again to argue my case after this.

There are plenty of other threads Irish has started/posted for VIP refunds/complaints that have lots of useful information in them, so its best they are not locked/deleted, unlike this one, but I prefer if threads are not deleted generally, there maybe information in there other might want to read, I'm not sure why mods would wanna delete threads unless there is something offensive/in-accurate/liable in them.

Anyways, i'm no apologist for Irish, I just think its fair to put the other side of the argument as I see it.

Markland, I take it you've been ripped off by the VIP tickets like me? are you pursuing this with AEG/Ticketmaster ?

ecnirp98 said:

No, I have been trying to help people get their money back with advice on how to claim against those responsible

Irish in legal terms doesn't even qualify for compensation as he, by his own admission in his posts, took an offer at the time instead of claiming compensation

Now as he has his money his attitude is the "vip ripoff is resolved"

And screw the many others who have certainly more legitimate entitlement to compensation than he does

The issue isn't resolved and I know of a dozen or more people who have not received a penny yet

Frankly, I can't abide self centered, selfish people and I hope the money he received chokes him

Markland said:

oh no!! the judge and juey are back! everyone preare to be hung if you haven't lived your life like the pope!

chris1bmf said:

Oh look a self confessed ticket tout