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Got your Olympic 2012 tickets yet?
How much money are you willing to spend on going to the Olympics? I’m not a big fan of athletics and most of the sports at the Olympics, but living near London made me think that I should apply for some tickets. The way the ticketing system works is a bit of a problem though, as I could end up with nothing or £400+ worth of tickets.
For those who haven’t applied for tickets, the basic idea is that you apply for ones you want (before the 24th of April I think) and then each event is drawn randomly. There is no benefit to applying early – everyone who applies for the tickets gets a fair chance of getting them.
The problem is that you don’t know which ones you’re going to get. You could apply for three sets of tickets and get them all, or 20 events and get none. Once you’ve applied you don’t have the option of accepting or rejecting the tickets – if you get them then you’ve got to pay.
I’m hoping that tickets don’t come with restrictions on selling otherwise I could be in a lot of trouble. You end up applying for lots of tickets you don’t really want just to make sure that you get to see something. If I get all the tickets then I’m definitely going to have to find some way of recouping the cost, as there is no chance of a refund. In fact, they take the money well before you even find out whether you’ve got them, so the first you hear of it is when the money disappears!