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Post by lymaze on Apr 5, 2009 13:47:16 GMT
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Post by beckstar on Apr 5, 2009 14:13:02 GMT
I cant help wondering whether Applause Store's days are numbered where the BBC is concerned. I see that a lot of the comments are from people who (like me) have been registered with AS for years, and have never been contacted. AS's handling of tickets for the equally-popular QI is just as bad (arguably worse, as they allocated 700 tickets for each 400 capacity recording...) and yet the BBC Ticketing Unit does an absolutely cracking job of fairly and politely allocating tickets for the likes of HIGNFY and popular radio shows... I do hope the Beeb see sense soon and sack AS ASAP!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2009 14:17:57 GMT
It would help with the budget if they got rid of AS, goodness knows how much they charge. AS's reputation isn't very good.
The comments are getting heated.
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Post by nobody on Apr 5, 2009 14:22:28 GMT
I cant help wondering whether Applause Store's days are numbered where the BBC is concerned. I see that a lot of the comments are from people who (like me) have been registered with AS for years, and have never been contacted. AS's handling of tickets for the equally-popular QI is just as bad (arguably worse, as they allocated 700 tickets for each 400 capacity recording...) and yet the BBC Ticketing Unit does an absolutely cracking job of fairly and politely allocating tickets for the likes of HIGNFY and popular radio shows... I do hope the Beeb see sense soon and sack AS ASAP! Why do they give out 700 tickets for a 400 seat capacity the tickets might be free but people still have to pay get there. If the are only 400 places they should only send out 400 tickets  Do they do this for TG has well. Its time the BBC took care of the tickets them selfs. I wonder if they could get the list off applause and put it in order of who's been on the longest. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2009 14:26:15 GMT
They did it once for TG last series and people were turned away.  And when they did a Richard Hammond pilot people were turned away then too. It's really quite awful, but it proves to be there early and in plenty of time. |
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Post by nobody on Apr 5, 2009 14:28:04 GMT
IT should be illegal to hand out more tickets then places even if the tickets are free.
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Post by lindenchase on Apr 5, 2009 14:43:05 GMT
If tickets are free you always have to consider a percentage of "no show". Normally for standard events, you can hand out 25% more tickets than you have seats and not be worried about having to turn people away. But TopGear and QI are so popular, that the no show is probably not more than 5% to 10%. For QI that would mean handing out 420 to 440 tickets, not 700. I once applied for tickets for The Daily Show, mentioning I was only in New York for that particular day and I got tickets straight away. Someone that day said that they always give some to people from abroad visiting NY, because they appreciate their fandom. (This is a hint AS/BBC  .) |
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Post by beckstar on Apr 5, 2009 18:40:36 GMT
Why do they give out 700 tickets for a 400 seat capacity the tickets might be free but people still have to pay to get there Indeed. I have to take an afternoon off work and pay £22 for a train ticket to London to see QI, for example. Yes, they do over-allocate for TG, but only by a few - it's normal for some people not to turn up - but for QI (and other similar shows) they overallocate by hundreds...  Last time, me and my friends got in the QI queue at 3pm (in the rain) and were fine, but if we'd arrived much after 4 we'd not have got in. |
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Post by ulstermayniac on Apr 5, 2009 19:01:28 GMT
So the tickets may not be issued on a first-come-first-served basis but actually getting into the studio is like that.
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Post by emmap on May 4, 2009 9:24:39 GMT
I got the email this morning! *faints*, now we shall just have to wait and see |
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Post by misspan on May 4, 2009 21:50:58 GMT
Why do they give out 700 tickets for a 400 seat capacity the tickets might be free but people still have to pay to get there Indeed. I have to take an afternoon off work and pay £22 for a train ticket to London to see QI, for example. Yes, they do over-allocate for TG, but only by a few - it's normal for some people not to turn up - but for QI (and other similar shows) they overallocate by hundreds... Last time, me and my friends got in the QI queue at 3pm (in the rain) and were fine, but if we'd arrived much after 4 we'd not have got in. You are SO lucky that all it costs is one afternoon off work and 22 pounds - spare a thought for those of us on the other side of the world who would need a week off and a couple of grand to do the same thing ;D  |
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And when they did a Richard Hammond pilot people were turned away then too. It's really quite awful, but it proves to be there early and in plenty of time.
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Last time, me and my friends got in the QI queue at 3pm (in the rain) and were fine, but if we'd arrived much after 4 we'd not have got in.
